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Employment of Preparation Program Completers in Massachusetts Public Schools

This report provides the percentage of program completers who were employed in a Massachusetts public school or district by June of the report year. Employment rates are reported by program completion year, program type, program subject area, and top employing districts. Employment is determined by matching program completers reported by preparation program providers with employment data collected from districts in the Education Personnel Information Management System (EPIMS). The number in retention cohort includes the number of program completers first employed at least one year prior to the report year, and is the numerator for the retention rates. More about the data…

Note: Data only include program completers who became employed in a Massachusetts public, K-12 school, including charter schools, and collaboratives. The data do not include employment in private schools or outside of Massachusetts. Additional contextual information is provided by the educator preparation program under 'Employment Rates Context'.

A dash indicates that there were fewer than six program completers, therefore employment data is not reported. For more information on how employment and retention rates are calculated, see the About the Data page.

Data last updated December 12, 2024

Employment by Year (All Programs)
Program Completion YearNumber of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Retention in a MA Public School
Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years 18,173 - 68.9 8,154 92.8
2012 - 13 5,851 - 66.1 0 *
2011 - 12 6,478 - 68.8 3,991 92.9
2010 - 11 6,081 - 72.1 4,205 92.7



Employment by Program Characteristics
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number of Program Completers Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All 1,584 81.8 > 871 95.4
Post-baccalaureate All 1,584 81.8 > 871 95.4
Principal/Assistant Principal 1,410 81.1 > 779 95.6
School Business Administrator 2 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 82 91.5 > 44 90.9
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 49 40.8 > 13 100.0
Supervisor/Director 67 92.5 > 37 94.6
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 1,046 51.6 > 346 91.6
Post-baccalaureate All 1,046 51.6 > 346 91.6
School Guidance Counselor 789 47.3 > 242 90.9
School Psychologist 156 75.6 > 78 93.6
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 124 54.8 > 35 94.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 1,209 65.7 > 510 94.7
Post-baccalaureate All 1,162 64.5 > 485 94.6
Reading 732 85.5 > 421 96.9
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 444 30.2 > 73 82.2
Post-baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 47 95.7 > 25 96.0
Reading 47 95.7 > 25 96.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All 1 - >- -
Post-baccalaureate All 1 - >- -
Reading 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 13,243 67.1 > 5,717 92.0
Baccalaureate All 4,296 52.7 > 1,344 90.7
Biology 48 72.9 > 19 100.0
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 16 81.3 > 8 87.5
Dance 1 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 584 51.4 > 185 87.6
Earth Science 3 - >- -
Elementary 1,626 56.9 > 544 91.4
English 457 50.1 > 138 87.0
English as a Second Language 26 69.2 > 8 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 14 42.9 > 2 -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 43 62.8 > 18 100.0
General Science 14 64.3 > 6 83.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 20 65.0 > 8 87.5
History 428 45.1 > 112 92.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 6 - >- -
Mathematics 228 60.1 > 82 97.6
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 207 67.1 > 73 94.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 194 51.0 > 62 91.9
Physical Education 238 44.5 > 67 92.5
Physics 13 30.8 >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 4 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 30 60.0 > 6 66.7
Technology/Engineering 9 77.8 > 6 83.3
Theater 36 19.4 > 5 -
Visual Art 180 33.9 > 34 85.3
Post-baccalaureate All 8,234 73.5 > 3,932 92.3
Biology 233 73.8 > 112 93.8
Business 5 - >- -
Chemistry 71 78.9 > 39 97.4
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 57 21.1 > 8 75.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 579 69.1 > 250 89.2
Earth Science 27 85.2 > 20 90.0
Elementary 1,669 68.5 > 734 90.5
English 707 72.4 > 328 90.5
English as a Second Language 176 80.1 > 95 93.7
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 33 66.7 > 15 100.0
Foreign Language - [German] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Japanese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 6 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 120 79.2 > 68 91.2
General Science 116 85.3 > 69 92.8
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 34 76.5 > 15 100.0
History 665 66.8 > 274 93.1
Instructional Technology 57 84.2 > 27 100.0
Latin and Classical Humanities 33 27.3 > 6 100.0
Library 70 80.0 > 39 100.0
Mathematics 558 83.0 > 313 94.2
Middle School Humanities 28 71.4 > 15 66.7
Middle School Mathematics/Science 33 81.8 > 18 94.4
Moderate Disabilities 2,166 83.6 > 1,151 93.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 60 71.7 > 31 100.0
Physical Education 76 68.4 > 29 96.6
Physics 52 80.8 > 30 96.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy 6 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 429 62.9 > 183 90.2
Technology/Engineering 10 80.0 > 6 100.0
Theater 44 25.0 > 3 -
VisuAlly Impaired 47 51.1 > 15 80.0
Visual Art 225 58.2 > 89 91.0
Post-baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 842 79.0 > 479 92.7
Biology 26 69.2 > 13 92.3
Business 12 91.7 > 9 100.0
Chemistry 18 83.3 > 11 90.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 4 - >- -
Earth Science 4 - >- -
Elementary 70 64.3 > 32 93.8
English 128 70.3 > 65 90.8
English as a Second Language 72 81.9 > 46 87.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 6 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 5 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 25 92.0 > 17 100.0
General Science 36 88.9 > 27 96.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 10 100.0 > 5 -
History 51 74.5 > 29 93.1
Instructional Technology 5 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 152 81.6 > 90 92.2
Middle School Humanities 1 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 13 76.9 > 9 88.9
Moderate Disabilities 129 77.5 > 66 92.4
Physical Education 39 89.7 > 22 100.0
Physics 23 78.3 > 14 85.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy 2 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Visual Art 12 100.0 > 9 100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 1,356 90.6 > 819 95.2
Post-baccalaureate All 1,356 90.6 > 819 95.2
Biology 21 90.5 > 13 100.0
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 3 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 197 91.4 > 130 94.6
Earth Science 4 - >- -
Elementary 574 88.5 > 355 93.0
English 74 95.9 > 42 92.9
English Language Learners 1 - >- -
English as a Second Language 10 100.0 > 9 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 1 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 20 95.0 > 12 100.0
General Science 15 100.0 > 10 100.0
History 84 90.5 > 46 100.0
Instructional Technology 11 100.0 > 1 -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 128 88.3 > 68 94.1
Middle School Humanities 2 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 4 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 122 94.3 > 81 100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 17 94.1 > 11 90.9
Physical Education 33 84.8 > 23 100.0
Physics 4 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 6 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 1 - >- -
Visual Art 39 89.7 > 17 100.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2012 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2012 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.5
Springfield
-
3.1
Worcester
-
2.3
Newton
-
2.3
Brockton
-
1.8


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