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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 November 2, 2023

Employment by Year (All Programs)
Retention in a MA Public School
Program Completion YearNumber of Program Completers Total Number Ever Employed in a MA Public School Total Percent Ever Employed in a MA Public School Number in Retention Cohort Percent remaining employed for 2 years
All Years
23,913
-
71.1
12,516
92.9
2013 - 14
6,032
-
67.1
0
*
2012 - 13
5,851
-
72.3
3,866
92.4
2011 - 12
6,478
-
72.1
4,455
92.4
2010 - 11
6,081
-
74.0
4,382
94.0



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
2,275
82.5
1,296
96.1
Post-Baccalaureate All
2,275
82.5
1,296
96.1
Principal/Assistant Principal
2,031
81.8
1,143
96.2
School Business Administrator
2
-
-
-
Special Education Administrator
118
91.5
75
93.3
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent
62
48.4
20
100.0
Supervisor/Director
99
90.9
62
96.8
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
1,385
55.8
540
90.4
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,385
55.8
540
90.4
School Guidance Counselor
1,035
51.5
373
89.0
School Psychologist
222
77.5
118
94.9
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
167
59.3
68
91.2
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
1,623
68.1
794
94.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,560
67.1
749
94.7
Reading
1,008
87.2
626
96.2
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
569
31.6
134
88.1
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
63
95.2
45
91.1
Reading
63
95.2
45
91.1
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All
1
-
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate All
1
-
-
-
Reading
1
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
17,379
69.5
8,882
92.1
Baccalaureate All
5,778
56.7
2,262
91.5
Biology
58
79.3
35
97.1
Business
2
-
-
-
Chemistry
18
88.9
13
92.3
Dance
1
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
793
53.6
300
90.0
Earth Science
3
-
-
-
Elementary
2,238
61.8
925
91.6
English
596
52.9
229
89.5
English as a Second Language
40
55.0
18
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
16
37.5
6
66.7
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
65
63.1
27
100.0
General Science
20
70.0
9
88.9
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
24
58.3
13
100.0
History
548
48.4
193
93.8
Latin and Classical Humanities
9
88.9
5
-
Mathematics
317
63.7
137
95.6
Middle School Humanities
6
33.3
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
3
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
287
67.6
139
92.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
251
57.8
99
89.9
Physical Education
315
47.9
106
93.4
Physics
19
47.4
4
-
Political Science/Political Philosophy
5
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
43
62.8
18
83.3
Technology/Engineering
10
80.0
7
85.7
Theater
52
23.1
7
100.0
Visual Art
237
40.1
61
86.9
Post-Baccalaureate All
10,732
75.5
6,055
92.5
Biology
304
76.6
172
93.6
Business
7
100.0
5
-
Chemistry
89
82.0
56
96.4
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
58
22.4
12
83.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC
8
0.0
-
-
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural]
3
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
746
68.9
400
89.3
Earth Science
34
85.3
23
91.3
Elementary
2,133
72.1
1,143
90.4
English
942
73.1
512
90.4
English as a Second Language
256
82.8
141
91.5
Foreign Language - [Arabic]
2
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
5
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
42
66.7
22
100.0
Foreign Language - [German]
4
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Japanese]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
7
100.0
6
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
161
82.6
95
91.6
General Science
155
85.8
99
92.9
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
43
76.7
26
96.2
History
831
68.8
444
91.9
Instructional Technology
80
88.8
48
95.8
Latin and Classical Humanities
51
41.2
9
88.9
Library
88
83.0
56
98.2
Mathematics
705
84.3
463
94.0
Middle School Humanities
34
73.5
20
75.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science
38
84.2
27
96.3
Moderate Disabilities
2,878
85.1
1,811
94.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
88
71.6
43
95.3
Physical Education
91
69.2
52
92.3
Physics
68
83.8
42
97.6
Political Science/Political Philosophy
11
36.4
-
-
Severe Disabilities
576
64.4
270
91.1
Technology/Engineering
12
83.3
8
87.5
Theater
60
38.3
11
81.8
Visual Art
289
62.6
131
90.8
Visually Impaired
59
49.2
24
83.3
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All
1,136
80.5
665
91.1
Biology
33
72.7
18
83.3
Business
17
88.2
11
100.0
Chemistry
22
81.8
15
86.7
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
6
83.3
-
-
Earth Science
6
100.0
4
-
Elementary
113
73.5
45
88.9
English
169
74.6
90
91.1
English as a Second Language
93
84.9
59
88.1
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
8
87.5
6
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
5
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
33
90.9
23
95.7
General Science
52
86.5
32
90.6
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences
11
100.0
10
90.0
History
67
83.6
38
89.5
Instructional Technology
5
-
-
-
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
Mathematics
212
79.7
124
91.1
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
16
81.3
10
90.0
Moderate Disabilities
166
78.3
100
92.0
Physical Education
51
90.2
35
97.1
Physics
30
80.0
18
88.9
Political Science/Political Philosophy
3
-
-
-
Technology/Engineering
2
-
-
-
Visual Art
18
94.4
12
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
1,713
91.9
1,228
95.8
Post-Baccalaureate All
1,713
91.9
1,228
95.8
Biology
25
92.0
19
100.0
Business
1
-
-
-
Chemistry
8
100.0
3
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
239
92.9
180
94.4
Earth Science
5
-
-
-
Elementary
701
90.2
508
93.9
English
96
94.8
71
94.4
English Language Learners
1
-
-
-
English as a Second Language
10
100.0
10
100.0
Foreign Language - [French]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Portuguese]
1
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
25
96.0
19
100.0
General Science
22
100.0
15
100.0
History
105
92.4
76
98.7
Instructional Technology
19
100.0
11
90.9
Latin and Classical Humanities
2
-
-
-
Mathematics
177
92.7
113
96.5
Middle School Humanities
2
-
-
-
Middle School Mathematics/Science
5
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
157
93.6
115
100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
23
95.7
16
100.0
Physical Education
48
79.2
28
100.0
Physics
6
100.0
4
-
Political Science/Political Philosophy
1
-
-
-
Severe Disabilities
8
100.0
6
100.0
Technology/Engineering
1
-
-
-
Visual Art
45
91.1
35
97.1



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2013 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2013 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.1
Worcester
-
2.3
Newton
-
2.3
Lawrence
-
1.8


*No Data Available.

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