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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 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 - >- -
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 - >- -
Earth Science 6 - >- -
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 - >- -
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


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