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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 28,645 - 71.9 17,009 93.1
2014 - 15 5,107 - 62.2 0 *
2013 - 14 6,032 - 73.7 4,045 92.0
2012 - 13 5,851 - 74.9 4,230 92.2
2011 - 12 6,478 - 73.6 4,670 93.6
2010 - 11 6,081 - 75.1 4,497 94.6



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 2,624 80.5 > 1,877 96.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,624 80.5 > 1,877 96.5
Principal/Assistant Principal 2,352 79.5 > 1,661 96.5
School Business Administrator 2 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 135 91.1 > 108 95.4
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 91 40.7 > 30 100.0
Supervisor/Director 104 91.3 > 90 97.8
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 1,673 57.9 > 773 90.4
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,673 57.9 > 773 90.4
School Guidance Counselor 1,242 54.0 > 533 88.9
School Psychologist 272 77.9 > 172 94.8
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 217 59.9 > 99 91.9
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 2,011 67.0 > 1,106 93.1
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,936 65.9 > 1,046 93.4
Reading 1,239 86.6 > 879 94.7
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 726 30.2 > 180 87.2
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 75 97.3 > 60 88.3
Reading 75 97.3 > 60 88.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 1 - >- -
Reading 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 20,999 70.9 > 12,083 92.4
Baccalaureate All 7,103 60.0 > 3,276 92.1
Biology 81 69.1 > 46 93.5
Business 2 - >- -
Chemistry 21 81.0 > 16 87.5
Dance 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 983 56.8 > 425 91.3
Earth Science 4 - >- -
Elementary 2,768 66.3 > 1,383 92.5
English 721 55.8 > 315 91.7
English as a Second Language 61 52.5 > 22 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 19 36.8 > 6 66.7
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 77 70.1 > 41 97.6
General Science 29 65.5 > 14 92.9
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 33 57.6 > 14 92.9
History 645 50.2 > 265 93.6
Latin and Classical Humanities 9 88.9 > 8 87.5
Mathematics 407 64.1 > 202 94.6
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 3 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 384 69.8 > 194 94.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 296 58.8 > 145 86.9
Physical Education 363 51.5 > 151 94.0
Physics 21 47.6 > 9 100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 56 69.6 > 27 81.5
Technology/Engineering 11 81.8 > 8 87.5
Theater 62 25.8 > 12 91.7
Visual Art 289 44.3 > 95 89.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 12,917 76.4 > 8,104 92.7
Biology 376 78.7 > 233 94.0
Business 11 90.9 > 7 100.0
Chemistry 103 82.5 > 73 97.3
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 58 25.9 > 13 84.6
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 15 0.0 >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 10 0.0 >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 944 71.0 > 514 89.7
Earth Science 41 82.9 > 29 89.7
Elementary 2,561 73.9 > 1,537 91.2
English 1,125 75.1 > 689 89.4
English as a Second Language 333 82.6 > 212 91.0
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 8 37.5 >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 50 70.0 > 28 100.0
Foreign Language - [German] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Japanese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 198 82.8 > 133 91.0
General Science 190 86.8 > 133 94.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 53 77.4 > 33 97.0
History 982 71.7 > 572 92.1
Instructional Technology 101 85.1 > 71 97.2
Latin and Classical Humanities 64 46.9 > 21 95.2
Library 100 81.0 > 73 95.9
Mathematics 830 84.8 > 594 94.3
Middle School Humanities 41 68.3 > 25 88.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science 42 83.3 > 32 96.9
Moderate Disabilities 3,438 85.4 > 2,449 94.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 113 69.0 > 63 93.7
Physical Education 100 70.0 > 63 93.7
Physics 81 82.7 > 57 96.5
Political Science/Political Philosophy 15 46.7 > 4 -
Severe Disabilities 713 64.4 > 371 91.4
Technology/Engineering 14 85.7 > 10 90.0
Theater 87 32.2 > 23 82.6
Visual Art 331 64.0 > 181 92.8
Visually Impaired 66 43.9 > 29 89.7
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 1,383 79.7 > 915 91.4
Biology 42 73.8 > 24 83.3
Business 17 100.0 > 15 100.0
Chemistry 26 84.6 > 18 88.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 12 58.3 > 5 -
Earth Science 6 - >- -
Elementary 163 72.4 > 83 92.8
English 205 75.6 > 126 94.4
English as a Second Language 118 84.7 > 79 86.1
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 7 85.7 > 4 -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 38 89.5 > 30 96.7
General Science 64 82.8 > 45 91.1
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 13 100.0 > 11 90.9
History 73 86.3 > 56 92.9
Instructional Technology 5 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 255 78.8 > 169 88.8
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 18 77.8 > 13 92.3
Moderate Disabilities 194 76.8 > 130 89.2
Physical Education 55 90.9 > 46 97.8
Physics 38 76.3 > 24 91.7
Political Science/Political Philosophy 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Visual Art 18 94.4 > 17 100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 2,035 91.9 > 1,574 95.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,035 91.9 > 1,574 95.7
Biology 29 93.1 > 23 100.0
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 12 100.0 > 8 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 285 91.9 > 222 95.5
Earth Science 5 - >- -
Elementary 808 90.2 > 632 94.8
English 124 95.2 > 91 95.6
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] 28 96.4 > 24 100.0
General Science 29 96.6 > 22 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 2 - >- -
History 129 92.2 > 97 96.9
Instructional Technology 24 100.0 > 19 84.2
Latin and Classical Humanities 3 - >- -
Mathematics 205 94.6 > 164 95.1
Middle School Humanities 2 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 190 94.7 > 147 96.6
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 24 95.8 > 22 100.0
Physical Education 60 81.7 > 38 100.0
Physics 6 - >- -
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 9 88.9 > 8 100.0
Technology/Engineering 3 - >- -
Visual Art 63 85.7 > 41 97.6



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2014 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2014 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.1
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
1.9


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