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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.


Employment Rates Context

In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, the College had 402 licensure program completers, 57.2% of which were employed in a MA public school. 91.3% of those remained employed for at least 2 years. The top three public school districts that employ our graduates are Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst-Pelham.


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 972 - 64.2 503 92.0
2014 - 15 170 - 54.1 0 *
2013 - 14 186 - 70.4 117 89.7
2012 - 13 215 - 61.4 124 90.3
2011 - 12 200 - 62.5 119 94.1
2010 - 11 202 - 71.3 143 93.7



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 14 78.6 > 11 100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 14 78.6 > 11 100.0
Principal/Assistant Principal 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Special Education Administrator 6 - >- -
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 65 49.2 > 27 85.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 65 49.2 > 27 85.2
School Guidance Counselor 42 45.2 > 15 80.0
School Psychologist 23 56.5 > 12 91.7
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 130 28.5 > 25 92.0
Post-Baccalaureate All 130 28.5 > 25 92.0
Reading 4 - >- -
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 126 27.0 > 23 91.3
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 754 71.0 > 432 92.4
Baccalaureate All 192 57.3 > 83 91.6
Biology 2 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 34 50.0 > 8 100.0
Elementary 2 - >- -
English 8 50.0 >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 1 - >- -
History 13 61.5 > 8 100.0
Mathematics 6 - >- -
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 88 55.7 > 41 85.4
Physics 1 - >- -
Visual Art 35 60.0 > 14 92.9
Post-Baccalaureate All 562 75.6 > 349 92.6
Biology 40 82.5 > 26 96.2
Chemistry 12 75.0 > 7 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 22 68.2 > 15 93.3
Earth Science 6 - >- -
Elementary 91 78.0 > 56 89.3
English 83 81.9 > 58 89.7
English as a Second Language 50 66.0 > 22 95.5
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 2 - >- -
Foreign Language - [French] 9 55.6 >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 3 - >- -
General Science 21 66.7 > 10 70.0
History 91 79.1 > 54 98.1
Latin and Classical Humanities 31 35.5 > 9 100.0
Mathematics 35 85.7 > 28 96.4
Moderate Disabilities 47 85.1 > 38 86.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 2 - >- -
Physics 11 90.9 > 9 100.0
Visual Art 3 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 10 90.0 > 8 87.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 10 90.0 > 8 87.5
Elementary 2 - >- -
General Science 8 87.5 > 6 100.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2014 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2014 Program Completers First Employment
Springfield
-
16.0
Holyoke
-
3.5
Amherst-Pelham
-
3.2
Gill-Montague
-
2.4
Chicopee
-
2.2


*No Data Available.

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