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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 33,394 - 72.6 20,585 93.1
2015 - 16 5,284 - 64.1 0 *
2014 - 15 5,107 - 69.4 3,175 90.8
2013 - 14 6,032 - 75.9 4,448 91.9
2012 - 13 5,851 - 76.6 4,385 93.1
2011 - 12 6,478 - 74.7 4,769 94.2
2010 - 11 6,081 - 76.0 4,569 95.0



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 2,976 79.9 > 2,113 96.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,976 79.9 > 2,113 96.5
Principal/Assistant Principal 2,660 78.9 > 1,871 96.5
School Business Administrator 6 - >- -
Special Education Administrator 166 91.6 > 123 95.1
Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent 123 36.6 > 37 100.0
Supervisor/Director 108 91.7 > 95 97.9
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All 1,957 59.1 > 969 90.5
Post-Baccalaureate All 1,957 59.1 > 969 90.5
School Guidance Counselor 1,428 55.6 > 671 88.8
School Psychologist 322 77.6 > 212 95.3
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor 284 60.6 > 130 92.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All 2,399 67.9 > 1,348 93.2
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,324 67.0 > 1,275 93.6
Reading 1,494 86.9 > 1,073 94.8
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders 865 32.1 > 219 87.7
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 75 97.3 > 73 86.3
Reading 75 97.3 > 73 86.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Professional All All 1 - >- -
Post-Baccalaureate All 1 - >- -
Reading 1 - >- -
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All 24,733 72.1 > 14,898 92.5
Baccalaureate All 8,446 62.6 > 4,261 92.2
Biology 99 68.7 > 56 91.1
Business 2 - >- -
Chemistry 31 67.7 > 17 94.1
Dance 3 - >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1,174 60.6 > 558 92.5
Earth Science 5 - >- -
Elementary 3,294 68.8 > 1,836 92.4
English 855 57.9 > 402 92.5
English as a Second Language 83 55.4 > 32 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 23 47.8 > 7 71.4
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 87 70.1 > 54 96.3
General Science 35 65.7 > 19 94.7
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 42 59.5 > 19 94.7
History 754 52.9 > 324 92.6
Latin and Classical Humanities 12 66.7 > 8 87.5
Mathematics 469 64.2 > 261 93.1
Middle School Humanities 6 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 6 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 478 71.8 > 268 94.8
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 349 60.2 > 174 86.8
Physical Education 411 52.6 > 187 95.2
Physics 26 53.8 > 10 100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy 5 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 82 76.8 > 39 82.1
Technology/Engineering 13 84.6 > 9 88.9
Theater 71 26.8 > 16 93.8
Visual Art 342 49.7 > 128 89.8
Post-Baccalaureate All 15,246 77.0 > 9,868 92.9
Biology 447 80.5 > 296 95.3
Business 17 82.4 > 10 100.0
Chemistry 119 80.7 > 85 96.5
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 58 27.6 > 15 86.7
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - ASL/TC 19 0.0 >- -
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing - [Oral/Aural] 10 0.0 >- -
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 1,134 73.0 > 670 90.6
Earth Science 47 87.2 > 34 91.2
Elementary 2,956 74.2 > 1,893 91.8
English 1,305 75.5 > 845 89.6
English as a Second Language 424 83.3 > 275 90.5
Foreign Language - [Arabic] 5 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 15 40.0 > 3 -
Foreign Language - [French] 53 71.7 > 35 100.0
Foreign Language - [German] 4 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Italian] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Japanese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 238 83.6 > 164 92.1
General Science 229 86.9 > 165 93.3
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 60 81.7 > 41 92.7
History 1,135 71.4 > 704 92.5
Instructional Technology 114 82.5 > 86 96.5
Latin and Classical Humanities 79 48.1 > 30 93.3
Library 110 80.0 > 81 96.3
Mathematics 962 84.9 > 704 94.3
Middle School Humanities 46 71.7 > 28 89.3
Middle School Mathematics/Science 44 81.8 > 35 94.3
Moderate Disabilities 4,132 85.9 > 2,936 94.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 134 68.7 > 78 97.4
Physical Education 109 71.6 > 70 94.3
Physics 94 83.0 > 67 95.5
Political Science/Political Philosophy 17 58.8 > 7 100.0
Severe Disabilities 883 66.4 > 459 91.3
Technology/Engineering 15 86.7 > 12 91.7
Theater 109 34.9 > 28 78.6
Visual Art 387 66.1 > 212 92.5
Visually Impaired 83 42.2 > 29 89.7
Post-Baccalaureate - Apprenticeship/Teacher of Record All 1,639 79.3 > 1,102 91.1
Biology 53 77.4 > 31 83.9
Business 17 100.0 > 17 100.0
Chemistry 32 84.4 > 22 90.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 22 45.5 > 7 100.0
Earth Science 6 - >- -
Elementary 223 71.7 > 118 93.2
English 231 77.5 > 155 94.8
English as a Second Language 125 84.8 > 100 88.0
Foreign Language - [Chinese] 8 87.5 > 7 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 8 87.5 > 6 100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 44 90.9 > 34 94.1
General Science 78 80.8 > 53 86.8
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 15 100.0 > 13 92.3
History 89 87.6 > 63 88.9
Instructional Technology 5 - >- -
Latin and Classical Humanities 2 - >- -
Mathematics 300 78.3 > 201 88.1
Middle School Humanities 16 25.0 >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 21 76.2 > 14 92.9
Moderate Disabilities 221 79.6 > 149 89.3
Physical Education 64 89.1 > 50 98.0
Physics 41 78.0 > 29 93.1
Political Science/Political Philosophy 3 - >- -
Technology/Engineering 2 - >- -
Visual Art 18 94.4 > 17 100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All 2,341 91.5 > 1,871 95.7
Post-Baccalaureate All 2,341 91.5 > 1,871 95.7
Biology 30 93.3 > 27 100.0
Business 1 - >- -
Chemistry 14 92.9 > 12 100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities 334 89.8 > 262 95.8
Earth Science 5 - >- -
Elementary 898 90.4 > 729 94.8
English 145 95.9 > 118 95.8
English Language Learners 1 - >- -
English as a Second Language 10 100.0 > 10 100.0
Foreign Language - [French] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Portuguese] 3 - >- -
Foreign Language - [Spanish] 30 96.7 > 27 100.0
General Science 37 97.3 > 28 100.0
Health/Family and Consumer Sciences 7 100.0 > 2 -
History 141 92.2 > 119 95.8
Instructional Technology 24 100.0 > 24 87.5
Latin and Classical Humanities 3 - >- -
Mathematics 236 95.3 > 194 94.8
Middle School Humanities 4 - >- -
Middle School Mathematics/Science 5 - >- -
Moderate Disabilities 225 93.8 > 180 97.2
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General 33 93.9 > 23 95.7
Physical Education 75 80.0 > 49 98.0
Physics 8 87.5 > 6 100.0
Political Science/Political Philosophy 1 - >- -
Severe Disabilities 11 100.0 > 8 100.0
Technology/Engineering 6 - >- -
Visual Art 80 82.5 > 54 96.3



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2015 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2015 Program Completers First Employment
Boston
-
5.6
Springfield
-
3.2
Newton
-
2.5
Worcester
-
2.2
Lawrence
-
1.9


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