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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)
District 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
684
506
74.0
336
66.4
2018 - 19
136
107
78.7
87
81.3
2017 - 18
97
66
68.0
60
90.9
2016 - 17
93
74
79.6
52
70.3
2015 - 16
97
74
76.3
43
58.1
2014 - 15
104
73
70.2
43
58.9
2013 - 14
92
64
69.6
34
53.1
2012 - 13
85
62
72.9
28
45.2



Employment by Program Characteristics
District Retention in a MA Public School
Program Type Program Level Program Subject Area Number 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
Academic: Administrator, Initial All All
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Principal/Assistant Principal
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
School Counselor
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
133
104
78.2
84
80.8
Baccalaureate All
30
16
53.3
13
81.3
Early Childhood
5
4
80.0
2
50.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Elementary
20
9
45.0
8
88.9
English
1
-
-
-
-
Mathematics
2
1
50.0
1
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
103
88
85.4
71
80.7
Biology
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Chemistry
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Early Childhood
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
6
5
83.3
2
40.0
Elementary
42
35
83.3
31
88.6
English
4
4
100.0
2
50.0
English as a Second Language
6
4
66.7
3
75.0
General Science
1
-
-
-
-
History
4
3
75.0
3
100.0
Mathematics
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Middle School Mathematics/Science
1
1
100.0
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
33
30
90.9
24
80.0
Physics
1
1
100.0
1
100.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2018 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2018 Program Completers First Employment
Lawrence
11
11.3
Haverhill
6
6.2
North Andover
4
4.1
Andover
3
3.1


*No Data Available.

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