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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)
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
1,141
648
56.8
455
70.2
2019 - 20
160
95
59.4
80
84.2
2018 - 19
169
109
64.5
92
84.4
2017 - 18
162
95
58.6
69
72.6
2016 - 17
149
78
52.3
49
62.8
2015 - 16
161
89
55.3
61
68.5
2014 - 15
162
80
49.4
51
63.8
2013 - 14
180
104
57.8
55
52.9



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
Special Education Administrator
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
23
5
21.7
5
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
23
5
21.7
5
100.0
School Counselor
4
2
50.0
2
100.0
School Guidance Counselor
10
4
40.0
4
100.0
School Psychologist
11
-
-
-
-
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
22
10
45.5
8
80.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
22
10
45.5
8
80.0
Reading
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
20
8
40.0
6
75.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
113
78
69.0
65
83.3
Baccalaureate All
58
31
53.4
24
77.4
Biology
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Early Childhood
16
4
25.0
4
100.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
2
-
-
-
-
Mathematics
4
4
100.0
4
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
6
3
50.0
1
33.3
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
26
16
61.5
13
81.3
Visual Art
3
3
100.0
1
33.3
Post-Baccalaureate All
56
48
85.7
42
87.5
Biology
7
6
85.7
6
100.0
Chemistry
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Elementary
6
5
83.3
5
100.0
English
6
6
100.0
6
100.0
English as a Second Language
6
5
83.3
5
100.0
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
General Science
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
History
14
12
85.7
10
83.3
Latin and Classical Humanities
6
4
66.7
1
25.0
Mathematics
7
6
85.7
5
83.3
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
General Science
1
1
100.0
1
100.0


*No Data Available.

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