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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)
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
1,147
-
64.9
624
91.5
2015 - 16
178
-
57.3
0
*
2014 - 15
170
-
58.2
92
90.2
2013 - 14
186
-
72.6
131
88.5
2012 - 13
215
-
63.3
132
90.2
2011 - 12
200
-
63.5
125
95.2
2010 - 11
202
-
73.3
144
93.1



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
16
81.3
11
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
16
81.3
11
100.0
Principal/Assistant Principal
8
87.5
7
100.0
Special Education Administrator
8
75.0
4
-
Academic: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
81
46.9
32
87.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
81
46.9
32
87.5
School Guidance Counselor
55
45.5
19
84.2
School Psychologist
26
50.0
13
92.3
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
159
30.8
37
89.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
159
30.8
37
89.2
Reading
5
-
-
-
Speech Language and Hearing Disorders
154
29.2
34
91.2
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
883
72.0
535
91.8
Baccalaureate All
241
61.0
110
93.6
Biology
3
-
-
-
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
53
52.8
17
100.0
Elementary
2
-
-
-
English
9
55.6
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
2
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
2
-
-
-
History
13
61.5
8
100.0
Mathematics
9
77.8
6
100.0
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
105
61.0
49
87.8
Physics
2
-
-
-
Visual Art
41
65.9
21
95.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
642
76.2
425
91.3
Biology
46
80.4
33
93.9
Chemistry
12
83.3
9
88.9
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
22
68.2
15
93.3
Earth Science
6
100.0
6
83.3
Elementary
110
78.2
71
88.7
English
91
81.3
68
88.2
English as a Second Language
59
71.2
33
93.9
Foreign Language - [Chinese]
2
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [French]
9
55.6
-
-
Foreign Language - [Italian]
3
-
-
-
Foreign Language - [Spanish]
4
-
-
-
General Science
24
75.0
14
78.6
History
109
78.0
72
95.8
Latin and Classical Humanities
36
38.9
11
100.0
Mathematics
43
83.7
30
93.3
Moderate Disabilities
50
84.0
40
87.5
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
2
-
-
-
Physics
11
90.9
10
90.0
Visual Art
3
-
-
-
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
12
91.7
9
88.9
Post-Baccalaureate All
12
91.7
9
88.9
Elementary
2
-
-
-
General Science
10
90.0
7
100.0



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2015 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2015 Program Completers First Employment
Springfield
-
16.8
Holyoke
-
3.4
Amherst-Pelham
-
2.9
Chicopee
-
2.5
Gill-Montague
-
2.4


*No Data Available.

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