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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)
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
2,751
1,766
64.2
1,295
73.3
2018 - 19
341
249
73.0
204
81.9
2017 - 18
382
244
63.9
209
85.7
2016 - 17
378
261
69.0
199
76.2
2015 - 16
389
250
64.3
179
71.6
2014 - 15
398
266
66.8
171
64.3
2013 - 14
493
314
63.7
206
65.6
2012 - 13
468
261
55.8
169
64.8



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: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
27
20
74.1
16
80.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
27
20
74.1
16
80.0
School Guidance Counselor
16
11
68.8
9
81.8
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
11
9
81.8
7
77.8
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
27
21
77.8
20
95.2
Post-Baccalaureate All
27
21
77.8
20
95.2
Reading
27
21
77.8
20
95.2
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
258
182
70.5
145
79.7
Baccalaureate All
39
18
46.2
13
72.2
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
12
6
50.0
4
66.7
Elementary
10
5
50.0
4
80.0
English
6
4
66.7
2
50.0
History
2
-
-
-
-
Mathematics
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
8
3
37.5
3
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
219
164
74.9
132
80.5
Early Childhood
10
6
60.0
3
50.0
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
17
12
70.6
8
66.7
Elementary
88
57
64.8
42
73.7
English
12
11
91.7
11
100.0
English as a Second Language
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
General Science
6
4
66.7
3
75.0
History
9
7
77.8
6
85.7
Instructional Technology
10
10
100.0
10
100.0
Mathematics
8
7
87.5
5
71.4
Middle School Humanities
1
-
-
-
-
Moderate Disabilities
47
37
78.7
35
94.6
Severe Disabilities
8
8
100.0
6
75.0
Visual Art
5
5
100.0
3
60.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
29
26
89.7
23
88.5
Post-Baccalaureate All
29
26
89.7
23
88.5
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Elementary
19
17
89.5
14
82.4
General Science
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Mathematics
7
7
100.0
7
100.0
Visual Art
1
-
-
-
-



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2018 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2018 Program Completers First Employment
Newton
14
3.7
Brookline
10
2.6
Cambridge
10
2.6
Arlington
8
2.1


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