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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
1,331
939
70.5
644
68.6
2018 - 19
161
128
79.5
102
79.7
2017 - 18
184
129
70.1
106
82.2
2016 - 17
180
131
72.8
99
75.6
2015 - 16
202
144
71.3
92
63.9
2014 - 15
173
120
69.4
71
59.2
2013 - 14
243
165
67.9
101
61.2
2012 - 13
218
146
67.0
86
58.9



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: Professional Support Personnel, Initial All All
7
7
100.0
6
85.7
Post-Baccalaureate All
7
7
100.0
6
85.7
School Counselor
5
5
100.0
4
80.0
School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Academic: Specialist Teacher, Initial All All
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
Post-Baccalaureate All
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
Reading
5
5
100.0
5
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Initial All All
137
104
75.9
80
76.9
Baccalaureate All
91
69
75.8
53
76.8
Biology
2
2
100.0
2
100.0
Business
1
1
100.0
-
-
Early Childhood
14
11
78.6
9
81.8
Early Childhood: Students with and without Disabilities
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Elementary
35
28
80.0
21
75.0
English
9
6
66.7
6
100.0
History
8
7
87.5
5
71.4
Mathematics
4
2
50.0
1
50.0
Moderate Disabilities
9
6
66.7
4
66.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
2
2
100.0
1
50.0
Physical Education
6
4
66.7
4
100.0
Visual Art
1
-
-
-
-
Post-Baccalaureate All
46
35
76.1
27
77.1
Biology
1
-
-
-
-
Early Childhood
4
3
75.0
1
33.3
Elementary
16
13
81.3
8
61.5
English
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
History
6
3
50.0
3
100.0
Mathematics
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Moderate Disabilities
18
15
83.3
13
86.7
Music: Vocal/Instrumental/General
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Physical Education
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Academic: Teacher, Professional All All
17
17
100.0
16
94.1
Post-Baccalaureate All
17
17
100.0
16
94.1
Early Childhood
4
4
100.0
4
100.0
Elementary
8
8
100.0
8
100.0
History
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Mathematics
1
1
100.0
1
100.0
Physical Education
3
3
100.0
2
66.7



Top Employing Massachusetts Public School Districts (First Employing District)
District
 Number of 2018 Program Completers First Employment Percent of 2018 Program Completers First Employment
Springfield
21
11.4
Holyoke
7
3.8
Agawam
5
2.7
Westfield
5
2.7


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