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Teacher Preparation Program2017-2018 Destination Survey

Report

Michigan State UniversityCollege of Education Career Services

For more information contact: Pepa Casselman, College of Education Career Consultantcarls173@msu.edu, 517-353-9680, CareerNetwork.msu.edu

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Table of ContentsTeacher Preparation Program

Destination SurveyContent Information Page

Program Information & Rankings 3

Data Collection & Placement Information 4

Employment Information 5-6

Geographic Information 7

Top Employers 8

Full List of Employers 9-13

Employment Outside of Teaching 14

Continuing Education 15

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Program Information & RankingsMSU’s Distinctive Teacher Preparation Program:• All MSU teacher preparation students must complete a 1-year teaching

internship after earning a 4-year undergraduate degree.• Teaching interns earn 12 graduate level credits that can, with program

approval, be applied toward several master’s degree programs offered by the College of Education.

• The Elementary and Secondary Education Programs have been ranked #1 nationally for 25 consecutive years.

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Data Collection & Placement Information

In Summer 2018, an electronic version of the Destination Survey was sent to 338 teacher candidates who completed the 2017-2018 teacher certification internship. By the end of December 2018, 308 had responded resulting in an 91% knowledge rate and a 99% placement rate. All results of this survey are based on the responses to individual questions asked. Not all respondents answered every question.

This report is part of a larger campus-wide Destination Survey Report that can be found on the Career Services web site: CareerNetwork.msu.edu

Percentage of Respondents Working

in Teaching and Teaching-Related

Positions92%

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Employment InformationEmployment Facts

(Based on responses from 219 respondents)

Average Number of Job Offers 2.1

Received Job Offer Before Program Completion 22%

Accepted Job Offer Within 2 Months of Program Completion 73%

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Employment InformationNumber of Contracted Teachers

Reporting a Signing Bonus

6Average Bonus

$1,750

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Geographic InformationEmployment Locations by State and Region

73% Percentage of

Contracted Teachers Reporting Working in Michigan

(N=197)

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Top EmployersThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by school district.

Chicago Public Schools (IL) 22

Lansing Public Schools (MI) 12

Detroit Public Schools (MI) 10

South Lyon Community Schools (MI) 6

Clarkston Community Schools (MI) 5

Grand Rapids Public Schools (MI) 5

Holt Public Schools (MI) 5

Waterford School District (MI) 5

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Full List of Employers: In-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

Addison Community Schools: 1Anchor Bay School District: 1Bangor Township Schools: 1Bath Community Schools: 1Battle Creek Public Schools: 1Berkley School District: 1Bridgeman Public Schools: 1Brighton Area Schools: 4Capital Area Community Services Head Start: 1Cass City Public Schools: 1Cedar Springs Public Schools: 1Charlotte Public Schools: 2Charyl Stockwell Academy: 1Chelsea School District: 1Clarkston Community School District: 4Clinton Community Schools: 1Coldwater Community Schools: 1

Cole Academy: 3Coloma Community Schools: 1Copper Country Independent School District: 1Crawford Ausable Schools: 1Davison Community Schools: 1Dearborn City School District: 5Detroit Community Schools: 4Detroit Country Day Junior School: 1Detroit Public Schools Community District: 5Dewitt Public Schools: 3East Grand Rapids Public Schools: 2East Lansing School District: 4Eaton Academy: 3Farmington Public School District: 2Fenton Area Public Schools: 1Ferndale Public Schools: 1Flat Rock Community Schools: 1

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Full List of Employers: In-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

Forest Hills Public Schools: 2Fowlerville Community Schools: 4Francis REH PSA: 1Garden City Public Schools: 1Gladstone Area Schools: 1Grand Blanc Community Schools: 3Grand Rapids Public Schools: 3 Hamtramck Public Schools: 1Hartland Consolidated Schools: 1Hazel Park Schools: 1Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies: 1Holly Area School District: 1Holt Public Schools: 10Hope of Detroit Academy: 1Immaculate Heart of Mary: 1Ionia Public Schools: 1Ithaca Public Schools: 2

Jackson Christian Elementary: 1Jackson Preparatory & Early College: 1Kalamazoo Public Schools: 1 Kentwood Public Schools: 1Knapp Charter Academy: 1L’anse Creuse Public Schools: 1Lake Fenton Community Schools: 2Landmark Academy: 1Lansing Christian School: 1Lansing Public School District: 8Leslie Public Schools: 1Livonia Public School District: 3Lowell Area Schools: 1Macomb Independent School District: 1Maple Valley Schools: 1Marion Public Schools: 1Marlette Community Schools: 1Martin Luther Kind Jr. Education Center Academy: 1

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Full List of Employers: In-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

Mason Public Schools: 3Michigan Connections Academy: 2Midland Public Schools: 4Monroe Public Schools: 1Morenci Area Schools: 1Mount Clemens Community School District: 1National Heritage Academies: 2Niles Community Schools: 1Novi Community School District: 1Okemos Public Schools: 2Old Mission Peninsula School: 1Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School: 2Ovid-Elsie Area Schools: 2Parchment School District: 3Perry Public Schools: 1Plymouth-Canton Community Schools: 4Pontiac Academy for Excellence: 1

Port Huron Area School District: 2Redford Union Schools District No. 1: 1Reeths-Puffer Schools: 1Rochester Community School District: 4Rockford Public Schools: 3Royal Oak Neighborhood Schools: 1Saugatuck Public Schools: 1South Lyon Community Schools: 3Southfield Christian School: 1St. Fabian Catholic School: 2St. Mary Lake Leelanau: 1St. Catherine of Siena Academy: 2St Johns Public School: 1 St. Joseph Catholic School: 1Taylor School District: 1Thornapple Kellogg School District: 1Tri County Area Schools: 1Troy School District: 5

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Full List of Employers: In-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

Utica Community Schools: 2Walled Lake Consolidated Schools: 1Warren Woods Public Schools: 1Washtenaw Independent School District: 1Wayne-Westland Community School District: 2West Branch Rose City Area Schools: 1Williamston Community Schools: 1Zeeland Public Schools: 1

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Full List of Employers: Out-of-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

AlabamaTuscaloosa City Schools: 1AlaskaBering Straits School District: 1ArizonaCartwright School District: 3BASIS: 1Litchfield Park Elementary School District: 1Pardes School: 1Vail School District #20: 1CaliforniaFairfield-Sun Unified School District: 3Lammersville Unified School District: 1Oro Grande School District: 2Pasadena Unified School District: 1San Francisco Unified School District: 1ColoradoAcademy District 20: 1

Aurora Public Schools: 2Cherry Creek School District: 1Englewood School District: 2School District 27J: 1Widefield School District 3: 4GeorgiaNewton County SchoolsIllinoisChicago International Charter Schools: 1Chicago Public Schools: 10Community Unit School District 200: 1Darien School District #61: 1District 125: 1District 201 Morton Freshman Center: 1Forest Ridge School District 142: 1Gale Community Academy: 1Lombard School District 44: 1

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Full List of Employers: Out-of-StateThe numbers indicate how many respondents reported being hired by each district.

IndianaSouthern Hancock County Community School Corporation: 1MarylandBaltimore County Public Schools: 1MinnesotaWestonka School District: 1New YorkBronx Public Charter School: 1Schenectady City School District: 1OhioConstellation Schools: 1TexasBastrop Independent School District: 1Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District: 2Spring Branch Independent School District: 1Vivaldi Music Academy: 1

VirginiaFairfax County Public Schools: 1Stafford County Public Schools: 2WashingtonFederal Way Public Schools: 1WisconsinBarneveld School District: 1

ChinaTianfu No. 7 High School: 1Weiming Internation Bilingual School: 1FranceTeaching Assistant Program in France: 1JordanInternational School in Amman: 1MexicoAmerican School of Tampico: 1Republic of KoreaInternational School in Incheon: 1

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Employment Outside of Teaching• Customer Experience Specialist• Entrepreneur• Financial Analyst• Operations Manager• Sales/Marketing• Technical Recruiter

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Continuing Education Information

Universities AttendedThe number indicates how many respondents pursued a

graduate program at each college/university.

Michigan State University 6Baylor University 1University of Michigan 1

Graduate Studies Pursued

• Applied Behavior Analysis• Autism Spectrum Disorder• Educational Technology• Educational Studies• Industrial Mathematics• Music Performance• Percussion Performance• Teaching & Curriculum