Employment
The Employment domain evaluates a provider's performance in preparing educators to begin and remain teaching in Tennessee public schools.
Performance
What does this mean?
"Does Not Meet Expectations" means the provider received less than 50% of possible points. "Meets Expectations" means the provider received 50-74.9% of possible points. "Exceeds Expectations" means the provider received 75% or more of possible points.
Why is this important?
Teacher retention is important because teachers become more effective as they gain experience. Retaining more teachers also helps to alleviate teacher shortages.
Metrics
This domain includes two scored metrics and one unscored metric.
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Rate of First-Year Employment in Tennessee Public Schools
N-Size: 388
What is this metric?
This metric reports the percentage of cohort members who were employed in Tennessee public schools within one year of completing their preparation program or within one year of enrolling in a job-embedded program.
This metric is unscored
Second Year Retention Rate
State Average: 93.6
N-Size: 195
What is this metric?
This metric reports the percentage of first-year employed cohort members who remain teaching in Tennessee public schools for a second year.
What does this mean?
The score of 91.8 earned this EPP 6.12 out of 9 points possible.
Third Year Retention Rate
State Average: 78.8
N-Size: 87
What is this metric?
This metric reports the percentage of first-year employed cohort members who remain teaching in Tennessee public schools for three years.
What does this mean?
The score of 74.7 earned this EPP 2.33 out of 6 points possible.