According to the Law on “General Education” of Georgia, in 2008-2009 the Teacher Professional Development Center developed web technology based Teacher Registration Management Information System, which records information about registered teachers’ personal identification, qualification, professional development etc.

Successful implementation of the state programs in terms of teacher insurance, improvement of social status or qualifications, teacher certification system and other relevant factors requires accurate and updated information about the teachers currently employed at schools or qualified specialists who are willing to become teachers.

Teacher registration management information system is one of the unprecedented projects. It allows all Education Resource Centers (ERC), public schools and registered teachers to enter, search or update data in the system via internet. Entering certain part of information will be the responsibility of the schools, while the information about a teacher’s certification will be provided by the National Examination Center; Data on teacher’s professional development will be contributed by the accredited programs, who issue certificates. Each educator will have an opportunity to check personal data and make updates and additions as needed using the school computer lab or the Education Resource Center. Therefore, the system will offer teachers simple and convenient form of registration for the certification exams.

Registration management information system includes data about all schools in Georgia. The database sorts the schools by 70 Education Resource Centers. Currently the database includes data of up to 76,500 teachers.

The system can automatically generate registered teachers’ resumes, which then can be printed. The system also includes several forms of analytical reports, which allows users to see statistical or analytical information from different viewpoints, e.g., number and distribution of teachers according to different categories (region, district, age, sex, subject and etc); the system can generate report sorting the teachers by the accredited training courses they have attended.

The registration system will help the Teacher Professional Development Center to determine the number of teachers entering the profession, identify what are the challenges that teachers are facing in different regions of the country and plan the interventions accordingly.

Creation of the Teachers’ database started in February 2009 based on the registration application submitted by the Education Resource Centers. The process of registration finished in May. Twenty operators were contracted to enter data in the system. In September the schools were sent the information taken from the system for their confirmation and new application forms for teachers employed in 2009-2010. The review process finished in November, 2009.