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Welcome to EEC's Professional Qualifications Registry (PQ Registry). Educators
working in programs serving children from birth through school age, regardless of
setting, can create an individual educator profile in the PQ Registry. EEC encourages
all educators to take advantage of the PQ Registry, including those who work in
public preschools and other programs that are not subject to EEC licensure.
If you are currently working in early education or out-of-school time in an EEC-licensed
center-based program or family child care home in Massachusetts, you will need to
register to comply with the
2010 Family, Group and School Age Child Care Regulations. Educators, including
assistants, who work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or school age children
in EEC-licensed settings are required to register and update their registration
annually. EEC is also requiring programs that are not subject to EEC licensure to
register their educators if they would like to participate in EEC's Quality Rating
Improvement System (QRIS).
EEC's new Professional Qualifications Registry gathers important information on
the size, composition, education, and experience of our current workforce. It stores
information about the retention and turnover of educators working in early education
and out-of-school time programs. This information will help EEC build a workforce
development system that responds to the needs of all educators and programs in Massachusetts.
Please note that having an EEC teacher certification does not mean that you are already
registered.
Updates about EEC's annual registration process and accessing your PQR information
By December 10, 2026, the Professional Qualifications Registry (PQR) will be shut
off and no longer available. Learn more about these changes
If you have any self-entered information in PQR (like your personal, education,
or work history) that you'd like to keep, be sure to download a copy of it for your
personal records by the end of this year. Learn how to access and download your information
Can I maintain or update a record of my work and professional development
history in the Portal, similar to PQR? No. At this time, you can't maintain a
record of your work and professional development history in your Portal profile
similar to PQR. If you have any work or professional development history in PQR
that you want to keep, download a copy of your details (learn how) before PQR is
shut off on December 10, 2026. We plan to develop new tools in the Portal in the
future to keep a record of verified professional development training.
Already registered in PQR? You can use your PQR Registration printout until its
renewal date. After that date, you'll need to use your EEC registration card and
EEC ID from the Professional Portal
to show that you're registered.
For online resources about the PQ Registry,
click here. Please note that online page instructions have been added to
the PQ Registry, should you have questions about how to use the Registry.
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