Research

Administrative History

Since 1982 data from teacher certification cards have been entered into the Teacher Certificate Database. Cards entered in the early and mid-1980s were retained and filed separately. After individual cards were used for reference purposes, they were entered in the database and refiled with previously entered cards. Cards that have been entered into the database are scheduled to be retained by the Archives for 40 years, after which time the database will have been checked for accuracy and accessioned; the entered cards will then be destroyed. In 2000, the original paper teacher certification cards were transferred back to the Office of the Professions to be microfilmed.