Education Certification System - IT
The purpose of this RFSP is to contract with a computer consulting firm on a time-and-materials basis for the services of one programmer/analyst working under the guidance of the ISBE data systems supervisor to provide continued enhancements and support of the Teacher Certification Information System (TCIS) and Education Certification System (ECS).
The Teacher Certification Information System (TCIS) is a client/server-based system that manages teacher certification data and processes. TCIS is used by Regional Offices of Education (ROE), colleges, universities and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to enter, store and process applications for teaching certificates, endorsements, approvals, certificate registration and renewal. TCIS has been developed using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and accesses a Microsoft SQL Server 2000. It has been in production since December 1996
