• enables school staff (teaching and non-teaching) to access, maintain and control their own Professional Records - including their professional development information - efficiently and effectively
• enables schools to control and manage School-Related Staff Records and Additional School Information in a secure manner
• allows schools/staff to choose which records (and which fields within each record) they wish to use
• enables staff to use Professional Records securely between schools
• includes Teachers Council and Ministry of Education standards and facilitates compliance with these, together with ERO's requirements
• uses a content management system that is easy for non-technical people to use e.g enables people to easily and collaboratively (if required) add to, edit and manage individual records
• has appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that protect the security and privacy of information
• saves time and effort
• comes with support, if required

A teacher:

• works in one school, accessing and maintaining his/her own Professional Records
• moves to a new school and continues to manage his/her own Professional Records
• works part-time in several schools concurrently
• takes some time off from teaching (e.g. study leave) but wishes to maintain their own Professional Records
• applies for a job at another school and wishes to allow the interviewing principal temporary viewing access to some of their Professional Records
• provides written permission to their previous school to allow themselves or a new principal temporary viewing access to their former School-Related Staff Records (e.g. to assist with checking registration requirements)

TPRO was developed by The Biddulph Group (see Developers). The development process extended over two years and involved ongoing consultation and trialling with a number of principals and teachers. NZEI, PPTA, Teachers Council and the Ministry of Education were also consulted. For further information, see Background to TPRO