EEC's Professional Portal

The Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)'s Professional Portal is a tool to manage your professional trainings and growth. The portal is a simple and user-friendly experience for your professional journey at EEC. We’re continuing to improve it based on your feedback.

This page includes information about what you can do in the portal, how to get started, and using a MyMassGov account.

Start using EEC's Professional Portal  

Available features

At this time, here's what you can do in EEC’s Professional Portal: 

• Complete your portal profile to meet your annual registration requirement.
  Learn more about our changes to annual registration
• Access the new StrongStart Learning Management System (LMS)
  Learn more about StrongStart
• Apply for or manage EEC professional certifications  
  Learn more about applying for a certification 
  Learn more about our updates to the professional certification application  

These features are part of the first phase of having various EEC tools in one place. New features will be available in the future.

Getting started in the portal

To get started, you need to log in to the Professional Portal with your MyMassGov account.  

If you don’t have a MyMassGov account, you’ll need to create one. 
Learn more about using a MyMassGov account to log in to the portal

When you log in to the Professional Portal for the first time, you’ll need to create your portal profile.

We’ll ask you to share a few details about yourself for your profile: 

• Personal information (like your date of birth, any previous names, ZIP code, and contact information)
• Program information (like the program you’re currently working in and your roles)  

Once you complete your portal profile, this now counts as your annual registration and you can download your proof of registration from your dashboard.  You can also access the new StrongStart LMS, apply for or manage your EEC professional certifications, and review or edit your portal profile.

Start using EEC’s Professional Portal 

Using MyMassGov to log in to the portal

You must use a MyMassGov account to log in and to manage your Professional Portal access.

If you don’t have a MyMassGov account, you’ll need to create one before you can start using the portal.  Note: We recommend using a personal email address instead of a work email. It’s best to use an email that you check often and will continue to have access to in the future.  
 
Logging in with a MyMassGov account helps us confirm your personal details and identity. When you use MyMassGov, you can also access other participating Massachusetts services on mass.gov. This includes the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV), state health insurance, family leave, and more.

Learn more about creating a MyMassGov account 

Learn more about using MyMassGov  

Contact us

If you need help or have questions, submit a support request online.