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Welcome
The Vision of the Georgia BellSouth Quality Learning and Teaching Environments (QLTE) Initiative is to enhance the economic prosperity and quality of life of Georgians, their communities, and the state by working collaboratively to build premier learning and teaching environments in Georgia's public schools. The Initiative is funded by BellSouth Georgia and the BellSouth Foundation.
QLTE Vision Four Core Beliefs
- Education is critical for the economic prosperity and quality of life of individuals and the community.
- Teaching quality is the single most important factor influencing student achievement.
- Teaching and learning are most effective when both teachers and students are provided with environments which allow them to be successful.
- Schools and their communities at all levels—local, regional, and state—must work together in order to build and maintain premier learning and teaching environments.
Initiative Key Strategies
- Provide community-school leadership teams with district and school specific data on conditions of learning and teaching (by pilot testing a working conditions survey) to serve as a baseline for continuous improvement action plans.
- Create and implement a process for community-school partnerships to improve conditions of learning and teaching.
- Recommend to business and political leaders policy changes to improve conditions of learning and teaching.