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Georgia Work ReadyGeorgia Work Ready was created to ensure that Georgia's workers have the best skills, easy access to training and world-class job opportunities. The backbone of the initiative is the Work Ready Certificate, which assesses the real world skills of Georgia's workers. Georgians can use their Work Ready Certificate to prove their work readiness to potential employers. Georgia also offers gap training aimed at helping to improve Certificate scores, enabling career growth and continued on-the-job success. This, combined with an innovative job profiling process that accurately identifies the exact skills required for specific jobs is helping create the perfect match between Georgia workers and jobs. Whitfield County became certified Work Ready in January 2011. Public SchoolsDalton City Schools (K-12)
Dalton Public Schools’ mission is to ensure that all students acquire essential academic skills, social-capacity, civic-mindedness, and the integrity of character to become contributing citizens of the world. Whitfield County Schools (K-12)
Whitfield County Schools’ mission is to increase student learning by providing students and staff with meaningful, challenging, and engaging educational experiences in a safe and supportive environment. One offering of Whitfield County Schools is the Whitfield Career Academy, which opened in 2005 as a non-traditional, charter high school that provides Project-Based Learning to techincal minded students. Accredited Private SchoolsCedar Valley Christian Academy (Pre-K-12)Cedar Valley Christian Academy is accredited through Lighthouse Christian Academy. Christian Heritage School (K-12)Christian Heritage is accredited through ACSI and FACS. The school's mission is "educating children of Christian families by developing within them the character, knowledge and skills necessary to serve Christ effectively in their day." Learning Tree Elementary School (Pre-K-8)Learning Tree is accredited through SACS, NCPSA and GAPSAC. The Learning Tree Elementary School family exists to show children Jesus, nurture their love for Him and others, teach them to think, and empower them to serve. Colleges and Universities
Community and Technical Colleges
Quickstart ProgramQuick Start is an internationally recognized program that provides customized, job-specific training for your business. The program, administered by the Technical College System of Georgia, provides flexible, customized workforce training free-of-charge to qualified businesses in Georgia. Recognized by such publications as Expansion Management and Fortune, Quick Start has offered services ranging from company orientation to advanced manufacturing technology training to productivity enhancement.
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