The MLTEI, Middle Level Teacher Education Initiative,  is an initiative sponsored by the South Carolina Middle School Association through a grant from the Education oversight Committee (EOC) to promote the development of quality teacher preparation programs for the middle grades. The Grant supports a network of higher education institutions engaged in the development and implementation of quality middle level teacher preparation programs.  Through meetings, conferences, newsletters, and now web communication, participants work together to identify the essential elements of effective middle level programs.

The Content Quality Networks (CQN) are funded through a companion grant to MLTEI to extend the discussion of teacher preparation to include the arts and sciences, undergraduate content areas, as well as other standards assessed through the newly revised NMSA/NCATE Teacher Preparation Performance Standards.

This website is designed to support the efforts of the Middle Level Teacher Education Initiative by providing a source of information and resources available to interested colleges and universities.