Professional Development Institute

Online Courses and Teacher Resources

The Professional Development Institute provides quality continuing education online to teachers and administrators. All online continuing education courses are approved by Chapman University. Chapman University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), which is one of six regional accrediting associations that accredit public and private colleges and universities in the United States. It is also a member of the Independent Colleges of Southern California, the College Entrance Examination Board, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities.

All of our continuing education online courses are developed by the Director, Connie Ryan, or our extremely talented and knowledgeable instructors. Connie has a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction as well as years of experience as a teacher, trainer, and continuing education instructor.  

PDI's Director of Education, Caryn Chavez, supervises the online course instructors as well as the day-to-day operations. Caryn also writes many of PDI's online courses. Caryn has a Master of Science Degree in Educational Technology.

PDI's Operations Manager, Joel Doti, handles all the important university credit forms and makes sure they are submitted to Chapman University in a timely manner so teachers can get the credit they need. Joel also records all incoming test scores for grading purposes.

PDI's Education Coordinator, Natalie Rooskandar, handles all incoming orders and sends out course information to all our participants. She also prepares the PDI official completion letters.

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All of the instructors at the Professional Development Institute are highly qualified and trained to teach the online course content. Each of them are experts at communicating ideas, concepts, and instructions. Click on any instructor name below to see a photo and/or biography.

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