Professional Development Institute
Online Courses and Teacher Resources
About the Professional Development Institute
The Professional Development Institute has been in business for over 14 years. We provide quality and convenient online courses to K-12 teachers across the globe. Every PDI online education course is approved for graduate-level extension credit through the University of San Diego (USD). USD 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.
Many of PDI's online courses are developed by the PDI President, Connie Ryan. Connie has a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction as well as years of experience as a teacher, trainer, author, and online instructor.
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PDI's Director, Caryn Chavez, supervises the instructors as well as PDI's day-to-day operations. Caryn also teaches and writes many of PDI's courses. Caryn has a Master of Science degree in Educational Technology.
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PDI's Education Coordinator, Julee Ho, B.A., handles all incoming orders and sends out course access instructions and information to all PDI participants. Julee also handles all phone inquiries and manages customer relations. Additionally, Julee handles updates for books in PDI's print division.
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PDI's Registrar, Pamella Pratt, B.A., manages all PDI participant completion paperwork and makes sure credit forms are submitted to the university in a timely manner. Pamella has over 11 years of related experience.
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PDI's Operations Coordinator, Joel Doti, assists with processing credit forms. Joel is also the illustrator for many of PDI's resource books.
All of the instructors at the Professional Development Institute are highly qualified (minimum of a master's degree), experienced classroom teachers, and trained to teach the online course content. Each of them are experts at communicating ideas, concepts, and instructions.
