Online Professional Development Courses for Teachers

New Course Flash Sale!

Flash Sale Course

$99

Regularly $159

Flash Sale Course w/Credit

$271

Regularly $389

At PDI, we understand that all students need access to quality, evidence-based, inclusive practices that are designed to yield high results. So, PDI has developed a brand-new course on engaging struggling students with high-leverage strategies that teachers are sure to love! For a limited time, PDI's new course, Adopting High-Leverage Strategies to Engage Struggling Students (PreK-12) is being offered at the special flash sale price of just $99 (regularly $159) for the course or $271 (regularly $389) for the course with graduate-level credit. Hurry! The sale ends July 30th.

Interested in a different topic? All other PDI courses are just $159 for the course or $389 for the course with graduate-level credit.

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Adopting High-Leverage Strategies to Engage Struggling Students (PreK-12)

This online course equips teachers with high-leverage, evidence-based practices to better support diverse and struggling learners. Teachers will explore root causes of academic, behavioral, and socioemotional challenges and learn how to address them using the High-Leverage Practices (HLP) framework. The course covers key areas including collaboration, data-driven planning, instruction, and intervention. Teachers will also learn how to apply differentiated instruction and implement Tier 1, 2, and 3 strategies within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). By the end of this course, participants will feel empowered to create more inclusive, effective, and engaging learning environments.

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Course Details Course Syllabus

The Professional Development Institute has been offering professional development courses for teachers for over 28 years. All PDI courses are approved for graduate-level credit through the University of California San Diego Division of Extended Studies. Our online courses are designed to help teachers learn practical strategies to use immediately in the classroom. Many teachers use PDI's online continuing education courses to satisfy credential renewal or salary advancement requirements.

Are you a paraprofessional looking to take an online course? PDI has just the course for you! Click for details!

Why take an online course from PDI?

PDI offers a very flexible course timeline that allows teachers to complete their professional development course in as few as three weeks, or take up to a year from the date of enrollment to complete.

PDI works with just one university to make professional development course completion documentation easy for teachers.

Every PDI online course follows the same six-unit format. We make it simple so teachers can take multiple courses and know exactly what to expect.

All course materials are available immediately in the professional development course. There are no textbooks required. So, teachers can begin their online course right away.

Earn Graduate-Level Credit from a Top Ten University

PDI works with ONE university because they are top-ranked and nationally recognized. We make it easy, so there is no need to worry about choosing a university, counting units, or determining their costs — plus all courses will be conveniently listed on a single transcript!

Earn graduate-level credit for your PDI courses through the University of California San Diego, the eighth best public university in the country! UC San Diego is part of the University of California system and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).

Earn Graduate-Level Credit for My Courses