Welcome to the Professional Development Institute. We specialize in offering affordable and practical university-approved online courses.
The Professional Development Institute has been offering quality online professional development courses to K-12 educators for over 28 years and provided training to over 345,000 teachers across the globe. Every PDI professional development course is approved for degree-eligible, graduate-level credit through American College of Education (ACE). PDI courses are also approved for post-baccalaureate credit through the prestigious University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies, ranked in the top ten universities in the United States.
All PDI courses are conducted entirely online (open-ended with up to nine months to complete). You will have access to your course within 48 business hours of registration.
There are many reasons to take a PDI online course including the following.
- 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 nine months from the date of enrollment to complete.
- PDI has two university partners so you can get the type of credit you need for salary advancement and/or credential renewal.
- 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.
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