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 27 years and provided training to over 345,000 teachers across the globe. Every PDI professional development course is approved for graduate-level 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 graduate-level and are conducted entirely online. Enjoy the convenience of online learning with a high-quality PDI course. Use the navigation bar to learn more about our online courses (open-ended with up to one year to complete). You will have access to your course within 24 business hours of registration.

All PDI online courses are approved for graduate-level credit through the prestigious University of California San Diego (UCSD) Division of Extended Studies. UCSD is a top ten ranked university in the entire country!