Professional Development Offerings

Swift Coding & Mobile App Development

July 2022 – February 2023

Are you a K-12 teacher looking to shift your career? This PD can support you to integrate technology into your content area, create a passion project, expand your knowledge, or find a new way to engage with your students. Whatever your reason for wanting to learn to code and develop apps in Apple’s Swift coding language, DPI can help you get there.

Illinois CS Teacher Toolkit

March 2023

In partnership with ten leading K-12 computer science educators from throughout the state, DPI will launch this website to provide a space for Illinois-based K-12 CS educators to view and share curated resources that support teaching and learning CS, collaborate and engage with other CS teachers, and reflect on their teaching practices and outcomes.

K-5 Digital Literacy PD

September 21, 2022

This half-day, hybrid workshop is designed for educational staff in Central Illinois to gain the skills and training needed to equip elementary students to consider how technology impacts their world, and to integrate technology into a variety of content areas and grade levels.

In-person attendance is reserved for K-5 Teachers, Librarians, & Tech Coaches from school districts in Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties. Virtual participants will receive a Zoom link upon registration.