UCDS Institute

Professional Development

Enhance Your Professional Practice

At the core of the UCDS Mission is a desire to support lifelong learners, including and especially, teachers. Through the UCDS Institute, our faculty collaborate to build dynamic, original curricular content to share with colleagues throughout the world.

Designed for Your Schedule

Virtual Learning Modules

ImmersiFIRE is an online, multimedia professional development platform created to support and grow a professional learning community in search of innovative teaching practices.

Grow Your Teaching Toolkit

Continuing Education Courses

The UCDS Institute hosts a range of events, courses, and educational workshops throughout the year–from one-off evening seminars and speaker events to intensive, credit-bearing courses. Our expert faculty design workshops and courses to be fun, informative, and practical.

Meaningful, Hands-On Professional Development

The UCDS Institute hosts a variety of events, courses, and educational workshops throughout the year. Our offerings range from one-off evening seminars and speaker events to intensive, credit-bearing courses.

By Teachers For Teachers

Our faculty instructors design workshops so that the techniques explored will work in conjunction with your existing curricula. Our expert faculty designs workshops and courses to be informative, hands-on, and most of all, fun!