Cost Efficiency

Cost Efficient, On-Demand Professional Development for Teachers

High Quality Professional Development for Any Budget

You've been there before. The budget’s thin, AYP reports are just around the corner, and everyone’s asking the same question: how are we supposed to improve the quality of education with less money than we’ve ever had?

The answer is simpler than you might think.

Education doesn’t have to be expensive to be high quality. In fact, one of the best educational resources available is also the easiest on your budget. View a general cost sheet for PD 360

Cost Efficiency Compared to Traditional PD

Researchers put the cost of professional development at $8,700 to $20,000 per teacher annually. A basic yearly subscription to PD 360, on the other hand, is priced at $4,995 per site. In other words, with PD 360 you can provide every person on your payroll with quality PD for a fraction of what it normally costs to develop just one teacher.

Even School Improvement Network’s most comprehensive PD package— replete with observation tools, Common Core resources, and on-site training—comes in at $11,995 a far greater value than traditional models.

Cost Efficiency Compared to Other Online PD Platforms

PD 360, of course, isn’t the only online professional development option on the market. Because of its power as an educational tool, web-based PD is a growing industry that many districts are already using to save money. However, most of the online professional development platforms available come at a hefty cost—$30,000 to $80,000 just for a fraction of the courses that PD 360 offers.

Traditional professional development aside, PD 360 provides more value than any online PD platform today. And it’s that value—what you get for your money—that truly sets PD 360 apart.

Personalized Professional Development

Rather than one-size-fits-all professional development, PD 360 gives educators access to many experts in more than 1,800 instructional PD videos that discuss dozens of topics, from strategies for reading and math, to differentiation and classroom management. Rather than having to fly a single speaker out to your school and provide meals, lodging, and fees, you have ready access to many experts at once, with specialized training that fits educators’ specific needs.

PD On-Demand

When teachers are pulled out of classrooms, the cost of substitutes isn’t the only expense incurred. Just as costly is the way that learning is interrupted; that much of a day, a class, and a lesson are by and large wasted.

Because PD 360 is online, it is accessible anywhere an internet connection goes. As educators are able to receive high-quality professional development between classes, at lunch, or in the teachers lounge, the expenses of removing them from the classroom for teacher development immediately disappear.

Endless Access

There’s a lot of talk today about sustainability, and, in its own way, PD 360 is as sustainable a professional development program as there is. Videos and training materials are always available online, and can be used again and again. Rather than fly the same expert out twice, or incur the expense of filming and distributing on-site PD yourself, PD 360 allows you to simply access videos as often as you like. And PD 360 is always updated, so the latest and most effective teaching strategies come directly to you, rather than vice-versa.

PD 360 provides you the ultimate value for your professional development dollar. It allows you, with diminished resources, to enjoy the most impactful PD in the world on almost any budget. 

To take advantage of everything PD 360 has to offer, begin a free trial or call us at 800.572.1153.