The National Institute for Direct Instruction offers many open-registration training events featuring high-quality NIFDI trainers and session leaders. These events provide participants with the same high-quality training that schools partnering with NIFDI have received for years! 

Since its formal creation in 1997, NIFDI has provided training and on-site support to DI implementations in over 160 schools across 22 states, Guam, Australia, and England. NIFDI has also provided large-scale program training in the following locations:

• Atlanta (250 teachers in 2008)
• Baltimore (over 450 teachers and 40 administrators in 1999)
• Guam (750 teachers and 50 administrators in 2004)
• Nebraska (350 teachers and 55 administrators in 2007)
• Texas (approx. 220 teachers and 20 administrators in 2011, 360 teachers and 20 administrators in 2012)

NIFDI’s approach to training is based on the same Direct Instruction principles that lie at the core of the DI approach to teaching:

• Step-by-step breakdown of critical skills;
• Clear explanations;
• Frequent and explicit response rate from participants; and 
• Mastery of skills before introducing more advanced material.

NIFDI offers several staff development formats each year. The four main categories are Conferences, Institutes, Academies, and Remote Trainings.