Welcome
The NYC Early Childhood Professional Development Institute (PDI) is committed to working with you to provide all of New York's early childhood professionals with access to high-quality professional development.
Individual trainers
- Apply for the NYS Early Learning Trainer Credential
- Advertise Your Training Services on the NYS Early Learning Training Source
Training organizations
- Create a Training Organization Profile on the NYS Early Learning Training Source
- Add your professional development workshops and events to PDI's professional development calendar
Resources for trainers
- NYS Early Learning Trainer Levels
- NYS Early Learning Trainer Competencies
- NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct: Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators
- NYS Core Body of Knowledge
- Search or browse our database of research on child development, career development and leadership.
- Check out our Excellence in Teaching Award Winners interview videos to hear teachers talk about excellence and what drives them.
- Read our quarterly newsletter, Early Childhood News, for best practices, articles and latest news from the field.
We hope you'll find what you need here.
If you don't, please let us know what's missing!
- NYS Early Learning Trainer Credential
- NYS Early Learning Training Source
- NYS Early Learning Trainer Levels
- NYS Early Learning Trainer Competencies
- NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct
- NYS Core Body of Knowledge
- Conferences and Events
- Add your event to our calendar
- Early childhood research database
- Early Childhood News
- PDI's Policy Briefs
- Excellence in Teaching Recognition Award