Teachers are Our Heroes

Teachers lead the charge for student success, and our schools and students need them now more than ever. Stride Professional Development is committed to helping solve teachers’ greatest learning challenges through flexibility and choice.

Stride PD has listened to and learned from educators. We have created a solution allowing teachers and leaders to take charge of their growth through courses built upon microlearning principles.

Our Mission

Our mission is to reimagine educator professional learning by creating a lasting impact through on-demand PD that offers choice, flexibility, and relevance.

Our Vision

Our Vision is to build a national educator community that utilizes Stride PD as a one-stop destination for on-demand professional development.

Our History

Leveraging Stride, Inc.’s twenty-plus years as the leader in online learning, we bring on-demand PD to educators everywhere. In supporting more than 3,000 schools and training over 55,000 educators, we have content to meet the most challenging needs.

Our Founding Team

Darren Reed

General Manager
Darren’s three-plus decades of experience in both the public and private sector as an education leader fuels his passion for transforming professional development for educators.

Joel Medley

Product Development
Joel brings knowledge about school leadership and culture due to previous work that includes traditional, charter, and online schools. His mission is growing people.

Matthew Hoppe

Instructional Design
Matthew has been an instructional designer with Stride for over four years, creating content to engage and inform educators in various best practices.

Gregory Kulp

eCommerce and IT
Greg has worked with and launched multiple small & medium enterprises, leading this initiative with excitement, curiosity, and tenacity.