Our Course Difference
At Stride Professional Development Center, we know that teachers devote many hours of their days to other people. That is why we developed an economical solution that promotes educator growth, saves a lot of time, and meets all of your career development requirements in one place. Stride offers on-demand educator training because we believe you deserve to excel, and here's why we're different.
Recognizing that
our world needs resilient educators who exhibit passion and bring
learning to life daily, this professional development initiative will help sustain the effort for the future of
education. Concept and skill based learning must take place in the
present through both synchronous and asynchronous content. This platform has been designed to prepare you as a professional and person. You deserve a platform that dedicates it all to you. That's exactly what we do now, and will continue to do so well into the future.
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Meet the Leader
Darren Reed has three decades of public and private sector teaching and executive leadership experience. He currently serves as Senior Executive and business leader of the Stride Professional Development Center for Stride, Inc. (Formerly K12, Inc.) Reed has served in various leadership capacities within Stride including Senior Vice President/General Manager, where he held top line accountability for 21 online and blended school programs across eleven states.
Darren has been instrumental in advancing policies that expand educational opportunities and access to under-served communities. Darren has testified in various states on the value and relevance of innovative educational models and school choice options. Since 2015, Darren has represented Stride as a member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators’ Annual Conference as a Corporate Roundtable member and an active participant of its Education Sub-Committee. In this capacity, Darren has worked alongside policy makers to understand and expand innovative education models and develop policies that increase access for student in cities across the nation, including "smart city" technology, increased funding, career readiness, choice options, etc.
Reed's commitment and passion to this work is rooted in his own experience growing up in East Cleveland, Ohio as a first generation college student. He believes strongly that there is untapped potential, talent, genius and resilience in young people in under-resourced communities across our nation. His work helps people and organizations of all kind to identify that talent and improve outcomes for all young people.
Reed's commitment and passion to this work is rooted in his own experience growing up in East Cleveland, Ohio as a first generation college student. He believes strongly that there is untapped potential, talent, genius and resilience in young people in under-resourced communities across our nation. His work helps people and organizations of all kind to identify that talent and improve outcomes for all young people.
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Stride Professional Development Center provides extraordinary opportunities to study with extraordinary instructors in a developing, challenging, and collaborative environment.
