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For over 30 years, the National Institute for Direct Instruction has supported schools’ efforts to give students the best opportunity for success and develop teachers’ skills to utilize the finest tools for ensuring that success.

By making your tax-deductible donation to NIFDI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, you can help us impact the lives of more children. Select the program areas you want your money to support:

1) Training and Coaching - Providing on-site training and coaching to schools, as well as open-registration training events.

2) Educational Outreach - Offering videos, articles, and other tools and materials to promote the effective use of Direct Instruction.

3) General Funding


Want to donate or need more information?

Download a pdf donation form  or donate online by clicking the button below.

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If you have questions about donating to NIFDI or including NIFDI in your estate planning, contact:
Christine Wlaschin, Chief Operating Officer
christine@nifdi.org or 877.485.1973 x136

For information on NIFDI, contact:
Bryan Wickman, Outreach Events Coordinator
bwickman@nifdi.org or 877.485.1973 x147


Training & Coaching

Reforming Schools Through DI

NIFDI has provided direct support to over 200 schools from around the world as they implement DI, transforming failing schools into highly effective models of instruction. Through these schools, NIFDI has positively impacted tens of thousands of students who would likely have otherwise experienced failure and personal tragedy. Through your tax-deductible donation to NIFDI, you can help change the lives of many more students like those at City Springs School in Baltimore, Maryland:

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Open Registration Training Events

NIFDI also conducts open-enrollment Institutes and Conferences where educators receive training on program implementation, coaching, and administrative leadership. These open-registration events provide the same training schools partnering with NIFDI have received for years. Your donation can help us defray the costs of these events for participants, helping to provide more educators access to quality training.


Educational Outreach

Many people - educators and non-educators alike - do not know that Direct Instruction is the most viable solution to educational failure. Through production of videos, tutorials, presentations, booklets, supplementary materials and the like, decision makers have the opportunity to hear and see the powerful effect DI can have on student performance.

DI can have on student performance. NIFDI also works with community groups and other non-academic organizations to help them understand how to influence the decisions their local school districts make regarding curriculum and instruction. Through these partnerships, NIFDI has helped bring DI into a number of schools. You can help introduce Direct Instruction to hundreds more by making a tax-deductible contribution to NIFDI in support of educational outreach efforts.

Each of these areas are important to our goal of giving every student the greatest chance of becoming an educated, productive citizen in today’s world. Through your tax-deductible donation, you can join NIFDI in making a difference in the lives of children.

Implementing Direct Instruction Successfully

When implemented fully, Direct Instruction (DI) is unparalleled in its ability to improve student performance and enhance students’ self-esteem. In order to implement DI effectively, much more is required than simply purchasing instructional materials. The following two-part tutorial guides administrators, teachers, and coaches through the key features of a successful DI implementation. Part I provides an overview of the steps schools need to take in preparation for a DI implementation before school starts, while Part II provides an overview of the steps schools need to take after school has started.

IMPORTANT: This tutorial is an intensive video series comprised of 18 segments, each followed by a series of questions. Users should allow approximately three hours to watch the videos and complete the questions. NIFDI recognizes the high demand for time placed on school officials and, for this reason, has structured the tutorial so users may stop at any time and later resume where they left off.

Enroll in the tutorial here


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New to Direct Instruction? Watch the Introduction to Direct Instruction Video Series before taking the online tutorial.

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