Teacher Professional Development

Workshops address the challenges of teaching difficult content and explore interdisciplinary connections to your curriculum and common core standards through Museum tours, hands-on activities, and group discussion.

Workshops are designed for educators who teach students in grades 3 through 12 as well as administrators, librarians, and curriculum specialists. All workshops include free curricular materials.

The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is an approved sponsor of CTLE.

• Foundational workshops examine the 9/11 attacks and offer strategies for incorporating artifacts, images, and primary sources into your classroom to teach this challenging content.
• Conference workshops include a keynote and a wide variety of break-out sessions led by 9/11 Memorial Museum staff. Previous session offerings have included: 
  • Repercussions of 9/11
  • Media Literacy, Conspiracy Theories, and 9/11
  • Bridging History and Memory
  • Inquiry and Artifacts
  • Understanding 9/11 for Young Learners

To schedule a custom professional development workshop for your school or district, email schoolprograms@911memorial.org.

Upcoming Workshops

Our next professional development program "Foundations of Teaching 9/11: Leveraging Artifacts and Personal Narratives," will be held in-person on Monday, January 27th , 2025. Register here and get more details. 

Interested in a custom professional development workshop for your school or district? Please fill out our Teacher Professional Development request form. Each of our two-hour programs include a Museum tour and in-depth resource showcase based around a theme of your choosing. Pricing is tiered and based on group size.  

Join the Education Department this summer for a new, week-long institute for educators at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. Open to educators (in-service and pre-service), administrators, curriculum specialists, and school librarians for educators working with grades 3-12.