Registration Open for Chancellor’s Day Professional Development Conference

Educators look on from the audience as they take part in the Chancellor’s Day Professional Development workshop in the Museum auditorium. A man in the foreground has placed his fingers to his lips as he listens intently.
Teachers at a recent professional development workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Photo by Jin Lee, 9/11 Memorial.

Registration is open for the Chancellor’s Day Professional Development workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The free, full-day program on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, will impart the significance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, while underscoring the ongoing relevance of the attacks 16 years later.

Educators who participate in the workshop will learn classroom-ready strategies that challenge students to tackle this complex and evolving content by analyzing artifacts from the 9/11 Memorial Museum to reveal the stories they tell, all the while making connections to global events in today’s world. 

The program will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will feature a tour of the Museum, hands-on activities, extensive online resources and group discussion centered on how to make curricular connections across disciplines.

More than 600 educators have attended professional development conferences at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Participants receive free curricular materials at the completion of the program.

Click here to register. Space is limited.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff

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