If any one phrase captures the heart of the Salvadori enterprise, that phrase would be professional development. We have devised strategies, techniques, and lesson plans that teachers can apply to their teaching so that their students can learn geometry by designing bridges out of tongue depressors, social studies by plotting a course for the transcontinental railroad, or physics by building and testing simple machines.

Salvadori Professional Development Programs can also provide on-site co-teaching, off-site mentoring through phone and email, and a continuing course of instruction to help sharpen classroom and administrative practice and integrate the Salvadori built-environment methodology into the curriculum's day-to-day activities.

The Workshops Teachers and administrators interested in getting a "dose" of Salvadori can take one or more of our topical workshops.  Participants can register to attend workshops here at the Center, or arrangements can be made to hold the workshop at a school.

Institutes In our Turbo Institutes for regular and out-of-school time educators, participants engage the built environment of New York City through walking tours, visits to architectural and engineering firms and construction sites, and hands-on exploration of Salvadori lesson plans.

Practical PD In the Practical PD program, the Salvadori Center offers either full-day or half-day workshops where Salvadori educators work closely with teachers, administrators, curriculum specialists, and other school personnel to explore topics ranging from the use of the built environment as a tool for learning, to specific content curricula, like the engineering of bridges or the science behind green design.

Salvadori-ASCE Partnership The Salvadori Center has partnered with the American Society of Civil Engineers to offer a unique professional development program for middle school teachers.  The program provides teachers with the opportunity to explore the Salvadori Center method of using principles of engineering and architecture to enhance math, science and humanities curricula.