Engage with Classroom Resources & Explore Historic Baltimore
Discover professional development opportunities available through the George Washington Teacher’s Institute at the Mount Vernon Estate.
Christina Stetler-Rodriguez, NBCT, will share her experience as a Teacher Fellow at Mount Vernon, along with free classroom resources that align with Maryland Social Studies Standards.
Learn how to effectively commentate America’s Semiquincentennial using bipartisan resources. A complimentary continental breakfast and lunch will be served.
The afternoon session will explore the Maryland Center for History and Culture as well as Baltimore's own Mount Vernon Place and monument to our first President.
Schedule
| 10 a.m. | Introductions MCHS Staff & Christina Stetler |
| 10:30 a.m. | GWTI Christina Stetler |
| 11 a.m. | Keynote Speaker Ramin Ganeshram |
| 12 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Unfinished Revolution Exhibition Tour MCHC Staff |
| 2 p.m. | Washington in MCHC's Collections MCHC Staff |
| 3 p.m. | Lesson Integrations: Christina Stetler & MCHC Staff |
| 4 p.m. | Final Gathering and Optional Outside Activity at the Washington Monument |
Registration Requirements
Who can register?
- Teachers MUST teach in a formal K-12 classroom or school setting.
- The program is limited to 40 teachers.
- A waitlist will be available if registration meets full capacity.
Questions? Please contact [email protected]
Meet the Speaker
Ramin Ganeshram
Ramin Ganeshram is an award-winning journalist and historian and the Executive Director of the Westport Museum for History & Culture (formerly Westport Historical Society) in Westport, Connecticut. Ganeshram’s area of study is enslaved and mixed-race people in colonial and Early Federal American history.
She spent ten years researching and writing The General’s Cook, about Hercules Posey, the chef enslaved by George Washington. In 2019, Ganeshram uncovered new evidence about the chef’s post-emancipation, solving a 218-year-old historical mystery. She continues that work today.
Ganeshram was a 2022/23 Fellow at the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon.
Meet the Educator
Christina Stetler-Rodriguez
Christina Stetler-Rodriguez is an English Instructor at the Carver Center for Arts and Technology and an adjunct professor of English at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland. She holds an Advanced Professional Certificate in Secondary English from the State of Maryland, along with an international TESOL certification.
A National Board Certified Teacher in English Language Arts for adolescents and young adults, Christina has served as a curriculum writer and provides mentorship and professional development to educators throughout her district.
She earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Goucher College, pursued additional graduate coursework at Towson University, and studied American Culture and Literature through the Harvard University Summer Teacher's Institute and Extension School.
She was a 2025 Teacher Fellow at the George Washington Teacher Institute at Mount Vernon and serves as a Regional Ambassador for Mount Vernon 250.
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