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Guide to Global Programming Includes Contributions from McDonogh
Director of Global Programs Hilary McDonough, along with upper schoolers Maggie Johnston ’25 and Elyse Scott ’25, collaborated with faculty and student representatives from 21 other Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) Leading Partner Schools in the creation of a new publication titled “Intercultural Dialogue: A Field Guide for Educators & Schools.”
The first-of-its-kind K-12 guide is designed to help educators and student leaders worldwide bring dialogue into their programs and promote competencies like perspective-taking and intercultural communication.
McDonough authored the chapter Preparing for Dialogue, and one of her McDonogh classes — in which she connected her students with a classroom in Peru — served as a model for elementary school English and Spanish dialogue. Maggie and Elyse, members of the GEBG Student Leadership Council, provided valuable insights from their involvement on GEBG committees and their work developing and facilitating virtual dialogues for both GEBG and McDonogh School’s Global Dialogues series. Their efforts have fostered intercultural communication with peers at McDonogh and other schools in the United States and around the globe.
“McDonogh’s partnership with GEBG underscores the School’s emphasis on global programming and commitment to fostering productive, inclusive, and respectful discourse,” says McDonough.
The Global Education Benchmark Group is a leading nonprofit association of K-12 schools that researches and establishes model practices in the field of global education.
— Nina Sinnott
