Hingham High Educators Speak to Global Audience

Four of the founders of Hingham High School’s fledgling Global Citizenship Program (GCP) discussed the program’s creation at the fourth annual Global Education Conference held this week. 

GCP Advisor Kara Roth (English Department), Co-Advisors Katy Gallagher (Library Media Specialist) and Erica Pollard (Social Studies and World Language Departments), and Assistant Principal Rick Swanson presented before a diverse global audience in the free-and-online international conference.  

The presentation (“Developing and Implementing a Global Citizenship Program”) focused on the genesis and formation of the innovative new program that is now in its second year of existence. 

“We’ve done a lot here at HHS to prepare our students for success in a world that is more interconnected than ever before,” Swanson said.  “Whether by diversifying curriculum to include global perspectives, planning school-wide events like the annual ‘Teach In’ that calls attention to important international issues, or developing the GCP, HHS has made global education a real priority. 

"The GCP in particular promises to be a model that other schools might want to emulate. It was exciting for us to be able to share what we’ve learned with educators from around the country and around the world.”

The workshop drew a live audience of educators from several countries, some as far away as Saudi Arabia and Australia.

A recording of the presentation can be viewed online at the following address: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2013-conference-recordings.

–Assistant Principal Rick Swanson