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Onalee McGraw, Ph.D.

Professional History
Co-founder (with Margaret Whitehead, DRE at Holy Spirit) and Current Director of the Educational Guidance Institute - 1986 to present

The Educational Guidance Institute (EGI) is a non-profit educational organization established in 1986. The mission of EGI is to present the philosophical, learning theory and curriculum implementation principles underlying the" Whole Person" (natural law based) approach to teaching youth about chastity and marriage. EGI has developed a marriage education program, Love and Life at the Movies, featuring lesson plans from classic films such as "It's A Wonderful Life."

Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation ­ 1977 ­ 1982
Professional Staff, Committee on Children, Youth and Families House of Representatives ­ 1983 ­ 1984
Member, National Advisory Council on Educational Research, U.S. Department of Education ­ 1982 ­ 1988 (Presidential appointment requiring Senate confirmation)
Program Coordinator, Love and Life Program, Family Life Office, Diocese of Arlington, - 1986 ­ 1991
Presentations under Catholic auspices: Conducted parent education and teacher training seminars in the Dioceses of Allentown, Arlington, Buffalo and Rockwell Center; under secular auspices: Seminars for numerous abstinence education programs nationwide

Publications
Foundations for Family Life Education 1991 (with Margaret Whitehead)
Conversion Story, "Two-Stage Journey" in Spiritual Journeys: (27 conversion stories compiled by Daughters of St. Paul, 1986.
Teaching the Whole Person about Love, Sex and Marriage, 2003, text for EGI's "Teaching the Whole Person Seminars" conducted for parents and professionals in both faith-based and secular settings.
Teaching the Whole Person through Love and Life at the Movies, 2004

Education

B.A. Whittier College, Whittier, CA, 1961
Ph.D. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1970
M.A Catechetics, Notre Dame Institute, Arlington, VA, 1985

 


Voices articles online

Helping Parents Teach God's Plan for Human Love in a Sexualized Culture -"To overcome the culture of death, we need to teach and model to the next generation what the culture of life looks like." - by Onalee McGraw Pentecost Season 2004 -Vol. XIX: No. 2

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