MarianE. Wright Teaching Circles WhatareTeachingCircles?

Small groups of faculty and/or staff, 5-10 per group, who agree to meet at least four times throughout the academic year to work together on a specific issue or concern related to pedagogy and issues of importance to university education.

All teaching faculty and staff members are eligible to participate in a Teaching Circle. Each Teaching Circle must have a specific focal topic, issue, concern, question, project, or problem related to pedagogy or issues of importance to university education that it will spend the year addressing.

Each group will receive $500 to support the group’s activities. This money can be used for books or materials, duplication of articles, refreshments for meetings, local travel, a guest speaker, or other expenses that further the project the group has undertaken.

Marian E. Wright is a former classroom teacher, speech therapist, and language arts curriculum consultant, among other things. Local to the Flint area, Marian established several endowments at UMFlint supporting Teaching Circles, the Marian E. Wright Writing Center, and other unique programs.