Keeping In Touch
There are many avenues to reach the various stakeholders for this course. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the tools you might use this year.
Reaching Your Classmates:
You can directly message a classmate on Canvas using the People page. If you wish, you can also start a *public* conversation using the Chat feature on the left-hand side. (Note: The Discussion forum feature is reserved for assignments, not for open-forum conversations). To view direct messages to/from your classmates click the icon on the lefthand side that looks like like piece of paper in a box (see screenshot).
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Reaching Your Seminar Facilitator:
You can directly message a seminar facilitator on Canvas using the People page. You can also email your facilitator using their umich email address. M-ARC seminar facilitators emails are as follows:
Jean Mrachko, K-12 World Languages: jmrachko@umich.edu
Patti McCormick, Secondary Math: pmccorm@umich.edu
Robin Wax, Secondary Social Studies: rwax@umich.edu
Reneisha Maye, Secondary Science: rmaye@umich.edu
Cedric Small, Secondary English: cedq@umich.edu
Angela Marocco, Elementary (Year 1 Cohort): amarocco@umich.edu
Elizabeth Rivers, Elementary (Year 2 Cohort): elizariv@umich.edu
M-ARC Seminar Facilitator Reaching You:
M-ARC seminar facilitators (instructors) will reach you via umich email. Facilitators may also occasionally use the Course Announcement feature on Canvas.
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Reaching M-ARC Staff:
You can reach Angela Marocco, M-ARC Program Manager/Field Instruction Coordinator, via the People page or at amarocco@umich.edu.
You can reach Jean Mrachko, M-ARC Associate Director, at jmrachko@umich.edu.
M-ARC Staff Reaching You:
M-ARC staff will communicate with weekly announcement emails sent on Wednesdays to your umich email. If you don't plan to use this email, please forward your umich email to your preferred email. M-ARC staff will also send out reminders about upcoming due dates/emergent messages via the Remind app.