Resources
This section provides access to resources within the Pratt community. Please email senate@pratt.edu with feedback or suggestions.
Contents
COVID–19
Back to Pratt
The Back to Pratt website has updated information on classes, returning to campus, and working at Pratt. Key resources include:
- Campus Access Checklist
- Tools, Support, and Training, including new technologies for the fall
- Current campus COVID-19 conditions
- FAQs (searchable)
Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning has put together resources to keep your classes clear, engaging, and equitable. Key sections of the site include:
- Guides and resources for online teaching
- Resilient Teaching Online, a series focusing on resilience and trauma-informed practices
- Wellbeing Pedagogies for integrating faculty and student wellness in learning
- FAQs on Canvas and online teaching
Library Resources
See Pratt Libraries updates for Fall 2021
- Electronic reserves, including additional scanning services
- Search for and add library resources directly to Canvas courses
- Information literacy tutorials, resources, and customized instruction for classes
- Reference services via chat, email, and by appointment
- Special collections and archives scanning, video recordings, and a limited number of scheduled research appointments
Additional library resources are available at the Faculty Support page.
New Faculty Orientation
The Institute holds orientation for new faculty each fall and spring semester. Materials from the session are available through the Center for Teaching and Learning at https://commons.pratt.edu/ctl/newfacultysupport.
myPratt
Visit my.pratt.edu and login with your OneKey credentials to access various tools:
- Change your OneKey password and security information
- Access Pratt email and MungoMail (for attachments larger than 200Mb)
- Use Pratt’s Learning Management System (LMS)
- Store files securely for remote access with cloud storage
- Check your class and attendance roster, view student retention alerts, and submit grades using Administrative Tools
- View your faculty profile and update your public photo and bio
- Update your email address and mobile number for emergency notifications on Pratt Alerts (all community members are automatically enrolled)
- Create and join discussion groups on the Pratt Commons platform
- Access the Policy Portal, which contains official policies and procedures across all areas of the Institute
- Visit the Pratt Intranet for additional resources
Academic Resources
- Academic Calendar (subscribe to a Google calendar version in ical or HTML format)
- Undergraduate and graduate degree offerings
- Course Catalog and Course Search
- Administrative Tools (check your class and attendance roster, view student retention alerts, and submit grades)
- Canvas, Learning Management System (Moodle) and E-Portfolios
- Office of the Provost
- Office of the Registrar
- Center for Teaching and Learning
Curricular & Instructional Resources
- Curricular Review Policy
- Course Syllabus Template
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Attendance Policy
- Grading and Academic Standing
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Copy Center
- Textbooks
- Center for Sustainable Design Studies
- Library Guide for Faculty
- Technology Resources
Student Learning Resources
- Health & Counseling
- Intensive English Program
- Internship Programs
- Learning/Access Center (L/AC), which provides Institute-wide advisement and consultation on disability-related matters
- Office of International Affairs
- Study Abroad
- Writing and Tutorial Center
- Writing Across the Curriculum
Faculty Development & Support
- Faculty Development Fund (FDF) supports individual and collaborative research, scholarship, and professional development, including studio projects, travel, work on publications, research, interdisciplinary collaborations, or curriculum or other projects
- Academic Initiatives Fund (AIF) supports events, exhibits, conferences, performances, publications, symposia, workshops, and other projects that are open to the Pratt community
- Other internal funding opportunities (Office of the Provost)
- Distinguished Teacher Award nominated by students and awarded annually by the Senate, Provost, and Board of Trustees
- Research Recognition Award nominated by faculty and awarded annually by the Senate, Provost, and Board of Trustees
- Center for Continuing Education And Professional Studies
Employment and Benefits
- Faculty Contract, Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2016–2021 [PDF]
- Faculty Union UFCT Local 1460, which represents all faculty
- Become a union member, which gives you the right to attend Union meetings, agitate for issues to be brought to the negotiating table, participate in Union elections either as a voter or as a candidate, and vote to approve or reject the CBA
- Department standards and procedures on appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure (ARPT)
- Faculty Handbook, maintained by the Academic Senate in coordination with the Provost, contains policies and procedures for faculty searches, (re)appointment, and promotion
- Human Resources, information on benefits (medical & dental, life insurance, retirement, commuter, tuition) and discount programs
- Pay periods and other announcements from Human Resources
- Pay statements and W2s are available online through Paylocity (signup instructions)
- Parking & Permits
- PrattCard (ID Card)
Tuition Remission and Exchange
Article 28.4 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) provides full-time faculty, their children, and spouses with free tuition in any regular course of study at the Institute. The Institute also provides full-time faculty members with the opportunity to participate in the Tuition Exchange Program which is presently available for administrators.
The tuition remission program is available on a pro rata basis to the spouses and children of the adjunct faculty who have completed ten (10) or more semesters of employment (as a visitor or adjunct). The pro-ration per semester is based on the faculty member’s workload in the last preceding semester as against a full-time per semester workload in the faculty member’s department.
Athletics Resources
Pratt employees may use the Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC) located on the Brooklyn campus free of charge. The ARC is open 7 days per week, excluding holidays, and features a 325′ x 130′ athletic space, 2142′ sq dance studio, 4 lane 200 meter indoor track, regulation basketball court, 4 indoor tennis courts, full locker rooms with saunas, and a full weight and cardio fitness training center. Lockers can be rented by semester or for the entire academic year. Athletic and community events are scheduled in the ARC so check at the desk or call to make sure the area or equipment you want to use is available. Visit the Recreation website for more information.
Museum Memberships
As of July 1, 2021, Pratt has renewed memberships to select New York museums. A valid Pratt ID must be presented to gain admission. In addition, many museums now have additional protocols in place in order to visit. Please check their websites ahead of time to ensure a smooth visit. These memberships are paid for by Student Activity fees, overseen by the Student Government Association.
Memberships as of July 1, 2021 are:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden (ticketing guide)
- Brooklyn Museum (ticketing guide)
- The Frick Collection (ticketing guide)
- Guggenheim Museum (ticketing guide)
- The Jewish Museum (ticketing guide)
- Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) (ticketing guide)
- MoMA (for NYC art school STUDENTS only)
- The New Museum (ticketing guide)
- The Whitney Museum (ticketing guide)
Please contact Student Activities (718-636-3422) with any questions about the museum membership program.
Culture Pass offers NYPL, BPL, and Queens library card holders free admission to dozens of cultural institutions.
For a list of museums in NYC is available from the History of Art & Design department.
New York Times Educator Discount
Pratt employees are eligible for a 50% discount to online subscriptions of the New York Times. Please visit the NYT educators subscription page or call 888-698-2655 and provide your school name and a phone number (any number from the school).
Pratt Forum
The Academic Senate provides Pratt Forum, an open listserv for the Institute’s academic community. For more information, see Listservs.
Utrecht Art Store
Utrecht Art Supplies has store locations near the Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses and offers discounts for educators.
Other Discounts
Information on other offers and discounts is available through the Human Resources Intranet page.