Intimate meeting for teachers to listen and reflect on the sound of teaching. Participating teachers will listen collectively to recordings of themselves teaching through a tool that distorts the quality of the audio recordings. The aim of this meeting is not to assess course content nor delivery of information but instead to listen for things like rhythm, embodiment, the environment, and transitions.
Creative practices help us process uncertainty, build community, and find new perspectives on challenges. In this series, we’ll be engaging in various community building activities and creative exercises (e.g., collaging, storytelling, origami, and more). We’ll meet in person in the East Reading Room (Library, 2nd Floor) on select Wednesdays from 12pm to 2pm.
In this course participants will discuss and engage in physiological practices to self-regulate and improve ethical decision making for classroom facilitation. Interactive exercises will provide an opportunity for collaboration and exploration of personal challenges, offering practical tools to support growth and connection.
In this series, we will consider multiple dimensions of well-being in higher education, in general, and at Pratt, in particular.
Inviting all Pratt faculty to join us virtually for a 2-hour workshop at Imagining Faculty Flourishing, an informal conversation circle and discovery hub, where we’ll explore what it means to thrive in our academic community.
We invite all Pratt colleagues to join us for this course which is centered on harm reduction and fostering inclusive practices to help navigate challenging conversations in the classroom.
Creative practices help us process uncertainty, build community, and find new perspectives on challenges. In this series, we’ll be engaging in various community building activities and creative exercises (e.g., collaging, storytelling, origami, and more). We’ll meet in person in the East Reading Room on select Thursdays from 12pm to 2pm.
Join our faculty-led Personal Transformation pilot program, launching in Spring 2024! Empowering educators for personal, professional, and creative growth, we invite faculty to embark on a shared journey toward development and regeneration. In order to contribute to a vibrant and robust academic community, this Personal Transformation pilot program will focus on addressing core needs and fostering resilience, diversity, and well-being within Pratt Institute.
COMPOSE, or Contemplative Practices in Higher Education, Fall 2022 is an 8-week long Zoom-based workshop series, open to all members of the Pratt community (faculty, staff, students, and alumni) with a goal of establishing a personal practice framed around the concepts of resilience, learned optimism, and mindfulness.
COP/I is a mini-grant program from the Center for Teaching and Learning set to run as a pilot in Spring of 2023. It’s an exciting addition to the already exciting and creative SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) work that Pratt faculty are advancing.
