MPWG: Teaching Traineeships for Undergraduate Women

奥金克洛斯9553445女本科生物理实习生教学项目是物理和天文学系与女性参与科学和工程项目合作开展的一个为期两年的试点项目。女学生将成为由研究生助教教授的物理实验室课程的联合讲师，她们将从参加过入门实验室课程的得分最高的二年级和三年级(不仅仅是物理专业的学生)中招聘。本科生将在夏季参加为期两周的特别培训课程，以及整个学年的培训课程。每个学员将与一名研究生助教(助教)配对，并被分配到特定的实验室部门。大部分教学任务(评分除外)将由首席助教和受训助教平均分担(例如，研究生助教和本科生助教将轮流介绍15分钟的实验室练习介绍)。因此，受训者可以获得宝贵的经验，并具有明显的课堂责任感。拟议的实习努力旨在改善大学女性在理科领域的长期留存，满足承认成就和鼓励有才华的女本科生在早期阶段进一步投身理科的迫切需要。通过设计，该项目还增加了物理实验室课程的女教师人数，为物理入门课程的所有学生创造了一个比目前更公平的环境，并为一年级女学生提供了女性榜样。该项目将通过该项目提供的培训和监督，不仅增加每个实验室的讲师人数，而且增加称职的讲师人数，从而对物理实验室的教学产生积极影响。因此，该项目预计将对大学科学教育的质量以及受训者产生积极影响。后者将因其先前的学术成就而得到认可，并通过参加经过验证的教学计划来提高他们的技能和领导能力。教学过程使他们成为系里的重要成员，并加强他们为科学或科学教育方面的研究生工作做准备。此外，这些女性实习生在实验室部分充当本科生女性和男性的同龄人导师和榜样，通过她们的存在传达这样的信息：“科学是为每个人服务的。”预计在试点工作完成后，培训方案将制度化，并得到物理系资金的支持。实习生的能力得到证明，实验室学生的满意度也有所提高，这应该会激励其他有大量实验课程注册的系为本科生创造类似的实习生机会。***

Auchincloss 9553445 Teaching Traineeships in Physics for Undergraduate Women is a two-year pilot project in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, in cooperation with the Women in Science and Engineering Project. Women students, who are to be become co-instructors in the physics laboratory courses taught by graduate teaching assistants, are to be recruited from the top-scoring sophomores and juniors (not just physics majors) who have taken the introductory laboratory courses. The undergraduate trainees will participate in a special two-week training session during the summer, as well as in training sessions throughout the academic year. Each trainee will be paired with a graduate teaching assistant (TA), and assigned to a specific laboratory section. Most instructional duties (except grading) will be shared equally by the lead TA and the trainee (e.g., the graduate and undergraduate TAs will alternate in presenting the 15-minute introductions to the laboratory exercises). Thus, the trainees can acquire valuable experience as well as have visible classroom responsibility. The proposed traineeship effort aims to improve the long-term retention of college women in science, fulfilling the immediate need of recognizing achievement and encouraging further commitment to science of talented undergraduate women science majors at an early stage. By design, this project also increases the number of women instructors in physics laboratory courses, creating a more gender-equitable environment than now exists for all students in introductory physics, and providing female role models for first-year women students. The project should positively impact the instruction in physics labs, by increasing not only the number of instructors in each laboratory section, but also the number of competent instructors, through the training and supervision which will be provided through the project. Thus, the project expects to have a positive impact upon the quality of college science education, as well as upon the trainees. The latter are to be recognized for their prior academic achievement, and through participation in a proven teaching program, increase their skills and leadership abilities. The teaching process involves them as significant members of the Department and strengthens their preparation for graduate work in science or science education. Additionally, these women trainees serve as peer-mentors and role models to the undergraduate women and men in their laboratory sections, conveying through their presence the message that "science is for everyone." It is anticipated that after the pilot effort is completed, the traineeship program will be institutionalized and supported with Physics Department funds. The demonstrated competence of the trainees and the increased satisfaction ratings from students in the labs should provide an incentive for other departments with large enrollments in laboratory courses to create similar traineeship opportunities for undergraduate women. ***