Mutual Mentoring to Reduce Isolation in Physics

PLAN-D资助轨道旨在通过对特定计划或倡议进行网络调整，扩大STEM教师在特定学科领域的已被证明成功的性别平等倡议的应用。仔细的评估预计将扩大对学科背景下此类倡议的理解。该项目将在美国物理教师协会(AAPT)的赞助下，通过发展十个以各种方式孤立的女性物理教师联盟来创建相互指导eAlliance，以促进专业发展。这种干预将直接影响参与该项目支持的相互指导联盟的50名女性物理教员的职业生涯。EAlliance参与者将首先在专业会议上面对面会面，然后定期举行电子会议。该项目将减少参与的物理学家的孤立，并为促进他们的职业发展提供支持。项目评估将确定相互指导网络的好处，特别是对孤立的教职员工，并增加关于相互指导对职业发展影响的研究。该项目将开发和测试一种为物理教育工作者提供指导的具有成本效益的模式，该模式可以适用于其他学术科学家和其他工作环境。互助者联盟将帮助因性别、种族、性取向和/或机构类型而被孤立的参与者的专业发展。这个项目是基于过去的高级项目和关于隔离的影响和良好的指导实践的研究。该项目有可能提高孤立的物理教师的留任和工作满意度。该项目将致力于将AAPT内的这些指导网络制度化。由于该项目将由AAPT实施，该项目将有助于实现专业化，并突出物理界指导的重要性。NSF学习和适应网络高级伙伴关系(PLAN)方案轨道支持一些项目，这些项目促进在新的背景下适应和实施以前有效的高级方案，并测试创新战略，以促进妇女在STEM学术职业中的参与、成功和进步。计划项目还有助于建立关于STEM学术生涯中性别平等的知识库。

The PLAN-D funding track is designed to expand the application of proven-successful gender-equity initiatives for STEM faculty in a specific disciplinary area through networked adaptation of a specific program or initiative. Careful evaluation is expected to expand understanding of such initiatives in a disciplinary context.This project will create mutual mentoring eAlliances for professional development under the auspices of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) by developing ten alliances of women physics faculty who are isolated in various ways. This intervention will directly impact the careers of the fifty women physics faculty members who participate in the mutual mentoring alliances supported by this project. eAlliance participants will meet initially in-person at professional meetings followed by regular electronic meetings. This project will reduce the isolation of participating physicists and provide support to enhance their career development. The project evaluation will identify the benefits of mutual mentoring networks, particularly for isolated faculty, and add to the research on the impact of mutual mentoring on career development. The project will develop and test a cost-effective model for mentoring for physics educators which could be adapted for other academic scientists and other work environments. eAlliances of mutual mentors will aid in the professional development of participants who are isolated by virtue of gender, race, sexual orientation, and/or type of institution. This project is based on past ADVANCE projects and research on the effects of isolation and good mentoring practices. The project has the potential to enhance retention and job satisfaction of isolated physics faculty. This project will work toward institutionalizing these mentoring networks within AAPT. Because the project will be implemented by the AAPT, the project will help to professionalize and highlight the importance of mentoring within the physics community. The NSF ADVANCE Partnerships for Learning and Adaptation Networks (PLAN) program track supports projects that promote the adaptation and implementation of previously effective ADVANCE programs in new contexts and the testing of innovative strategies to promote the participation, success, and advancement of women in STEM academic careers. PLAN projects also contribute to the knowledge base on gender equity in STEM academic careers.