Professional Skills Development for Women in Physics

各种研究表明，女性科学家没有达到她们应该达到的最高级别的比例。化学界发现，为期一天的强调谈判和领导技能的研讨会在帮助女性提升职业生涯方面非常有用。美国物理学会提议为女性举办一系列物理学研讨会，这些研讨会紧密基于女性化学家在内容和形式上取得的成功。第一年的研讨会将面向终身教职员工，因为她们是初级教职员工的榜样。第二年的工作坊将面向非终身教职员工。最后，在第三年，计划为工业界和国家实验室的高级妇女举办讲习班。这些研讨会既将提供技能，也将允许建立网络。每个研讨会将有30名学员分成两组。在一天结束时，我们将与所有30人进行最后一次会议，讨论他们如何继续学习他们所学的东西。APS将与各小组合作，按照建议安排进一步的活动。APS还将对每个研讨会的所有参与者进行在线调查，以了解哪些工作效果很好，哪些可以改进。改进意见将纳入随后的讲习班。

Various studies have shown that women scientists are not reaching the top ranks in the proportion that they should. The chemistry community has found that one-day workshops that emphasize negotiation and leadership skills are very useful in helping women advance their careers. The American Physical Society proposes to hold a series of workshops for women in physics that are closely based on those that have been successful for women chemists, both in content and in format. The first-year workshops will be aimed at tenured women faculty because they are the leaders who serve as role models for junior faculty members. The second-year workshops will be for non-tenured faculty members. Finally in the third year, workshops for senior women in industry and the national labs are planned. The workshops will both provide skills and also allow networking. Each workshop will have 30 participants divided into two groups. At the end of the day, we will have a final session with all 30 to discuss how they can follow up on what they have learned. APS will work with the groups to arrange further activities as suggested. APS will also do an online survey of all participants of each workshop to learn what worked well and what can be improved. Ideas for improvements will be worked into subsequent workshops.