ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination Award: National Leadership Development Workshops for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Department Chairs

虽然在过去几十年里，科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的女性教师取得了重大进展，但在这些学科中仍然存在性别差异。前两轮ADVANCE学校为支持STEM领域女性教师的发展而制定的制度转型战略和计划，远远超出了行政辞令的范畴。他们挑战并重新定义了现状，不仅使女教师受益，而且使整个教师受益。一般来说，在许多大学和学院，教师的专业发展并没有得到明确的解决。虽然研究和越来越多的教学支持已经在校园中得到了，但教师工作的其他领域（服务、领导、网络等）却很少受到关注。然而，这些领域对整个教职员工的成功至关重要，在晋升的可能性方面发挥着重要作用，尤其是对女性教职员工而言。学术带头人，尤其是系主任，对部门教员的招聘、晋升和保留负有相当大的责任。在这方面，他们是体制改革进程和确定其部门气氛的关键角色。然而，支持这一角色的资源很少，而且许多系主任很少有机会定期接触其他部门的系主任，后者可以提供同伴指导。这项预付款提案的目标是为系主任提供资源、技能发展和同伴网络，以支持更有效的部门领导和治理，并为所有教职员工创造更积极的部门文化。华盛顿大学将在三年内为系主任、院长和STEM领域的新兴领导者举办一系列为期两天的国家领导力研讨会。每年将在华盛顿大学（UW）举办一次讲习班，三年中有两年将在另一个区域地点举办第二次讲习班。这些讲习班是基于华盛顿大学ADVANCE项目的季度领导力讲习班系列和两个国家试点讲习班。在每次研讨会上，将为女教员提供研讨会前的领导力指导活动。智力价值：该提案的智力价值是为STEM系主任和新兴领导者，特别是女性教师创造领导力和专业发展机会。研讨会将为学术领袖提供机会，讨论性别平等、领导力、教师招聘、教师专业发展、家庭友好政策和政策实施等问题。每次研讨会都将创造资源，以支持和推进与所有教师，特别是女性教师的成功相关的问题。更广泛的影响：讲习班的全国范围使其影响深远。华盛顿大学将与历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）以及其他机构合作，让系主任和有色人种（尤其是女性）担任教职。在地区举办研讨会将增加参与，并理想地创建由系主任组成的当地社区，这些系主任可以继续建立网络并相互学习，并有可能在自己的机构中复制部分研讨会。全国研讨会为来自全国各地的STEM部门主席提供了一个交流最佳实践和策略的场所。预计将有多达250名系主任和新兴领导人参加研讨会。项目团队还将与有兴趣举办当地校园讲习班的机构进行磋商。所有研讨会材料将通过网站、演讲、论文等广泛传播。

While women faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have made significant strides in the last several decades, gender discrepancies still exist in these disciplines. The strategies and programs for institutional transformation created by the first two rounds of ADVANCE schools to support the advancement of women faculty in STEM have gone far beyond administrative rhetoric. They have challenged and redefined the status quo and have benefited not only women faculty, but also the faculty at large.In general, at many universities and colleges, faculty professional development is not explicitly addressed. While research, and increasingly teaching, support has been available on campuses, other areas of faculty work (service, leadership, networking, etc.) have received very little attention. Yet these areas are critical to success of the faculty overall, and play an important role in the likelihood of advancement, particularly for women faculty.Academic leaders, and particularly department chairs, carry considerable responsibility for departmental faculty recruitment, advancement, and retention. In this respect, they are key players in the institutional transformation process and in setting the climate of their departments. Few resources are available to support this role, however, and many chairs have little regular access to other department chairs, who could provide peer mentoring. The goal of this ADVANCE PAID proposal is to provide department chairs with the resources, skill development, and peer networks that will support more effective department leadership and governance, and contribute to a more positive department culture for all faculty. The University of Washington will implement a series of two-day national leadership workshops over a three-year period for department chairs, deans, and emerging leaders in STEM. One workshop will be held each year at the University of Washington (UW), and in two of the three years, a second workshop will be held at an alternate regional site. These workshops are based on the UW ADVANCE program's quarterly leadership workshop series and two national pilot workshops. A pre-workshop mentoring-for-leadership event will be offered to women faculty at each workshop.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of this proposal is the creation of leadership and professional development opportunities for STEM department chairs and emerging leaders, particularly women faculty. The workshops will provide opportunities for academic leaders to address issues of gender equity, leadership, faculty recruitment, faculty professional development, family-friendly policies, and policy implementation. Each workshop will result in the creation of resources to support and advance issues relevant to the success of all faculty, and women faculty in particular.Broader Impact: The national scope of the workshop allows the impact to be far reaching. The University of Washington will collaborate with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other institutions to include department chairs and faculty of color, particularly women. Holding workshops at regional locations will increase participation and ideally create local communities of department chairs who can continue to network and learn from each other, and potentially replicate parts ofthe workshops at their own institutions. The national workshops provide a venue for STEM department chairs from around the country to exchange best practices and strategies. Up to 250 department chairs and emerging leaders are expected to attend the workshops. The project team will also be available for consultation with institutions interested in hosting local, campus-based workshops. All workshop materials will be widely distributed via websites, presentations, papers, etc.