Mutual Mentoring to Reduce Isolation in Physics

PLAN-D资助项目旨在通过对特定项目或计划的网络化调整，扩大在特定学科领域为STEM教师实施的已证明成功的性别平等倡议的应用。期望通过仔细的评价来扩大对学科背景下这些倡议的理解。该项目将在美国物理教师协会（AAPT）的主持下，通过发展10个以各种方式孤立的女物理教师联盟，建立相互指导的专业发展联盟。这一干预将直接影响到参与该项目支持的相互指导联盟的50名女性物理教师的职业生涯。eAlliance的参与者将首先在专业会议上面对面会面，然后是定期的电子会议。该项目将减少参与物理学家的孤立，并为他们的职业发展提供支持。项目评价将确定相互指导网络的好处，特别是对孤立的教员，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具有成本效益的物理教育者指导模式，这种模式可以适用于其他学术科学家和其他工作环境。互助导师联盟将有助于因性别、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ADVANCE项目以及对隔离和良好指导做法的影响的研究。该项目有可能提高孤立的物理教师的保留率和工作满意度。该项目将致力于在AAPT内将这些指导网络制度化。由于该项目将由AAPT实施，该项目将有助于专业化和突出物理学界指导的重要性。美国国家科学基金会ADVANCE学习与适应网络伙伴关系（PLAN）项目跟踪支持促进在新环境下适应和实施先前有效的ADVANCE计划的项目，以及测试创新策略以促进女性在STEM学术生涯中的参与、成功和进步的项目。PLAN项目还为STEM学术生涯中的性别平等知识库做出了贡献。

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.