“Membership in AAPT and Your Career as a Professional Physics Educator”

“Membership in AAPT and Your Career as a Professional Physics Educator”

Warren Hein

Executive Officer

American Association of Physics Teachers

"Enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching"


Outline• Addressing AAPT’s Critical Issues

Ongoing Successful ProgramsNew Funded Grants from NSFPending Grants and Planned Submissions New 2009 Initiatives

• The Challenge for AAPT SectionsSection Membership GoalsMembership Recruitment ResourcesSpecial Membership Offers


The AAPT VisionTo be the leading resource and driving force in strengthening

physics education and supporting physics educators

Four critical issues that guide AAPT future activities:1. Increase AAPT’s outreach and impact on physics

teachers.

2. Increase the diversity and numbers of physics teachers and students

3. Improve the pedagogical skills and physics knowledge of teachers at all levels.

4. Increase our understanding of physics learning and of ways to improve teaching effectiveness.


Ongoing Programs

• U.S. International Physics Olympiad Team

• AAPT Physics Bowl• AAPT High School Photo

and Video Contest• Awards at International

Science and Engineering Fair (with APS)

• Team America Rocket Challenge


Ongoing Programs

• Workshops for New Pre-College Physics Teachers (Section Mini-grants)

• High School Physics Teacher Grants

• Physics Days at NSTA Regional Meetings

• AAPT/PTRA Professional Development Institutes Funded by NSF and DoE MSP


Ongoing Programs

• Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Pre-Service Physics Teachers

• PhysTEC Noyce Scholarships (with APS)

• AAPT/SPS Summer Internships (with AIP)

• Student Memberships with Paper and Online Access to AJP & TPT

• Outstanding TA Awards


Ongoing Programs• Workshops for New

Physics and Astronomy Faculty (with APS & AAS)

• comPADRE Digital Library for Physics and Astronomy Education (APS & AIP/SPS)

• National Task Force on Physics Teacher Preparation (APS & AIP)

• Bi-Annual Physics Department Chairs Conferences (with APS)


Ongoing Programs

• PhysTEC (Physics Teacher Education Coalition) (APS & AIP)

• Physics Education Research Topical Group (PERTG)

• Bauder Fund Grants for Physics Outreach Programs

• Reviewers for Departmental Physics Programs

• Topical Conferences Advanced Lab at 2009

Summer Meeting Physics Education Research

Conference (PERC)


Publications• American Journal of Physics -

published since 1931, available in print and online with back issues available online to 1931.

• The Physics Teacher -published since 1963, available in print and online with back issues available to 1963.

• Physics Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research –peer reviewed electronic-only journal sponsored by APS, the AAPT and the APS FEd.

(http://prst-per.aps.org/)


Upcoming National Meetings• 2009 Summer Meeting

July 25-29, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• 2010 Winter Meeting February 13-17, Washington, D.C. (joint with APS)

• 2010 Summer Meeting July 17-21, Portland State University, Portland, OR

• 2011 Winter Meeting January 8-12, Jacksonville, FL

• 2011 Summer Meeting July 23-28, Creighton University, Omaha, NE


New Funded Grants (October 2008)

• Enhancing STEM Student Learning Through Faculty Development Workshops for New Physics and Astronomy Faculty (with APS and AAS)

• Building Undergraduate Programs for the 21st Century: SPIN-UP Regional Workshops (with APS and AIP)

• The Physics Classroom: Stewardship of Physics Education Resources on the Web (with APS and AIP/SPS)

• PhysTEC Noyce Scholars (with APS)


Pending Grants and Planned Submissions

• Physics Education Research Users Guide (addition to comPADRE) – Pending

• Physics Teacher Education Coalition II (PhysTECII) (with APS) – Pending

• comPADRE Pathway II (with APS and AIP/SPS) to be submitted in April 2009

• Enhancing STEM Student Learning Through Faculty Development Workshops for Two-Year College Physics Faculty to be submitted in May 2009


New Initiatives• Recently Launched

Journal Table of Contents E-mail Alerts Departmental Affiliations Associate Memberships eNNOUNCER Annual Report Endowments for AAPT Awards

• Coming Soon Communities Module Re-design of AAPT.org AAPT Speakers Bureau Podcasts of Plenary and Awards Sessions


Fund Raising• Endowment of Major Awards

Klopsteg Memorial Award Melba Newell Phillips Award Oersted Award Richtmyer Memorial Award Robert A. Millikan Award J.D. Jackson Award for

Graduate Teaching/Mentors Excellence in Undergraduate

Physics Teaching Award Excellence in Pre-college

Physics Teaching Award

• Support for Special Projects New Teacher Fund Special Projects Fund Student Fund International Physics

Olympiad Annual Awards Fund


The Challenge - Who We Are Now


The Challenge - Who We Will Be



Helping Sections Reach Their Goal

• Member Recruitment Resource WebpageBrochures that can be downloaded and

duplicated PowerPoint presentation that can be used at

section meetingsPodcast/DVD about member benefitsMembership dues information and information

about special offers for section members.



• Support from the National OfficeBrochures and sample publications for section

meetings (“The Section Box”)EXCEL spreadsheet with contact information

for current members, prospective members, and lapsed members available upon request

Physics Days at NSTA Regional Meetings

• Customizable communities module available to each section (Web 2.0)



• Support from the Executive BoardFunds to support workshops for new pre-

college teachers (section mini-grants)AAPT Speakers Bureau with matching funds

provided by National Office (proposed)Associate MembershipsIncentive grant to sections for new members

recruited between April1 and December 31, 2009 (Online and pdf application form available from section representatives)


New Special Offer for Section Members*• Associate Members with a dues rate of $36

per year ($0.10 per day)• Sections receive a $9.00 incentive grant for

every Associate Member that joins from their section

• Associate Membership will be in effect for at least three years on a trial basis

* First-timers only. Current members and previous members whose membership lapsed less than three years before applying for Associate Membership are ineligible.


New Special Offer for Section Members*

• Associate Members with a dues rate of $36 per year ($0.10 per day)

• Sections receive a $9.00 incentive grant for every Associate Member that joins from their section

• Associate Membership will be in effect for at least three year on a trial basis

* First-timers only. Current members and previous members whose membership lapsed less than three years before applying for Associate Membership are ineligible.


Associate Member Benefits1. Article Packs of 42 articles from

AJP or TPT per year-both current and back issues

2. Electronic table of contents for each issue of TPT and AJP

3. Physics Today magazine by paper and electronically

4. AAPT e-NNOUNCER and special e-mailings

5. Discounts for• registration at AAPT semi-annual

meetings• purchases at AAPT Store

6. AAPT Annual Review by paper and electronically

6. Access to a password-protected AAPT site containing• Podcasts of selected AAPT meeting

plenary and other sessions• Podcasts of interest to physics

teachers7. Participation opportunities

• in iWEB community activities• in AAPT Area Committee listservs• in AAPT Area Committees

9. Reduction of 50% on semi-annual meeting registration to members who upgrade to full within the first year10. Increased access to local

section activities


New Full Membership Offer for Section

Members*

Sections receive 25% of the full dues payment as incentive grant for every new full member that joins from their section.

Special offer will be in effect from April 1 - December 31, 2009

* First-timers only. Current members and previous members whose membership lapsed less than three years before applying for Membership are ineligible.


Professionals in any field should belong to the professional society representing that field, it is part of being a

professional. For physics education professionals, that society is the American Association of Physics Teachers.

You can be a full member of AAPT for less than $0.25 per day (pre-

college teachers) or $0.45 per day (college and university faculty).

Full members receive Physics Today in paper and online, The Physics

Teacher or American Journal of Physics in paper and both online, and

other benefits of membership such as member discounts, access to

member only benefits, and the knowledge that they are supporting

physics education and physics educators.


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