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Resources for College and University Physics Faculty

91ߣɫ is an action oriented organization designed to develop, improve, and promote best practices for physics education as part of the global need for qualified Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics educators who will inspire tomorrow’s leaders and decision makers.
91ߣɫ provides many resources for college and university physics faculty.

Publications and Educational Resources

• Effective Practices for Physics Programs () supports physics programs with collections of knowledge, experience, and proven good practice for responding to challenges and engaging in systematic improvement.
• PICUP 2021 Capstone Conference Report - This report provides a summary of the Partnership for the Integration of Computation in Undergraduate Physics 2021 Virtual Capstone Conference and the history and status of the PICUP organization.
• SPIN-UP Survey Report 2014 - This report describes the results of a 2014 survey of U.S. undergraduate physics programs and includes information on sizes of departments, characteristics of their courses and curricula, recruitment activities, and curricular reform.
• American Journal of Physics - AJP publishes papers that meet the needs and intellectual interests of college and university physics teachers and students.
• The Physics Teacher (TPT) - TPT publishes papers on the teaching of physics, and on topics such as contemporary physics, applied physics, and the history of physics—all aimed at the introductory-level teacher.
• - ComPADRE is a network of free online resource collections supporting faculty, students, and teachers in Physics and Astronomy Education.
• (PICUP) seeks to expand the role of computation in the undergraduate physics curriculum.
• (OSP) provides curriculum resources that engage students in physics, computation, and computer modeling.
• provide tested materials that help introductory physics, astronomy, and science education faculty promote active learning through integrated materials. Resources include concept questions, lecture tutorials, homework, and more.
• provides guidance for physicists considering revising the undergraduate curriculum to improve the education of a diverse student population.  The report includes recommendations on content, pedagogy, professional skills, and student engagement and documentable student outcomes.
• summarizes the information used to prepare the Phys21 Report.  The sources include reports authored by professional societies, business and economic development groups, educational institutions, and professional consulting organizations.
• is the home of physics faculty resources based on physics education research that support your teaching
• - PRPER is a fully open access journal that is sponsored jointly by APS, the 91ߣɫ, the APS Forum on Education, and the APS Group on Physics Education Research.
• 91ߣɫ Recommendations for the Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Curriculum - Developed by a subcommittee of the 91ߣɫ Committee on Laboratories and endorsed by the 91ߣɫ Executive Board November 10,2014.
• - This e-newsletter is emailed to members monthly and contains upcoming dates and deadlines, member news and information, recent news from the worlds of physics and teaching, our current promotions and programs, and much more.
• Links to additional resources - You will find posters, guidelines, videos, international physics organizations, reports, and article collections and individual articles to support your physics and physical science teaching.

Networking and Academic Development

• - Mentorship.
• - 91ߣɫ organizes national meetings annually each winter and summer.
• - Create your own eAlliance, a peer mentoring group of other women physicists or astronomers, with whom you share important characteristics.
• - This workshop is designed to help new faculty at research and four-year institutions understand how to become more effective educators and support their quest to gain tenure.
• - This 18-month experience is designed specifically for Two-Year College Physics Faculty in their first five years of teaching.
• - These conferences, co-sponsored by the 91ߣɫ and the American Physical Society, have proven to be valuable to department chairs in bringing them up-to-date on trends in physics research and education while providing an opportunity to meet and learn from other department chairs.
• - The conference focused on introductory physics courses taken by the full spectrum of life science students, including pre-medical and other pre-health students, biology students aiming for careers in biological research or biotechnology, and students interested in ecology and related areas. .
• Strategic Programs for Innovations in Undergraduate Physics at Two-Year Colleges (SPIN-UP/TYC) - SPIN-UP/TYC is a project to find exemplary physics programs at two-year colleges from which a large number of minorities and women enter science, technology, engineering or math programs at a four-year college or university.
• Physics Program Review - 91ߣɫ recognizes that undergraduate physics programs benefit from receiving feedback on the quality of the program.  In order to assist physics programs that are planning a review, we maintain a list of reviewers whose names will be supplied to institutions submitting requests. 

Awards and Recognition

• for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching undergraduate physics, which may include the use of innovative teaching methods.
• for Excellence in Graduate Physics Education is presented to physicists and physics educators who have made outstanding contributions to curriculum development, mentorship, or classroom teaching in graduate physics education.

Grants and Scholarships

• Barbara Lotze Scholarship for Future Physics Teachers - These scholarships for future high school physics teachers, supported by an endowment funded by Barbara Lotze, are available only to U.S. citizens attending U.S. schools.
• - This endowment for the Support of Physics Teaching was established to support special activities in the area of physics teaching.
• - The Venture Fund is a resource for 91ߣɫ members, created to promote the development and marketing of innovative teaching products and services for physics and other sciences.