From: Meyers, Micheline [mailto:MMeyers@apa.org]
Sent: Wed 3/9/2011 3:59 PM
To: Meyers, Micheline
Subject: 4th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology--Application Deadline Extended
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline Extended to March 14, 2011
American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology
4th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology
Tuesday, August 2, and Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Washington, DC
The American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) announces its fourth annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) to be held on Tuesday, August 2, and Wednesday, August 3, 2011, in Washington, DC. This year in addition to accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work full time in academic/academic medical settings, we will also be accepting approximately 30 mid-career women psychologists who work primarily in clinical or consulting settings. While there will be some overlap in the curriculum, there will also be separate sessions for each of the groups. This is a competitive process, and you must complete the application for the group with which you most clearly identify.
The overall mission of the LIWP is to empower, prepare and support women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA and State, Provincial, and Territorial Associations (SPTA) governance, and increase the diversity, number, and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. The program’s mission supports APA’s goal to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.
The CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has several objectives:
1) Ensure that mid-career and senior women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
2) Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice, and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.
3) Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice, and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.
4) Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.
5) Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.
Who Should Apply?
Mid-career (10-20 years post doctoral degree) women psychologists who are APA members with demonstrated leadership experience, strengths and goals:
(a) holding either full-time, paid faculty appointments at the associate professor or clinical associate professor level or above in academic or academic medicine settings
Or
(b) working 20 or more hours per week primarily in clinical or consulting
settings. If you are in a clinical setting, you must be a licensed psychologist to apply to the LIWP.
Women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, transgender women, and women with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Program components:
Highly interactive, skills-focused workshops with experts in the field. The core curriculum includes:
- Leadership Models
- Mid-Career Management, Goal Setting and Planning
- Negotiation Skills
- Mentoring Networks, including gender and diversity issues
Previous Institutes and Web seminars during the year have also addressed:
- Sustaining and Funding a Research Program
- Fiscal, Program, and Personnel issues
- Managing Work-Life Balance
- Strategic Planning
- Dealing with Difficult People
Individuals who participate will leave with clearly defined professional goals, identify next steps towards promotion and leadership positions, and have the opportunity to join a monthly mentoring forum for mid-career women in psychology.
Applications and supporting materials (CV or resume and letter of recommendation) are due by 5:00 pm eastern time on Monday, March 14, 2011. Please visit the website listed below and make sure you complete EITHER the application for mid-career women in academic and academic medical settings OR the application for mid-career women in clinical and consulting settings. The applications are not the same. Go to:
http://forms.apa.org/pi/women/leadership/
to complete the electronic application form. You may also print out the completed application and: 1) fax it with accompanying documents to the Women’s Programs Office at 202.336.6117 or 2) e-mail it to womensleadershipinstitute@apa.org.
If selected, participants will be asked to pay a $500 fee, which covers registration, program materials, and food (breakfast, lunch and snacks). In addition, participants will be invited to attend a follow-up leadership program in March 2012 at the APA headquarters in Washington, DC; participate in Web seminars on leadership issues throughout the year; and have access to a list serve for LIWP participants, faculty and staff
Selections will be announced by Monday, May 9, 2011.
For additional information, please visit http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/faq.aspx to review frequently asked questions or contact Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD, Senior Director, Women’s Programs Office
1. Via snail-mail at American Psychological Association, 750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
2. Via phone at 202.336.6044
3. Via e-mail at womensleadershipinstitute@apa.org.
The American Psychological Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology has been generously funded by APA Board of Directors, the APA Council of Representatives, the APA Women’s Programs Office, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health, Psychologists in Independent Practice, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Psychology, the Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and the Women’s Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives.
Shari Miles-Cohen
| Shari E. Miles-Cohen, Ph.D. | Senior Director, Women’s Programs Office |
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