[WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS]

2025-10-21 13:06:16 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	You can join the BioTAP google group here: https://biotap.org/contact/
	And access the 2025 Conference webpage here: https://biotap.org/2025-virtual-conference/
	
2025-10-21 13:08:29 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Direct link to conference program: https://biotap.org/2025-conference-program/

[KEYNOTE - What are your expectations for this workshop?]
	
2025-10-21 13:18:19 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Community!
	
2025-10-21 13:18:27 From Christine Solan, Biology TTS, she/her to Everyone:
	Get an idea or two!
	
2025-10-21 13:18:40 From Christina Overmyer to Everyone:
	Sharing tips and feedback for training
	
2025-10-21 13:18:41 From Monica Torres to Everyone:
	be part of a community of practice
	
2025-10-21 13:18:45 From ALY MULJI to Everyone:
	Find ideas/inspiration to develop TA-TPD
	
2025-10-21 13:18:47 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	Practical tips and tools
	
2025-10-21 13:18:50 From Christine Ambrosino to Everyone:
	Learn about effective pedagogy
	
2025-10-21 13:18:51 From Kristen Miller to Everyone:
	I always hope to hear about current efforts to provide teaching professional development.
	
2025-10-21 13:18:59 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	learn some effective tools for out annual GTA training.
	
2025-10-21 13:19:03 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	our*
	
2025-10-21 13:19:04 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	I’m at a place where I have the opportunity to reach GTAs who are outside of the courses I oversee, so I’m interested in gathering ideas for a diverse group.
	
2025-10-21 13:19:28 From Lacey D Campbell to Everyone:
	Ideas on how to train GTAs. I run 50 sections of Intro Biology labs taught by 15+ TAs each semester, but the department doesn’t seem to want to put aside any time for TA training.
	
2025-10-21 13:20:48 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	A Reprise: "Community!"
	
2025-10-21 13:20:50 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwGhcLiWxTNwY7U4F5_s9M1Nn4QjAmy1YkBSwqAZOUc/edit?usp=sharing
	
2025-10-21 13:31:45 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	I am so sorry - I am a bad student who just showed up late…is there a link to the list and/or the Google doc?

[KEYNOTE - BREAKOUT ROOMS]
	
2025-10-21 13:31:50 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwGhcLiWxTNwY7U4F5_s9M1Nn4QjAmy1YkBSwqAZOUc/edit?usp=sharing
	
2025-10-21 13:31:54 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Thanks, K
	
2025-10-21 13:37:58 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwGhcLiWxTNwY7U4F5_s9M1Nn4QjAmy1YkBSwqAZOUc/edit?usp=sharing
	
2025-10-21 13:40:20 From Heather Green MTSU to Everyone:
	My Zoom cut out, can you put me back in my group/
	
2025-10-21 13:40:10 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwGhcLiWxTNwY7U4F5_s9M1Nn4QjAmy1YkBSwqAZOUc/edit?usp=sharing
	
2025-10-21 13:40:21 From Heather Green MTSU to Everyone:
	I was with Stephanie Gutzler
	
2025-10-21 13:51:51 From Stefanie Chen to Everyone:
	Ok, thanks!
	
2025-10-21 13:53:01 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	we could have talked for a LOT longer!
	Lisa Raetz, Ash Heim:👍
	Payel Ganguly:😃
	
2025-10-21 13:53:09 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	I know, right? That was so fun!
	Ash Heim:👍
	
2025-10-21 13:53:38 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	Google Doc for folks just joining! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uwGhcLiWxTNwY7U4F5_s9M1Nn4QjAmy1YkBSwqAZOUc/edit?usp=sharing
	
2025-10-21 14:02:32 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	These assignments (from breakout 2) are among the examples in the early days of the "TPD Catalyst" resource, so you can see their descriptions and rubrics here if you're interested: https://biotap.org/tpd-catalyst/#examples
	Ash Heim, ALY MULJI, Mark Spindler, Christine Solan, Biology TTS, she/her:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:07:02 From Ana Garcia-Vedrenne to Everyone:
	That was awesome. Thanks Kaleb!
	
2025-10-21 14:07:05 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Well said!
	
2025-10-21 14:10:55 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Not to call anyone out, but I am very supportive of directed mentorship for inexperienced TAs and, turns out, we have a few authors of some great recent work here: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00040-25
	Adam Chouinard, Ana Garcia-Vedrenne, Ash Heim, Mark Spindler, Kaleb Heinrich:❤️
	
2025-10-21 14:13:43 From Catherine Kirkpatrick to Everyone:
	Thanks, Mark!
	
2025-10-21 14:16:15 From Kristen Miller to Everyone:
	Replying to "Not to call anyone out, but I am very supportive o...":
	I think that there are a lot of uses of the word “mentorship” in this session, and the article you provide definitely tackles it for CURE contexts!
	Stephanie Gutzler:❤️
	
[KEYNOTE - How can we evaluate the effectiveness of program elements?]

2025-10-21 14:25:10 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Pre- and Post- surveys every term, mid-term feedback notecards
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:16 From Payel Ganguly to Everyone:
	Focussed group interviews
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:28 From Christine Solan, Biology TTS, she/her to Everyone:
	TAs complete self-efficacy survey aligned with the trainings provided (pre/post)
	Stephanie Gutzler, Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:31 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Evaluations from students (that are tailored to courses taught by GTAs)
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:32 From ALY MULJI to Everyone:
	Present free response “case study” prompts before and after trainings
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:54 From Dan Johnson to Everyone:
	Use the tried-and true method. Ask what 3 things they liked, 2 things to improve, 1 follow-up question.
	Kaleb Heinrich, Christina Overmyer:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:25:56 From Ana Garcia-Vedrenne to Everyone:
	Do TAs want to help with class again and do they tell other graduate students this is a good class to teach (workload is definitely not easy, so if they come back they must be getting something good out of it!) :)
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:27:44 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Plug for a helpful publication on this issue from the BioTAP community: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.15-10-0225
	Kaleb Heinrich, Ana Garcia-Vedrenne, Ash Heim:❤️
	
2025-10-21 14:28:28 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Replying to "Plug for a helpful publication on this issue from ...":
	You read my mind on this. It’s the first thing I think of when anyone mentions assessing effectiveness of GTA training.
	
2025-10-21 14:41:28 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	On Outcome Three: Another excellent example is the Executive Summary from the "Building a Better Future STEM Faculty" report. It is very compelling, and some ECB Scholars have had good luck using this as a starting point for conversations and building buy-in with their faculty.
	https://links.imagerelay.com/cdn/2210/ql/bb8ba5ac40984f4fa1121cbe01223940/Building_a_Better_Future_STEM_Faculty.pdf
	Ana Garcia-Vedrenne, Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 14:43:26 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Thank you both, this was great!
	
2025-10-21 14:43:40 From Kristen Miller to Everyone:
	Thank you very much for this great session!
	
2025-10-21 14:44:12 From ALY MULJI to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 14:44:13 From Christina Overmyer to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 14:44:14 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Thank you so much!
	
2025-10-21 14:44:25 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 14:44:30 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	the book is great to TAs and anyone who mentors TAs!!!!!!!!
	Stephanie Gutzler, Josh Reid (He/Him), Payel Ganguly:❤️
	
2025-10-21 14:45:43 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 14:45:49 From Rachel Carrock to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 14:45:52 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	THANK YOU!!!!
	
2025-10-21 15:01:57 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	and more coming!
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
[LEADERSHIP UPDATE & COMMUNITY HOUR]

2025-10-21 15:02:05 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	(articles in the special TA-TPD issue)
	
2025-10-21 15:02:41 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Adam, do we know when this will be published?
	
2025-10-21 15:03:49 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	You can join the BioTAP google group here: https://biotap.org/contact/
	
2025-10-21 15:06:02 From Kristen Miller to Everyone:
	That is a great family picture!
	
2025-10-21 15:06:17 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	They are annoyingly wholesome!
	
2025-10-21 15:06:23 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	(kidding)
	Kristen Miller, Kaleb Heinrich:🤣
	
2025-10-21 15:08:05 From Kristen Miller to Everyone:
	I have to go, thanks for a great afternoon! See you all tomorrow.
	Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:12:02 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	This is amazing Adam!
	
2025-10-21 15:12:40 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	It's a long game (over our funding period) but it also needs buy-in from community members (e.g., contributors, reviewers...)
	Grant Gardner (MTSU):👍
	
2025-10-21 15:12:58 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Much more to come!
	
2025-10-21 15:18:37 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	I’m AMAZING at it
	Grant Gardner (MTSU):❤️
	Kaleb Heinrich:😂
	
2025-10-21 15:18:49 From Josh Reid (He/Him) to Everyone:
	Replying to "I’m AMAZING at it":
	I agree!
	Stephanie Gutzler:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:18:55 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Someone help me get some money, please!!!!
	Ash Heim, Kaleb Heinrich:❤️
	Toacca Roberts:😂
	
2025-10-21 15:20:56 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	We should try to apply for a grant to fund an on-ground conference one year.
	Kaleb Heinrich, Stephanie Gutzler:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:21:52 From Dan Johnson to Everyone:
	If anyone is interested in working on the Networking Committee, let’s talk! johnsoad@wfu.edu
	
2025-10-21 15:26:35 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Nominations Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV40XQ4w2_aGvQ4Gkvb40DrX9rdH_stc5ussuj95SDFhkf3Q/viewform
	
2025-10-21 15:27:07 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	What do you think are the most pressing needs and or challenges to BioTAP over the next year?
	
2025-10-21 15:27:10 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	What is one word that describes your experience working with TAs or TAPD this year (2024-2025)?
	
2025-10-21 15:27:34 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Sadly: "Anxiety" (among the TAs)
	
2025-10-21 15:27:39 From Monica Torres to Everyone:
	time constrains
	
2025-10-21 15:27:39 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Optimistic
	
2025-10-21 15:27:42 From Christine Solan, Biology TTS, she/her to Everyone:
	Busy
	
2025-10-21 15:27:43 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Engaged
	Adam Chouinard:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:27:46 From Mark Spindler to Everyone:
	exciting 
	Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:27:46 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	insightful
	
2025-10-21 15:27:59 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	challenging
	
2025-10-21 15:28:12 From Christina Overmyer to Everyone:
	2nd to challenging
	
2025-10-21 15:28:16 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	Also impressed
	Stephanie Gutzler:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:28:23 From Toacca Roberts to Everyone:
	Different (legislatively)
	Stephanie Gutzler:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:28:24 From Christine Solan, Biology TTS, she/her to Everyone:
	rewarding
	
2025-10-21 15:30:04 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	I updated policies with the intent to help GTAs, but I regret the changes and I want to go back. 🙁
	
2025-10-21 15:30:10 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	That really speaks to how crucial the leadership is for this work.
	Grant Gardner (MTSU), Adam Chouinard:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:31:33 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	@Katrina Stewart sounds like something that needs to go on the Catalyst site for experiences that others can learn from.
	Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:32:51 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	2. What’s the biggest challenge you face when researching or supporting TAs in 2025-2026?
	
2025-10-21 15:33:54 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Recruiting international TAs may be a challenge.
	Adam Chouinard:😞
	
2025-10-21 15:34:31 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	We are restructuring a lot of how we employ TAs but this also has meant re-calibrating on faculty workload
	
2025-10-21 15:34:32 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	It’s an opportunity to increase research related to UTAs.
	Toacca Roberts, Shannon Eaton, Adam Chouinard:‼️
	
2025-10-21 15:35:10 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Technically DAN is going to edit it out later :-)
	Toacca Roberts:😂
	
2025-10-21 15:35:47 From Dan Johnson to Everyone:
	I hear and see NOTHING incriminating!
	Grant Gardner (MTSU):❤️
	Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):👍
	Adam Chouinard:😆
	
2025-10-21 15:35:52 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Moral
	
2025-10-21 15:37:57 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	If you build it they will come.
	Kaleb Heinrich, Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:40:16 From Toacca Roberts to Everyone:
	Yes! I agree Adam!
	
2025-10-21 15:40:57 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Replying to "I hear and see NOTHING incriminating!":
	I just saw this 😂
	
2025-10-21 15:41:14 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Replying to "I hear and see NOTHING incriminating!":
	Getting used to dancing the dance with my language choices
	
2025-10-21 15:42:46 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	With the the changing instructional ecosystem, Laura is bringing up a good point that the students are changing and we are just now understanding their challenges and engagement.
	Adam Chouinard, Stephanie Gutzler, Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):👍
	
2025-10-21 15:44:21 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	But what a wonderful opportunity to challenge our selves to re-engage these new students.
	Adam Chouinard, Ash Heim:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:45:00 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Big Brother is watching.
	Stephanie Gutzler:🙁
	
2025-10-21 15:46:26 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	And that (teaching) is where a lot of those jobs are for PhDs
	
2025-10-21 15:47:53 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Replying to "But what a wonderful opportunity to challenge our ...":
	That has been my biggest challenge; figuring out how to reach and engage these incoming students. To meet them where they are at.
	
2025-10-21 15:47:57 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	3. What are common barriers to collaboration across institutions or programs, and how could we overcome them?
	
2025-10-21 15:48:33 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	I would want to know leaderships thoughts not these questions as well
	
2025-10-21 15:49:51 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	and then going out to eat afterward
	Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):👍
	Adam Chouinard:😆
	
2025-10-21 15:50:03 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	and then staying up late chatting at the hotel bar!
	
2025-10-21 15:50:08 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	Sounds like Grant favors us seeking some money for a potential retreat…something that a Treasurer would be very supportive of
	Toacca Roberts, Adam Chouinard, Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:51:05 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	…although the external funding landscape is another challenge.
	Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:51:11 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	It’s the levers…that’s where I go with it, too
	Adam Chouinard:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:51:48 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	The grandfatherly type
	
2025-10-21 15:51:53 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	I wasn’t gonna say it!!!
	Kaleb Heinrich:😂
	
2025-10-21 15:53:03 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Grandpa Grant
	
2025-10-21 15:53:08 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	I am 100% on board with this
	
2025-10-21 15:53:35 From Stephanie Gutzler to Everyone:
	So can I throw out a bananas idea?
	
2025-10-21 15:53:48 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Replying to "So can I throw out a bananas idea?":
	Please do.
	
2025-10-21 15:54:28 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	ECB building admin networks!
	
2025-10-21 15:55:19 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Replying to "So can I throw out a bananas idea?":
	I don’t think this is bananas at all. This is a lot of things that us old-timer BioTAP folks have been talking a lot about.
	Stephanie Gutzler:❤️
	
2025-10-21 15:56:09 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Leverage more intentional meetings at NABT, SABER, etc.
	
2025-10-21 15:56:19 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	I know Kaleb mentioned this.
	
2025-10-21 15:56:23 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Replying to "Leverage more intentional meetings at NABT, SABER,...":
	Yeah, capitalizing on those in-person opportunities that do exist
	
2025-10-21 15:56:24 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Replying to "Leverage more intentional meetings at NABT, SABER,...":
	and ABLE!
	Grant Gardner (MTSU):❤️
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:57:18 From Dan Johnson to Everyone:
	I’d second ABLE. LOTS of people who are working in this area.
	Adam Chouinard, Stephanie Gutzler, Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):👍
	
2025-10-21 15:58:33 From Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella) to Everyone:
	I was lecturing earlier, but I am looking forward to the recording of this session. Thanks.
	Ash Heim, Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:58:36 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Replying to "I’d second ABLE. LOTS of people who are working in...":
	ABLE would be a great place to extend the meeting by day or 1/2 day for BioTap specific session.
	Kaleb Heinrich:👍
	
2025-10-21 15:58:57 From Christina Overmyer to Everyone:
	I need to hop off, but thank you all for an engaging first day! See you tomorrow.
	Kaleb Heinrich:👋
	
2025-10-21 16:00:02 From Ash Heim to Everyone:
	Replying to "I was lecturing earlier, but I am looking forward ...":
	The Zoom recordings will be posted on the website after the conference!
	Ana Medrano (She/Her/Ella):❤️
	
2025-10-21 16:02:50 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	https://journals.asm.org/journal/jmbe/prof-dev-stem
	
2025-10-21 16:02:56 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	^Special Issue on TA-TPD in JMBE
	
2025-10-21 16:04:54 From Kaleb Heinrich to Everyone:
	If anyone has any questions or wants to talk about any of the committees or nominations, please reach out!
	Adam Chouinard, Grant Gardner (MTSU):👍
	
2025-10-21 16:05:34 From Grant Gardner (MTSU) to Everyone:
	Thanks for facilitating everyone.
	
2025-10-21 16:05:36 From Dan Johnson to Everyone:
	Bye all.
	
2025-10-21 16:05:37 From Katrina Stewart to Everyone:
	Thank you!
	
2025-10-21 16:05:46 From laura.dixon to Everyone:
	Thank you! This was great!
	
2025-10-21 16:05:48 From Monica Torres to Everyone:
	Thank you all!
	
2025-10-21 16:05:51 From Adam Chouinard to Everyone:
	Thanks so much, Ash (and team)!