RCN-UBE Incubator: Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP)

生物学助教项目（BioTAP）将创建一个学术网络，为生物学研究生助教（GTA）的专业发展提供最佳实践，着眼于培养与改革后的生物学课程相一致的实践。为了在全国范围内提高GTA的专业发展，RCN-UBE网络将首先确定GTA教授改革后的生物学课程所需的教学技能，然后收集和研究全国各机构的专业发展模式，以确定那些可以作为最佳实践标准的模式。知识价值：BioTAP将促进全国对话，以改善大学生物学教学，并在网络和专业会议上扩大和推广该项目。本项目将加强国家专业组织、生物学教师、实验室协调人员、教学中心和gta之间的交流，减少重复，统一资源，提升gta的教学优势。更广泛的影响：BioTAP旨在成为指导全国生物GTA专业发展的首要资源。该网络的调查结果将通过文章和会议发言，以及利用其他区域网络-区域网络和专业组织的现有网络来传播。在孵化器资助结束时，指导委员会的新成员将扩大机构和学术经验的代表性，并将编制一份潜在网络参与者的名单。该项目的研究结果将通过一个文件共享网站提供给这个网络。BioTAP将为全国的专业发展实践提供信息，使gta更好地为未来的教职员工做好准备，并提高他们传授改革后的生物学课程的能力。该项目由生物科学理事会和本科教育司教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，作为支持本科生物学教育的愿景和变革的努力的一部分。

The biology teaching assistant project (BioTAP) will create a network of academics to inform best practices for biology graduate teaching assistant (GTA) professional development, with an eye toward fostering practices aligned with reformed biology courses. To improve GTA professional development on a national scale, this RCN-UBE network will first identify the instructional skills needed by GTAs to teach reformed biology courses, and then gather and study professional development models from institutions across the nation to identify those which may serve as standards of best practice. Intellectual Merit: BioTAP will foster national dialogue to improve collegiate biology instruction, and expand and promote the project at network and professional meetings. The project will enhance the communication among national professional organizations, biology faculty, laboratory coordination staff, teaching and learning centers, and GTAs to reduce duplication, unify resources, and promote the instructional strengths of biology GTAs.Broader Impacts: BioTAP aims to be the premier resource guiding biology GTA professional development in the nation. The findings of the network will be disseminated via articles and conference presentations, and by using the existing networks of other RCN-UBEs and professional organizations. By the end of the incubator funding, new members of the Steering Committee will broaden the representation of institutions and academic experiences, and a list of potential network participants will be compiled. The findings of the project will be made available to this network through a file sharing site. BioTAP will inform professional development practices across the nation to better prepare GTAs for their roles as future faculty members and improve their ability to deliver reformed biology courses.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts towards support of Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education.