P: 404.221.0617
Fax: 404.448.3982
Email: admin@gabio.org
Address: 999 Peachtree Street NE #1800, Atlanta, GA 30309
Biotech Teacher Training Initiative (BTTI)
Professional Development for Science Teachers
Georgia Life Sciences’ Biotech Teacher Training Initiative (BTTI) offers hands-on, immersive science- related professional development for Georgia teachers. Curriculum is built to highlight and leverage the biotechnology that exists within traditional science courses, including biology and AP biology, chemistry and AP chemistry, physics, environmental biology, agriculture and horticulture, physical sciences, and life sciences.
We work with educators to help them prepare to implement skills, concepts, and techniques that are relevant in the modern industry as part of their current lesson plan. Examples include lab safety, pipetting, aseptic technique, chromatography, electrophoresis, solutions and dilutions, Central Dogma, and PCR.
Biotech Infusion Workshops
Held twice a year and conducted both in-person and virtually, over four, two-hour sessions, we explore basic biotech concepts that exist across standard science disciplines, with a focus on implementing career-relevant laboratory activities into middle and high school science and CTAE courses. Teachers are provided the necessary equipment for their classrooms and receive ongoing supply and curriculum support.
Winter/Spring 2025 Schedule:
January 17 and 18 | Central Georgia Technical College in Macon
February 7 and 8 | Chattahoochee Technical College in Canton
March 14 and 15 | Southern Regional Technical College in Thomasville
Registration for the Fall Biotech Teacher Training Initiative will open in July 2025.
Program Impact
To learn more about BTTI opportunities, please contact Megan Heaphy.
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Ways for industry to get involved
Share your hiring needs
Provide a list of skills your company looks for when hiring entry-level employees. We would prefer a list of science skills, but would also like to know about the top soft skills that your company needs. Entry-level job descriptions would be helpful. Your contributions will drive the training curriculum.
Donate materials
The Equipment Depot can take in any equipment or unused disposable items that your business would otherwise throw away. The disposable items can be outside of their expiration date, if applicable. We will in turn donate these materials to the teachers, so that they can be used in their classrooms. If there are larger pieces of equipment (freezers, incubators, centrifuges, etc.), we can notify teachers to schedule pickup with your company.
P: 404.221.0617
Fax: 404.448.3982
Email: admin@galifesciences.org
Address: 8607 Roberts Drive, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30350
