to come together and chat with avery limited agenda. We host a coffee chat and a workshop or lightning talk each month of thesemester and a pre-semester work-in before each semester. The most common topics in theseevents are facilitating teamwork, improving inclusivity and belonging, preparing instructionalstaff, and sharing lessons learned when the unexpected happens in a lab. In each section below,we summarize the key takeaways and helpful resources we have collected related to each ofthese four areas to share with other laboratory instructors. Table 1 - CoP Organizing Team Demographics and BackgroundTitle, Race Gender Years of Teaching Types of Lab and DesignDepartment