Develop Your Teaching Skills & Improve Student Outcomes
The Institute for Teaching and Learning is designed as a 4-day onsite program for dental educators to help participants achieve better student outcomes by refining their teaching skills and enhancing the quality of their interactions with students in the classroom and the clinic.
August 25-28, 2025 Chapel Hill, NC
The Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL)
To promote deep and lasting student learning, dental educators will need to be equipped with innovative teaching skills and techniques to assure exceptional student outcomes.
The Institute for Teaching and Learning, or ITL, is designed as a 4-day onsite program for dental educators to help participants achieve better student outcomes by refining their teaching skills and enhancing the quality of their interactions with students in the classroom and the clinic.
ITL provides hours of intensive, immediately applicable learning to dental, dental hygiene, and dental assisting professionals of all levels, including early career faculty, private practitioners transitioning into education, and experienced faculty looking to sharpen their teaching skills. You will also receive complimentary access to the Fundamentals of Clinical Education (FCE), an online, asynchronous program to equip new dental educators with the right tools to succeed and provides 8.0 ADA-CERP CE credits.
Cost, Dates, Location
Dates
August 25-28, 2025
Location
Chapel Hill, NC
Cost
Tuition: $2,800 (discounted 20%; increases 2/5/25)
Registration closes: August 8, 2025
Scholarship Options
Visit our Scholarship Information page for more information.
CE Credits
Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL) partners with CE providers to help professionals in academia and those transitioning to academic careers achieve their goals as leaders, educators, and agents of change for their organizations. AAL is working with a number of associations in different professions to secure CE credits. Please contact us to request CEs for your profession or for additional details.
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2025 ITL Agenda Outline coming soon
Hotel reservation – AAL does not arrange hotel accommodations. There are a variety of accommodation options in the Chapel Hill area. Select the appropriate location best for you.
Contact Info
Felicia Tucker-Lively, Ph.D.
Vice President
404-350-2098
f.tucker-lively@aalgroup.org
Dr. Kelton Stewart Discusses the Call of Mentorship and Teaching
Dr. Kelton Stewart, James J. Baldwin Endowed Professor, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, and Chair, Department of Orthodontics at Indiana University School of Dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry, discusses his call to teach and the importance of inclusion in the classroom. Dr. Stewart will be leading two sessions at the Institute for Teaching and Learning this August in Chicago for AAL.
Music provided by www.fiftysounds.com.
Dr. Colin Haley talks about Assessment and Active Learning
Doctor Haley is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Associate Director of group facilitation at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry. In this episode of Leadcast, he discusses some of his sessions for this year’s Institute for Teaching and Learning in Chicago.
Music provided by www.fiftysounds.com.
Dr. Tawana Ware discusses social determinants of health and curriculum scaffolding
Doctor Tawana Ware is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and an Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Indiana University in Indianapolis. At this August’s Institute for Teaching and Learning in Chicago, she’ll lead a session on Building from Knowledge to Integration: Social Determinants of Health and Curriculum Scaffolding.
Music provided by www.fiftysounds.com.
Why Should I Attend?
The ITL program is perfect for new and mid-career dental educators who are
interested in refining their skills to achieve better student outcomes and
reigniting their love for teaching. During ITL, you will learn:
- Framework for shaping teaching philosophy and teaching with intention
- Effective clinical teaching strategies
- Interactive online instruction
- Problem-solving and collaborative learning
- Skill-based assessment and instructional course design
- Developing a framework for student research
- Remediating students/residents
- Cultivating health professionals in a healthy environment
- Resilience and well-being
You will also receive complimentary access to the Fundamentals of Clinical Education (FCE), an online, asynchronous program to equip new dental educators with the right tools to succeed and provide 8.0 ADA-CERP CE credits.
What Our Alumni Say
Program Faculty & Speakers
Below are our 2024 ITL experts (2025 faculty coming soon):
Felicia Tucker-Lively, PhD, MPH
AAL Vice President
Colin M. Haley, DDS, MEd
Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Director, Group Facilitation, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry
Takashi Komabayashi DDS, MDS, PhD
Olmsted Family Distinguished Professor, Graduate Endodontic Program Director, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry
Amey G. Patil, BDS, MSD
Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Director, General Dentistry Concepts, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kelton T. Stewart, DDS, MS
James J. Baldwin Endowed Professor, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Chair of Department of Orthodontics Indiana University School of Dentistry
Tawana Ware DDS, MSD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Dr. J. Pediatric Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana
