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.
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 7.5 ADA-CERP CE credits.
Cost, Dates, Location
Dates
2024 Dates Coming this Fall
Location
TBD
Cost
Regular Tuition: $3,495
Registration closes TBD
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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Contact Info
Felicia Tucker-Lively, Ph.D.
Vice President
404-350-2098
f.tucker-lively@aalgroup.org
The Journey from General Practice to the Academy
Dr. Gary Pape talks about his journey from general practice to Associate Professor at California North State College of Dental Medicine. He also discusses the importance of the Institute for Teaching and Learning (https://aalgroup.org/itl/) in the transition.
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Dr. Kelton Stewart Discusses the Call of Mentorship and Teaching
Dr. Kelton Stewart, an Associate Professor and Orthodontics Graduate Program Director 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 his two 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 two sessions:
- Building from Knowledge to Integration: Social Determinants of Health and Curriculum Scaffolding
- Integrating Clinical Case-based Scenarios in Course Curriculum
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 7.5 ADA-CERP CE credits.
What Our Alumni Say
Program Faculty & Speakers
Below are our 2023 ITL experts.
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
Gary Pape MA, DDS, MA Ed
Associate Professor, California Northstate University College of Dental Medicine
Danielle Rulli, DHSc, MS, RDH
Director, Graduate Dental Hygiene Program, Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine Division of Dental Hygiene, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Kelton T. Stewart, DDS, MS
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development, Department of Faculty Affairs, Indiana University School of Dentistry
Tawana Ware DDS, MSD
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University Dr. J. Pediatric Dentistry Indianapolis, Indiana
