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
August 13-16, 2023
Location
Chicago
Cost
Regular Tuition: $3,500
Registration closes July 31, 2023
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
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 2022 ITL experts.

Karl Haden, PhD
AAL President & CEO

Felicia Tucker-Lively, PhD, MPH
AAL Vice President

Alexander Bendayan DDS, CAGS, FICD
Clinical Professor, Associate Dean for Digital Development, Technology and Innovation, Director of Continuing Education, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Marcia M. Ditmyer, PhD, MS, MBA, MCHES
Senior Consultant

Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH, FICD
Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Kim Hammersmith, DDS, MPH, MS
Program Director, Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Takashi Komabayashi DDS, MDS, PhD
Clinical Professor, College of Dental Medicine University of New England College of Dental Medicine

Gary Pape MA, DDS, MA Ed
AAL Consultant

Karin Quick, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor Director, Division of Dental Public Health Director, Global Programs University of Minnesota School of Dentistry

Michelle A. Robinson DMD, MA
Interim Dean School of Education, Senior Associate Dean School of Dentistry

Tiffany E. Wilson DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Public Health Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry