The overall program goal is to help participants, designated as ITL Scholars, refine teaching skills that will enhance the quality of their interactions with students and develop other skills that will facilitate confidence, job satisfaction, and professional growth in the academic environment. The Institute is a collaborative effort of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the Academy for Academic Leadership (AAL).

The ITL program (two-phase, 6.5 days, with distance education modules between phases) allows Scholars to explore the 13 themes listed below. The curriculum is designed to enable ITL Scholars to have learning experiences and attain specific learning objectives identified for each theme.

ITL Themes for Two-Phase, 6.5 Day Program

• Academic career planning, including transitioning from private practice into academia
• Case-based learning
• Clinical teaching best practices
• Classroom teaching best practices
• Course planning and instruction design
• Critical thinking
• Dental education issues, controversies, and future directions
• Evaluation of students’ performance in the classroom and the clinic
• Learning environment, including sources of stress and concern for students
• Personality and learning styles, including working with the Gen Y student
• Principles of learning (research on cognition and other factors that influence educational quality)
• Research and publication
• Working productively with difficult students

Click here to review the specific learning objectives for the two-phase ITL program.