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Leadership Programs

ADEA Leadership Programs

Explore leadership programs for dental and allied dental faculty, staff and students.

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ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP)

Audience: Dental/Allied/Advanced Students, Allied Dental Faculty, Faculty/Staff
Career Level: Any Career Level
Scholarship: None

A mentorship program for faculty and students with the intention of strengthening faculty activities in research, as well as attracting graduates to future academic careers.

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Allied Program

ADEA Allied Dental Faculty Leadership Development Program (ADFLDP)

Audience: Allied Dental Faculty
Career Level: Early to Mid-career
Scholarship: None

The program provides mid-level career allied dental faculty and program directors with a unique opportunity to assess their current leadership skills and build on them while developing relationships with a small group of participants facilitated by an advisor.

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ADEA Allied Dental New Program Director Academy

Audience: Allied Dental Faculty
Career Level: Early, one-to-three years
Scholarship: None

This new, year-long leadership program is geared toward new allied dental program directors and offers a comprehensive pathway to academic program and administrative excellence.

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ADEA Chapters

Audience: Dental/Allied/Advanced Students, Residents, Fellows
Career Level: Any Career Level
Scholarship: None

Student-led organizations that provide opportunities for leadership, service and collaboration at the local, district and national levels. ADEA Chapters connect students to the ADEA Council of Students, Residents and Fellows (ADEA COSRF) and foster engagement in dental education. Explore chapter resources, local events and ways to get involved at your school.

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Faculty Program

ADEA Council of Deans Fellowship (CDF)

Audience: Faculty/Staff
Career Level: Senior career-level individuals who aspire to a deanship or other higher education leadership
Scholarship: None

This fellowship creates a pipeline of future leaders from dental and higher education who will assume leadership roles in academia. With intense mentoring, this Fellowship increases preparation of candidates, equipping them with skills and experiences to contribute to their success.

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ADEA Emerging Leaders

The program provides early-career faculty showing great promise as potential leaders the guidance, insight and skills needed to build an academic career.

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Allied Program

ADEA Leadership Essentials for Allied Dental Educators (LEADE)

Audience: Allied Dental Faculty
Career Level: Early Career
Scholarship: None

This online course provides early career allied dental faculty with leadership and professional development, including topics on mentoring, resilience in leadership and goals. 

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ADEA Leadership Institute

The Leadership Institute is designed to develop the nation’s most promising individuals at academic dental institutions to become future leaders in dental and higher education.

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ADEA Student Leaders for Social Change (SLSC)

Audience: Dental/Allied/Advanced Students
Career Level: Any career level

Scholarship: ADEA will subsidize participants’ travel expenses to attend the closing session in August

A hybrid, six-month, cohort-based program designed to cultivate a new generation of oral health student leaders committed to leadership and social responsibility in their communities and the profession.

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Questions

For any questions, please contact the ADEA Office of Learning at ProfessionalDevelopment@adea.org.

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