ADEA ADPDC Attendance Policy

Attendance Policy

Program Goals

This annual conference allows allied dental education program administrators to discuss areas of mutual concern in a small meeting format. The conference also:

• Provides a forum for exchanging information on policies and programs,

• Stimulates the exchange and dissemination of ideas and information,

• Serves as a mechanism to address specific issues,

• Facilitates communication and networking opportunities and

• Provides the opportunity to exchange information about accreditation standards and their implementation to help programs prepare for upcoming site visits.

Eligibility

Eligible

The following program directors are eligible to attend this conference:

• Program director, program coordinator or department chair who has oversight of a CODA-accredited allied program;

• Interim director, coordinator or chair and co-chair, co-coordinator or co-director of CODA-accredited allied dental programs (co-directors, co-coordinators or co-chairs must have this shared responsibility defined by institutional contract);

• Directors of degree completion and graduate programs in institutions with a CODA-accredited, entry-level program;

• Institutions that have entry-level, CODA-accredited, distance-learning sites with specifically identified administrative distance-learning site coordinators;

• Any director who has retired and no longer holds a faculty appointment or affiliation with an allied dental education program;

• Former program director who has assumed a different administrative position within the same institution where the CODA-accredited program is housed;

• Program director who has completed an initial accreditation* site visit by CODA may register and attend the conference as an affinity member;

• Newly appointed director whose term does not begin until July or September following the conference; and

• Program directors of advanced allied dental programs that are not eligible for CODA- accreditation.

Not Eligible

The following individuals are NOT eligible to attend the conference:

• Substitutes for a program director who could not attend, and
• Directors of programs eligible for CODA-accreditation that are NOT accredited.

Registration Verification

Individuals handling registration will cross-check registrant names with the CODA list for program director status, so ADEA staff may reach out to registrants if they have any questions.

In addition, ADEA membership status will also be checked. Program directors who work for multiple schools must register for the Allied Dental Program Directors’ Conference (ADPDC) through the school for which they are serving as program directors.