2026 ADEA LEADE
ADEA LEADE: Leadership Essentials for Allied Dental Educators (Summer 2026)
May 4 — July 3, 2026
The ADEA Leadership Essentials for Allied Dental Educators (ADEA LEADE) is an eight-week, online course designed to promote leadership and professional development, as well as to increase and enhance leadership opportunities, for allied dental faculty.
ADEA LEADE is designed specifically for dental hygiene, dental therapy, dental assisting and dental laboratory technology faculty members who have worked in academics for a minimum of two years.
Facilitated by leaders in allied dental education, this highly interactive program will take place completely online through self-paced as well as scheduled weekly activities. The program will be conducted via ADEA eLearn—a digital hub for faculty development.
This program requires interested individuals to apply for the program at the link. Once your application has been completed and submitted, it will be reviewed and you will be contacted with further information regarding next steps.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a productive working relationship with a chosen mentor.
- Formulate a personal leadership style using a self-assessment inventory.
- Prepare a teaching portfolio that includes a current curriculum vitae.
- Recognize the role of emotional intelligence and emotional maturity on leadership skills.
- Modify stress levels through work/life integration.
- Create a blueprint of future short- and long-term goals via mind mapping.
- Construct a personal vision statement.
- Develop conflict management skills.
- Assess opportunities for fulfilling personal and professional leadership roles.
Method of Delivery: Online, synchronous. Self-study.
Registration Rates
Rate | |
|---|---|
| Member | $375 |
| Nonmember | $475 |
Credit Card Payments
Credit card payments can be made online at adea.org/invoice by entering your customer ID and invoice number. This information can be found in your confirmation email, sent from meetings@adea.org at the time you registered.
Financial disclaimer for credit card payments: ADEA reserves the right to charge the correct amount if it is different from the total payment made at the time of registration.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
- All registrations and reserved events are subject to this cancellation policy.
- The ADEA Registrar must receive meeting cancellations in writing by Friday, April 24 to process refunds.
- We are not able to accept telephone cancellations.
- Please email cancellations to meetings@adea.org.
- A $30 processing fee will be deducted from the refund, which will be issued after the meeting has concluded.
- A cancellation received after April 24 is not eligible for refund or credit. Refunds or credits will not be given for failure to attend, late arrival, unattended events or early departure.
The American Dental Education Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org.
The American Dental Education Association designates this activity for up to 25 continuing education credits.

All speakers agree that neither they nor members of their immediate family have any financial relationships with commercial entities that may be relevant to their presentation.
Modules
| Orientation: Getting Started | Katie Pudwill, Ph.D., M.S.D.H., RDH
Katie.Pudwill@usd.edu |
| Week 1: Mentoring | Joanne Pacheco, RDH, M.A.O.B.
joanne.pacheco@fresnocitycollege.edu |
| Week 2: What is Leadership and Leadership Assessments | Annette Stelter, RDH, M.A., Ed.D.
aStelter@westcoastuniversity.edu |
| Week 3: Work-life Integration | Lorie Holt, RDH, M.S.D.H., Ph.D.
holtla@umkc.edu |
| Week 4: Conflict Management | Katie Pudwill, Ph.D., M.S.D.H., RDH
Katie.Pudwill@usd.edu |
| Week 5: Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Maturity | Joanne Pacheco, RDH, M.A.O.B.
joanne.pacheco@fresnocitycollege.edu |
| Week 6: Professional and Life Improvement Goals | Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, M.S., RDH
VillalpandoT@umkc.edu |
| Week 7: Future Personal and Professional Leadership Opportunities | All Facilitators |
| Week 8: Resilience in Leadership | Jessica Kiser, Ed.D., M.S., RDH
jrkiser82@mail.cfcc.edu |
For program content, please contact:
Rebecca StolbergStolbergR@adea.org
For registration, please contact:
Registration Teammeetings@adea.org
For application assistance, please contact:
Erin SigmonSigmonE@adea.org
May 4 - July 3, 2026
Online