We have specific services for you depending on your specific role:
Who Are We?
Educators Platform is a leading company specifically designed to support dental hygiene educators and programs. We are proud to offer high-value content facilitated by leading experts in the field. Through a wide variety of exceptional offerings, we connect dental hygiene educators together to elevate one another and enhance our programs. We are proud to support educators as we believe that the quality of the dental hygiene profession is shaped by those who teach.
Celebrate graduation season with
Educators Platform!
Educators Platform Scholarship
We’re excited to support your graduating seniors with an exclusive scholarship opportunity. We invite each dental hygiene program to nominate one exceptional student, passionate about pursuing a teaching career, to receive complimentary admission to one of our premier programs:
- INSTRUCT: A transformative virtual conference on October 22 and 23, 2025, 5:00 - 7:30 PM CT, designed for clinic and lab instructors in dental hygiene programs. Discover best practices for clinical teaching and evaluation, engage with fellow educators, and gain valuable insights to enhance your teaching skills and effectiveness.
- TEACH Foundations: This certification program is asynchronous and on-demand, tailored for new educators across healthcare disciplines. Focused on the fundamentals of directing a course, TEACH Foundations guides participants in designing a course from scratch or adapting from a predecessor, effectively engaging students, and accurately assessing their performance.
Nominate a deserving student today and help them embark on a rewarding journey in education!
Clinicians Platform FLY - FREE Webinar
As your students prepare to leave the nest, we invite your senior students to a free, live, virtual conference FLY! This is where we will support your students with the critical tie between graduation and taking on first steps in their new DH shoes. Clinicians Platform FLY offers dental hygienists an insider's perspective on becoming exceptional professionals and excelling in their job search. It unveils what employers are truly seeking and teaches participants how to shine throughout the interview process.
FLY equips individuals with strategies to handle common and challenging interview questions, ensuring they remain engaging and memorable. The program also provides insights into mastering working interviews and collaborating seamlessly with any dental team.
By joining FLY, dental hygienists can enhance their career prospects with guidance on efficiently managing hygiene appointments and utilizing a handy cheat sheet of commonly used dental codes to stay on schedule.
Feel free to share with your graduating class, or as a gift to them, enroll them all by sending names and emails to [email protected]
Coming Up
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MASTERMINDS
- August 2025 -
Masterminds are a unique medium by which a group of individuals gathers and shares challenges and ideas with the goal of individual and collective growth and development
Ways We Can Help You
Masterminds
- Masterminds are a unique medium by which a group of individuals gathers and shares challenges and ideas with the goal of individual and collective growth and development.
- These offerings are limited to small groups to facilitate rich discussion on specific teaching subjects and topics
Leadership Development
- DIRECT - A year-long leadership series for program directors! We hit all the major topics related to the large array of program director duties.Â
- Participants will gain knowledge and skills on how to effectively run and grow their programs and gain a close community of program directors and mentors.             Â
Consulting
At Educators Platform we have a team of highly qualified consultants to assist your program including:
- Accreditation Preparation including self-study review and mock site visits
- Initial accreditation support for new and expanding programs
- Locum tenens staffing for temporary teaching appointments.
Bundle Up 2025
Educators Platform Bundles are finally here! Get your favorite programs in a convenient bundle at a discounted rate
Get our popular Masterminds in a bundle at a discounted rate. You can use your package for any 5 Masterminds in the 2025 season.
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Get our popular Masterminds and conferences in a bundle at a discounted rate. You can use your package for any 3 Masterminds and 1 conference/program – RISE or TEACH – in the 2025 season
Get our popular Masterminds and conferences in a bundle at a discounted rate. You can use your package for any 3 Masterminds and 1 INSTRUCT conference access in the 2025 season.
Special Institution Bundle
This bundle is designed to elevate institutions! It includes a variety of offers for all faculty members. If an institution purchases:
1 attendee at DIRECT Conference, 15 Masterminds in 2025, and 10 Educators Platform 2025 conference attendances (including RISE, TEACH and INSTRUCT)
The Bundle price starts at $3540, depending on which conference you choose.
Email [email protected] to get this package! We are happy to customize this bundle to your Institution needs!
Timetable 2025
(dates for our upcoming conferences coming soon)
DIRECT 2025 - Registration CLOSED
– January-December 2025 –
A 12-month leadership experience for program directors to gain high-level leadership skills, program guidance and mentorship. Engage with an exclusive group through a year long journey. If you are a new program director - here is your ticket to success. If you are a seasoned program director, here is how you can refine your craft to leave your legacy. If you are a retired or close to being a retired program director - this is your opportunity to mentor to collectively strengthen our own and our profession.
MASTERMINDS SPRINGÂ 2025 - Registration OPEN
– May 12-29, 2025 –
Masterminds are a unique medium by which a group of individuals gathers and shares challenges and ideas with the goal of individual and collective growth and development. At Educators Platform, we pair a content expert together with a group of 18 or fewer dental hygiene educators across a wide range of topics. Sessions are individualized to group attendee needs and interests.
RISE 2025 - Registration OPEN
- September 4, 11, 18, 2025 -
A conference to empower and connect clinic and lab coordinators. During RISE we discuss prominent topics related to the success of these leadership roles.
INSTRUCT 2025 - Registration OPEN
– October 22-23, 2025 –
A conference for educators who teach in a clinic or lab setting. Learn successful teaching and evaluation strategies as well as cover up-to-date information relevant to our roles.
Message From the CEO
– Vicki Pizanis RDH, MS, EdD
At Educators Platform we are honored to highlight the vast knowledge and skills of dental hygiene educators and scholars through a wide variety of high-impact offerings. We look forward to continuing to collaborate, learn and grow together.
This is going to be a fantastic year of Shaping Dental Hygiene!
Contact Us
[email protected]
Phone 505-750-2576
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