Vision of Speech and Hearing Sciences at WTAMU
The vision of the department is to prepare future speech-language pathologists through a rigorous education in order to advance communication, swallowing, and quality of life for all populations.
Mission of Speech and Hearing Sciences at WTAMU
- Teach students via classroom and clinical experiences the knowledge and skills associated with speech and hearing sciences;
- Fulfill the need for speech-language pathologists in the Texas Panhandle, the state, and the nation;
- Cultivate the academic and professional field of speech and hearing sciences;
Strategic Plan for Speech and Hearing Sciences at WTAMU
To achieve its vision and mission, the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences has outlined the following strategic plan. Annually, the faculty discusses the department’s strategic plan as it relates to the mission of the college, university, and guidelines put forth by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
- Teach students via classroom and clinical experiences the knowledge and skills associated with speech and hearing sciences;
- We will accomplish this mission by:
- Measuring students' first attempt passing comprehensive exams by averaging their performace across a 3-year period
- 90% pass rate; percentage total number of comprehensive exams attempted and passed first attempt
- Measuring students' first attempt passing didactic coursework (95% pass rate)
- Maintaining accreditation status in speech-language pathology
- Measuring students' first attempt passing comprehensive exams by averaging their performace across a 3-year period
- We will accomplish this mission by:
- Fulfill the need for speech-language pathologists in the Texas Panhandle, the state, and the nation;
- We will accomplish this mission by:
- Measuring students' meeting passing criteria for clinical scores in treatment, additional clinical skills, and PIPQ in their final externship (95% pass rate)
- Measuring percentage of students meeting graduation requirements (90% meeting requirements)
- Measuring percentage of students completing the program (95% completion)
- Maintaining no less than 40 graduate students enrolled in the Master’s program
- We will accomplish this mission by:
- The faculty will cultivate the academic and professional field of speech and hearing sciences;
- We will accomplish this mission by:
- Creating an advisory board for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Developing one professional learning experience each within a three-year period
- Earning the required number of CEUs to maintain licensure
- We will accomplish this mission by:
Click Here For The Strategic Plan Executive Summary 2021-2024