Additional Information about the Program

·         Praxis 2 Pass Rates                                                     99%

·         Program Completion Rates                                        100%

·         Program employment Rates                                      100%

·         Length of Time to Complete Degree:

Students with Undergraduate SLP Degree:                6  Semesters

Students without Undergraduate SLP Degree:           8  Semesters

Speech-Language Pathology Program Strategic Action Plan

STRATEGIC GOAL 1: Improve Graduate Program Academic Quality

1a. Improve graduate program academic quality by engaging in annual graduate curriculum review

1a.1. Schedule faculty meetings to evaluate goals, objectives and content of each graduate course

1a.2. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon comments made in student course and practica evaluations

1a.3. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon students' written exit evaluations and interviews

1a.4. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon comments made in CFY sponsor evaluations of recent graduates

1a.5.   Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon ASHA/CAA standards

1a.6. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon Praxis 2 results

1a.7. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon supervisor evaluations of student on-campus clinical practicum performance

1a.8. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon supervisor evaluations of student off-campus clinical practicum performance

1a.9. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon input from student focus groups

1a.10. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of graduate courses based upon input from program's advisory board

1b. Improve graduate program academic quality by engaging in annual undergraduate curriculum review

1b.1. Schedule faculty meetings to evaluate the goals, objectives and content of each undergraduate prerequisite course

1b.2. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of all undergraduate courses with regard to how they provide a foundation for graduate courses as reflected in student evaluations

1b.3. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of all undergraduate courses with regard to how they provide a foundation for graduate courses as reflected in ASHA/CAA standards

1b.4 Evaluate goals, objectives and content of all undergraduate courses with regard to how they provide a foundation for graduate courses as reflected in Praxis 2 scores

1b.5. Evaluate goals, objectives and content of all undergraduate courses with regard to how they provide a foundation for clinical practica.

1c. Improve graduate program academic quality through student exposure to a broader variety of mentors.

1c.1. Increase the utilization of guest instructors

1c.2. Schedule student seminars with speakers from varied professional settings

1c.3. Identify professionals in the community to serve as mentors for minority students

STRATEGIC GOAL 2: Improve Programmatic Awareness of Professional Forces, Movements and Activities External to the University Environment

2a. Improve programmatic awareness of national forces, movements and activities.

2a.1. Join Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders

2a.2. Select faculty member to monitor pertinent events on the national level

2a.3. Selected faculty member should provide reports at faculty meetings

2a.4 Program determines need for action

2b. Improve programmatic awareness of state forces, movements and activities.

2b.1. Select faculty member to monitor pertinent events on the state level

2b.2. Selected faculty member should provide pertinent reports at faculty meetings

2b.3   Program determines need for action

2c. Improve programmatic awareness of regional forces, movements and activities.

2c.1. Faculty will meet with program advisory board on an annual basis

2c.2. Program determines need for action

STRATEGIC GOAL 3: Improve Administrative and Advising Services

3a. Improve student-related administrative services.

3a.1. Utilize electronic record-keeping system for observation experience

3a.2. Utilize electronic record-keeping system for monitoring of KASA requirements

3a.3.   Expand electronic record-keeping system for monitoring of clinical clock hours

3a.4.   Utilize computerized administration of comprehensive examinations                                                                                                                              

3b. Improve general administrative services.

3b.1. Utilize electronic grade-change system

3b.2. Utilize Banner system for monitoring budget

3b.3.   Select faculty member to coordinate budget planning with program director

3b.4. Select faculty member to coordinate equipment acquisition with program director

3c. Improve advising services.  

3c.1. Improve efficiency and personalized contact regarding undergraduate advising by assigning them to specified faculty members instead of solely to program director

3c.2. Improve communication of program requirements and advising by scheduling group semester registration meetings with graduate students in which Graduate Student Handbook is reviewed

3c.3. Maintain personalized contact with newly-admitted graduate students by scheduling individual orientation sessions with the program director                                                                                                                                

STRATEGIC GOAL 4: Increase Program Visibility

4a.1. Encourage faculty representation at every ASHA convention

4a.2. Encourage faculty representation on national committees and boards

4a.3. Disseminate program accomplishments and activities on the national level through an annual newsletter

4b. Maintain program visibility at the state level.

4b.1. Encourage faculty representation at every convention of the Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia

4b.2. Encourage faculty representation on state committees and boards

4b.3. Disseminate program accomplishments and activities on the state level through an annual newsletter

4b.4. Attempt to re-establish the council of state program directors

4c. Maintain program visibility at the regional level.

4c.1. Utilize the program's advisory board to maintain regional contacts

4c.2. Maintain ongoing formal relationships with local institutions and agencies through annual reviews of contracts

4c.3. Disseminate program accomplishments and activities on the regional level through an annual newsletter

STRATEGIC GOAL 5: Improve Efficiency of Recruiting/Admissions Process  

5a. Monitor program website.

5a.1. Update program information on website at the completion of each semester

5a.2. Monitor accuracy of program information on website at the completion of each semester

5b. Utilize administrative assistant more efficiently in admissions process.

5b.1. Administrative assistant will track applicants' application data and contact information

5b.2. Administrative assistant will maintain spreadsheet on all applicants

5b.3. Administrative assistant will maintain spreadsheet on all applicants attaining cut-off criteria

5b.4. Administrative assistant will record applicant data noting complete and incomplete applications

5b.5 Administrative assistant will maintain log of all preceding activities

5b.6. with faculty approval, administrative assistant will arrange appointments for targeted applicants with program director

5c. Monitor potential graduate program candidates from Old Dominion University's undergraduate program.

5c.1. Identify potential program applicants upon declaration of major based upon SAT scores, high school grades, transfer grades and community college grades

5c.2. Identify potential program applicants based upon grades in general education courses

5c.3. Identify potential program applicants based upon grades in initial 15 hours of major coursework

5c.4. Schedule graduate school information sessions with potential applicants                                                                                                                                 

7.5d. Expose program to wider audience.

5d.1. Disseminate flyers and program information to other university programs

5d.2. Participate in recruiting fairs at national conventions

5d.3. Disseminate flyers and program information to regional and state high school guidance departments

STRATEGIC GOAL 6: Improve Programmatic Resources

6a. Identify resources available from private agencies and donors.

6a.1. Establish private-public partnerships with agencies and donors which traditionally support speech-language and hearing causes (Lions, Sertoma, Scottish Rite) to support clinical activities

6a.2. Establish private-public partnerships with agencies and donors which traditionally support speech-language and hearing causes to raise public awareness of speech-language and hearing issues

6a.3. Establish private-public partnerships to provide scholarship support for students

6b. Hire additional faculty.

6b.1. Hire a doctoral-level faculty member to allow program to increase its interaction in regional and state-wide activities (such as the state consortium and innovative collaboration with Eastern Virginia Medical School and other agencies) as well as its participation in funded research

6b.2. Hire a master's-level clinical faculty member to allow program to increase its capacity for innovative clinical programming and interaction with regional agencies

STRATEGIC GOAL 7:  Improve Quality of Clinical Practica

7a. Improve quality of on-campus practica.