Mission Statement

In the Highline Community College Speech Department highly qualified, creative, and talented instructors will coach students to develop and use competent intrapersonal, interpersonal, group process, and public communication skills.

Goals & Activities

• In order to accomplish our mission most effectively, we hire a faculty that is creative, qualified and talented, and use student evaluations, peer observations, and other feedback to be sure that instructional quality and creativity is maintained
• We maintain a qualified, creative, and talented faculty by finding relevant professional development opportunities for each so that each develops to full potential.
• All faculty collaborate on the development of Speech 100 each quarter, providing students with an integrated, consistent introduction to communication theory, regardless of the section of Speech 100 in which they are registered.
• Faculty assess student competence on the basis of motivation, knowledge, and skills, using common assessment tools and rubrics for all sections of Speech 100, providing a consistency of evaluation across all sections.
• Faculty offer specialized classes in Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, and Public Speaking fall, winter, and spring quarters, providing students with opportunities to develop rich and varied real-life communication skills by integrating service-learning into each course.