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Mission, Goals and Objectives
of the
Optician/Technician Program for 2011
Reviewed and Adopted by
the Program Faculty 12/15/2010
and approved by the Advisory Committee 4/5/2011
Vision of the School of Optometry:
“The Indiana University School of Optometry will be at the leading edge of vision care for the
people of the world.”
Programmatic Mission:
To educate and train individuals to be optometric technicians and opticians.
Programmatic Goals:
I. Teaching
The overall goal for teaching is to develop a program recognized for excellence and innovation
in opticianry and optometric technology.
Objectives:
To teach skills which enable graduates to be proficient in
the optical theory and practice of ophthalmic dispensing
ophthalmic lens fabrication
ophthalmic testing techniques
contact lens procedures
business office procedures
The knowledge of these skills is to be conveyed in a setting that is academically stimulating and
clinically relevant.
To encourage students to prepare for and take appropriate certification exams such as ABO,
NCLE, CPOT or any mandatory state exams, and to achieve a greater than 90% pass rate.
To encourage faculty to continue to develop current and innovative teaching materials.
To foster the depth of understanding and abilities needed so that the graduate is capable of
providing instruction in ophthalmic related academic programs, in industry and in clinical
practice.
To anticipate a changing global market by developing new courses and modifying existing
courses to meet and respond to technological challenges of the future.
Continue to expand education and training in the area of dispensary, inventory and optical
laboratory management.
To expand curricular offerings to allow for distributed education.
To offer continuing education to enhance the skill of individuals employed in the ophthalmic
industry.

II. Clinics
To provide students with the clinical experience needed to develop competence in patient care by
working with a diverse and varied patient population.
Objectives
Each student will demonstrate proficiency in pre-clinical skills before entering the clinic.
Each student will complete a clinical rotation in a minimum of four different Indiana University
School of Optometry clinics by graduation.
Each student will complete 450 clock hours of clinical experience by graduation.
By graduation, each student will complete a minimum number of clinical tasks as determined by
the program faculty in all relevant areas of learning.
To encourage optician/technician students to participate in the opportunities available at IU’s
Guanajuato, Mexico clinic.
III. Optical Teaching Laboratory
To provide students with the optical laboratory experience needed to develop competency in the
fabrication of a diversity of spectacle lens prescriptions.
Objectives
All students taking the Optical Laboratory Concentration will complete 252 hours in surfacing,
finishing and optical laboratory procedures required for the efficient function of an optical
laboratory.
To assure the teaching facility is equipped with state of the art, technologically advanced
ophthalmic equipment.
IV. Physical Plant
To provide students with a pleasant, environmentally safe learning environment that has both
basic and state-of-the-art equipment in sufficient quantity to foster maximum learning.
Objectives
To eliminate hazardous waste and to reduce non-hazardous waste to the minimum levels
economically and technically practical, and to be in full compliance with all federal/state safety
and environmental standards.
To replace and update equipment so that our teaching facility reflects the standards for state-ofthe-art
ophthalmic laboratories and practices.

V. Student Affairs
To enroll a full class of students with a diversity of backgrounds and assure that upon graduation
they are appropriately prepared for and successfully placed within the ophthalmic marketplace.
Objectives
To enroll 25 new optician/technician students per year in the Associate of Science degree
program.
To encourage the growth of the optician/technician scholarship fund available to Associate of
Science degree optician/technician students.
To maintain the representation of minority and international students at a minimum of 10% in
each entering class.
To maintain 100% placement within the ophthalmic marketplace for those desiring immediate
employment.
To maintain a web-based repository of placement information for graduating students and
alumni.
Revision history:
2/16/01 Initial document proposed by the Optician/Technician Faculty.
4/25/02 Revision suggestions from the annual review by the faculty are presented to the Optician/Technician
Advisory Committee. These are reviewed and approved.
2/20/03 Started annual review process by the faculty.
4/11/03 Optician/Technician Advisory Committee reviewed and approved changes suggested by faculty.
2/27/04 Started the annual review process by Optician/Technician Program Faculty.
3/26/04 Revisions approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
5/17/05 Reviewed and revised by the Optician/Technician Program Faculty.
5/20/05 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
4/27/06 Proposed changes reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Faculty.
5/05/06 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
4/19/07 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Program Faculty.
12/7/07 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
3/3/09 Reviewed by the Optician/Technician Program Faculty. No changes proposed.
4/1/09 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
12/7/09 Reviewed by the Optician/Technician Program Faculty. No changes proposed for 2010.
4/7/10 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.
12/15/10 Reviewed by the Optician/Technician Program Faculty. No changes proposed for 2011.
4/5/11 Reviewed and approved by the Optician/Technician Advisory Committee.