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Documents

NPS Evaluation Strategy for Interpretation and Education
Read the Executive Summary (.pdf 600KB);
Volume One: The Strategy (.pdf 819 KB); and
Volume Two: The Foundations (.pdf 1,374 KB).

NPS Renewing our Education Mission (.pdf 486 KB)
2003 Report to the National Leadership Council

NPS Interpretation and Education Renaissance Action Plan, 2006
low resolution version (.pdf 569 KB)
high resolution print version (.pdf 18.3 MB)

Learning Together: Proceedings, Evaluation, and Applying Lessons Learned
National Park Service Interpretation and Education Evaluation Summit,
Denver, Colorado, October 2006.
Executive Summary (.pdf 600 KB)
Full Report (.pdf 2730 KB)

“An Inspiring Guide”: Effective Interpretation of Archeological Resources
This manual describes a curriculum that is adaptable to any geographic region and may be adapted by any agency or organization desiring to improve the quality of archeological presentation to the public. Employing the concept of “shared competency,” archeologists and interpreters receive training in each other’s disciplines and work together to provide effective and accurate interpretation of archeological information and resources to the public.

Websites

NPS Evaluation: A Pillar of the Interpretation and Education Renaissance

Pew Charitable Trusts Planning and Evaluation website provides information and links about planning, evaluation, and knowledge sharing.

W. K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (.pdf 841.96 MB)

NPS Archeology Program Distance Learning courses
These courses include several in support of IDP module 440 on the effective interpretation of archeological resources as well as a course on the responsible management of archeological collections.

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