Assessment
Rubric for Developmental Level Benchmark Competency:
Module 220: Prepare and Present an Interpretive Demonstration
or Other Illustrated Program
Demonstrates
certification standards: The interpretive demonstration/illustrated
program is...
1) successful as a catalyst in creating opportunities
for the audience to form their own intellectual and
emotional connections with meanings/significance inherent
in the resource;
AND
2) appropriate for the audience, and provides a
clear focus for their connection with the resource(s)
by demonstrating the cohesive development of a relevant
idea or ideas through integration of media, activity
or demonstration with interpretive narration, rather
than relying primarily on a technical or factual description
of what is being viewed or demonstrated.
Descriptors:
Integrates medium/activity and narration to encourage
or move audience toward higher-level concepts, such
as resource protection, stewardship, and global issues
Communicates an appropriate depth and amount of
relevant information
Communicates an understanding of resources/park
story/national significance
Provides a balance of facts and acknowledges context
and multiple points of view
Uses park resources appropriately to create context
and support content
Presents program in an engaging manner appropriate
to the audience and the context
Approaching
certification standards: The interpretive demonstration/illustrated
program may be...
1) successful as a catalyst in creating opportunities
for the audience to form their own intellectual and
emotional connections with meanings/significance inherent
in the resource;
OR
2) appropriate for the audience, and provides a
clear focus for their connection with the resource(s)
by demonstrating the cohesive development of a relevant
idea or ideas through integration of media, activity,
or demonstration with interpretive narration, rather
than relying primarily on a technical or factual description
of what is being viewed or demonstrated.
OR NEITHER.
Descriptors:
Insufficiently integrates medium/activity and narration
to encourage or move audience toward higher-level
concepts, such as resource protection, stewardship,
and global issues (either activity/medium or interpretive
narrative dominates the program)
Communicates an inappropriate depth and amount
of relevant information
Partially communicates an understanding of resources/park
story/national significance
Attempts to provide a balance of facts but insufficiently
acknowledges context and multiple points of view
Insufficiently uses park resources to create context
and support content
Program presented in a less than engaging manner
or one inappropriate to the audience or context
