Update -- Changes to who may submit for Peer Review Certification:
Beginning January 1, 2009, only permanent, term and SCEP employees may submit new products for peer review. Seasonals, volunteers, partners and other temporary employees may still send re-submissions for previously attempted competencies that did not yet meet the certification standards ("approaching certification"). Please contact Joyce Howe at Mather Training Center if you have questions about who may participate.

Update -- Important guidelines for DVD submissions to the Peer Review Certification Program: We have experienced many problems with submissions on DVD -- there are many different software applications used for saving or copying video from digital camcorders -- however, the only media playback software that is standard on all government computers is Windows Media Player -- henceforth all DVD submissions must be able to play in Windows Media Player in order to ensure that the certifiers can view the DVD. Please convert your program to play in Windows Media Player as the default. Please check all three copies of your DVD submission to make sure the audio and video play all the way through in Windows Media Player. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in your submission being returned to you without being reviewed. Also, before submitting, please review the entire submissions guidelines for each competency under the "How to Submit" tab.

Update -- The submission format, guidelines and rubric for InformalVisitor Contacts has been revised effective August 30, 2007. The revised format supports the updated curriculum in the now on-line course. All new submissions for certification review in this competency should be submitted in the revised log format -- see http://www.nps.gov/idp/interp/102/submit.htm

News -- The Interpretive Development Program curriculum revision project is well underway! The goals of the project are to provide more comprehensive, updated curriculum for all of the benchmark competencies for NPS interpreters, along with on-line training courses. These new learning tools are developed by NPS subject matter expert teams, in partnership with the Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands at Indiana University. For more info about the on-line courses, visit http://www.parktraining.org/

Interpretive Courses and Training Opportunities
(New courses posted: June 22, 2009)

Curriculum Revisions

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