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About the Module The Curriculum Certification Standard About Submission More Resources Anchor Products

Assessment Rubric for Full Performance Level Benchmark Competency:
Module 310:
Planning Park Interpretation

 

The interpretive planning project described in the submission meets certification standards if it:

1) illustrates the importance of teamwork in park planning through specific references;

AND

2) demonstrates interpretive planning principles and processes by illustrating a direct relationship between stated interpretive planning goals and the specific interpretive product.

 

Descriptors:

  • Clearly describes the scope, intent, purpose, and complexity of the planning activity
  • Communicates an appropriate depth and amount of information about the team’s make-up, dynamics, and ways of reaching and/or impediments to reaching consensus
  • Communicates an understanding of the importance of varied perspectives in the planning process
  • Clearly identifies how the planning activity related to park significance, purpose, and goals or how it did not
  • Communicates an understanding of how the planning activity relates to established planning goals in the park
  • Describes the means by which the intended results of the planning activity might be implemented as well as provides a thoughtful perspective on how effective the project might become

 


The planning activity described in the submission approaches the certification requirements, but does not meet them, if it:

1) illustrates the importance of teamwork in park planning;

OR

2) demonstrates interpretive planning principles and processes by directly connecting the interpretive planning goals and the specific interpretive product;

OR NEITHER.

Descriptors:

  • Does not adequately describe the scope, intent, purpose, and complexity of the planning activity
  • Does not communicate a sufficient amount of information about the team’s make-up, dynamics, and ways of reaching and/or impediments to reaching consensus
  • Does not convey an understanding of the importance of varied perspectives in the planning process
  • Does not adequately identify how the planning activity related to park significance, purpose, and goals or how it did not
  • Does not communicate an understanding of how the planning activity relates to established planning goals in the park
  • Does not adequately describe the means by which the intended results of the planning activity might be implemented and/or provide a thoughtful perspective on how effective the project might become

 

Last module update: April, 2001
Editor: STMA Training Manager Interpretation

 
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