Recommended
prerequisite: Foundations of Interpretation (formerly Module 101)
Competency
Context
Full
performance interpreters protect resources by provoking
audiences to greater levels of care about and for those
resources. Full performance interpreters possess advanced
Knowledge of the Resource (KR) and advanced Knowledge
of the Audience (KA) and the ability to connect resource
meanings to multiple audience interests and perspectives.
The GS-0025-09 Interpretation position description requires
a full performance National Park Service Ranger to have,
"a repertory of presentations that the Ranger can present
on short notice, tailoring the particular topics and
methods of presentation to the specific audience." The
position description further insists, "The Ranger has
to…be prepared to modify presentations in progress if
necessary to fit the interests and needs of the various
audiences while still putting across the essential points
that will meet the objectives of each program."
This
module provides a framework for the complete realization
of full performance interpretive work. It is consistent
with the Interpretive
Equation introduced in Module 101. The components,
"Advanced Knowledge of the Resource" and "Advanced KR
and Resource Liaison" provide resource –based research
skills and guidance for working with NPS resource managers
and other subject matter experts. The component "Advanced
Knowledge of the Audience" provides advanced audience
research skills. "Appropriate Technique: Connecting
Multiple Resource Meanings to Multiple Audience Interests
and Perspectives" applies advanced KR to connect multiple
audiences to resource meanings and provoke care about
the resource.
Competency Assessment
An
annotated bibliography of the foundational sources that
inform the subject matter (bibliography includes a description
of how each source is useful for interpretation) and
three "Interpretive Product Essay(s)" each using advanced
KR to connect resource meanings to a specified audience.
Competency
Curriculum
The following curriculum components outline the developmental
learning elements that compose the skills set for this
competency. From these outlines, 1) employees and their
supervisors can determine learning needs and
strategies, 2) instructors can develop sessions and
lesson plans.
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