These
competencies represent the NPS national standards for interpretation
in ten benchmark areas of interpretive work. They stand as
a goal to foster interpretive excellence nationwide in NPS
areas, at every stage of an employee's career. The
national standard rubric for each competency
is used by peer review certifiers in measuring whether a specific
product demonstrates the elements of success in that area,
at a point in time. Use the rubric as a guide for self-assessment
and to determine whether you need to work on skills or complete
other preparation before attempting to meet the certification
standards.
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, rather than
relying primarily on a recital of a chronological narrative
or a series of related facts.
Module
102--The series of log entries demonstrates an understanding
of the orientation-information-interpretation continuum when
it describes...
1)
when, why and how to provide basic and/or in-depth information;
AND,
2)
when, why, and how to provide opportunities for the
audience to form their own intellectual and/or emotional
connections with the meanings/significance inherent
in the resource.
1) successful as a catalyst in creating a sequence of opportunities
for members of the group to form their own intellectual and
emotional connections with meanings/significance inherent
in the resource;
AND
2) it provides a series of experiences that supports the cohesive
development of a relevant concept related to those resources.
Module
220--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.
Module
230--The submitted written interpretive product is:
1)
successful in creating opportunities for the readers 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 resources(s) by demonstrating the
cohesive development of a relevant idea or ideas, rather than
relying primarily on chronological narrative or a series of
related facts.
Module
270--The
ranger-led portion of this curriculum-based program demonstrates
the certification standards when it:
1)
Connects the group's educational objectives with the meanings
and significance inherent in the resource,
AND
2)
Provides opportunities for the audience to form their own
intellectual and emotional connections to the meanings/significance
inherent in the resource through the cohesive development
of a relevant idea or ideas.
Module
310--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.
The
text, graphics, objects, design, and other elements of the
product work together to create an opportunity for the audience
to form intellectual and emotional connections with meanings/significance
inherent in the resource.
Module
330--The submission product demonstrates the certification
requirements if it communicates that, through application
of specific training and coaching methods, the submitter:
Has provided opportunities that enable other interpreters
to help visitors make intellectual and emotional connections
with the meanings and significance in the resource(s) being
interpreted.
Module 340--The
product meets the certification standards when the submission
indicates:
Resource
meanings have been thoroughly researched and referenced and
the audiences' interests have been adequately identified,
considered, and referenced;
AND,
Resource meanings presented meet the researched interests
of the audiences and supports opportunities for those audiences
to make their own intellectual and emotional connections to
the meanings and significance inherent in the resource.
Rubric
- Used in performance-based assessments. It is a score-scale
and a description of what successful performance "looks
like" based on established professional criteria. The
term is rooted in the professional education community.
