Describe how interpretation and education meet the NPS mission and objectives;

  Establish a personal foundation for developing interpretive effectiveness through an understanding of interpretive purpose and techniques;

  Establish a mission-driven approach to the interpretation of archeological resources that incorporates both park management outcomes and opportunities for visitor revelation, both of which lead to enhanced stewardship;

  Explain the interpreter’s role in facilitating the visitor’s experience and developing intellectual and emotional connections with the resource, and how this relationship provides an opportunity for stewardship; and

  Identify universal concepts and interpretive themes based on archeological resources that will assist interpreters in developing effective interpretation programs.

  Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of archeology;

  Demonstrate knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations and policies pertaining to archeological resources;

  Present programs with factual archeological content that also present other points of view;

  Demonstrate knowledge of on-site resource preservation activities; and

  Explain the archeologist’s role in interpretation to facilitate the visitors’ experience with and relationship to the archeological record, with an understanding that interpretation moves beyond a recitation of scientific data and chronologies.

  Convey archeological information to visitors in an understandable and usable manner;

  Identify and appropriately present multiple perspectives, or direct visitors to sources for discovering multiple perspectives;

  Work together to develop programs and texts about archeological subjects; and

  Develop presentations and/or media about archeological subjects suitable for a variety of audiences.