Check out the resources prepared by the National Park Service
Interpretive Development Program
http://www.nps.gov/idp/interp/theprogram.htm
And all the links there too!   

            

Melanie LaBorwit
Education Coordinator
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
2401 12th St. NW
Albuquerque, NM  87104
phone: (505) 724-3600
fax: (505) 724-3596
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www.indianpueblo.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Megan Welsh
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:39 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] NYS Civil Service Advice?

Dear List:

I will be taking the NYS Civil Service exam for the position of Historic
Site Assistant on March 10th. Has anyone ever taken this or a similar
exam
(other NYS civil service positions include Historic Site Managers and
Interpretive Program Assistants)? Do you have any advice on how to
prepare
for the exam?

The exam description highlights five areas covered in the written test.
I am
most concerned with the following four topics:

1. Educating and interacting with the public: "testing knowledge of
interpretive and educational techniques, assessing needs of an audience,
preparing educational and informational materials, presentations, and
exhibits."

2. Supervision: these questions are situational leadership questions
about
"planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of a work unit
toward
predetermined objectives." I am not sure if these will be museum
specific...

3. Supporting museum operations: "These questions test for knowledge in
assisting in such areas as collection care and presentation, care of
structures and grounds, historical research methods, ethics, educating
and
interacting with the public, security, and interpretive programming."

4. Understanding and interpreting historical narrative material:
"understanding narrative material... from the perspective of presenting
and
interpreting history to the public.


Can anyone give me advice on materials that might provide general
overviews
of any (or all) of these topics?

Thanks so much!
-Megan Welsh

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