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NOI Full Text

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

A. Project Goals – To provide opportunities for youth to receive hands-on training at

Tomaquag Museum, Roger Williams National Memorial and associated sites that develop their work skills and will encourage them to become involved in cultural and/or historical resource protection of their communities and beyond. The activities performed will assist in the creation, promotion, facilitation, and/or improvement of the public’s understanding of cultural, historic, recreational and National Park Service opportunities.

B. Project Objectives – The interns in this position will develop educational experiences and skills that will equip them to work in the governmental or non-profit work environment;

such as working with volunteers, developing and coordinating events, learn about different cultures, gain leadership skills though training sessions, and complete a major media project. They will also work with staff from the RI Foundation and Roger

Williams University to create a Personal Development Work Plan designed to ensure that each intern is as competitive as possible for future job, college and scholarship applications. The interns’ work expands the public outreach and educational programming that would otherwise not be available under the current staffing levels at the Tomaquag Museum and the National Memorial. The outreach and educational programming will specifically examine the cross-cultural stories of Roger Williams and his relationship with the indigenous people of Rhode Island, and how both the successes and failures of those relationships are still relevant today as we examine the modern communities in Rhode Island.

STATEMENT OF WORK

YEAR ONE:

1) September 15, 2020: Tomaquag Museum will begin recruitment of interns. This will include posting of job announcement, as well as working with the park on local recruiting efforts.

2) September 30, 2020: Museum and Park will have selected

3) October 15, 2020: Interns will have entered position at BLRV. Interns will begin orientation and training at the Museum and National Memorial.

4) Goal 1: The Tomaquag Museum will work with interns to help them develop educational experiences and skills that will equip them to work in the governmental or non-profit work environment. These experiences will come at the Museum, Roger Williams National

Memorial and other similar sites in the region. Skills that the interns will learn and tasks they will perform to include:

a) Basic customer service and visitor service skills, including running front desk and store

b) Learn and present education programs, including supporting children’s hour

c) Learn basics of archives and collections of museum

d) work on outdoor projects such as gardening, weetoo building, learning traditional plant uses/foraging

e) Introduction into business and finances of museums

f) General info on park service, including different jobs and operations – interpretation, facilities, etc.

g) Proper business etiquette, resume writing and building, college application and scholarship writing skills

h) Field trips to other sites to get broader sense of opportunities in museum and park field

Work to be performed between October 15, 2020 and August 30, 2021

5) Goal 2: Creation of VLOGs. Each Intern will be tasked with creating at least eight VLOGs, short video blogs which will highlight their work, as well as help to promote and interpret the

Museum and the National Memorial. The Interns will be provided with I Pads to record and produce the VLOGs. Once approved, these pieces will be uploaded to the appropriate digital platforms of the Museum and/or the National Memorial.

Work to be performed between October 15, 2020 and August 30, 2021