ANSTHRLD - What do we need to know?

[Jodi McMaster]

Donald Riney wrote:

>As the duties of a PaL are and will be in
> many significant ways different from a branch officer, the systems must
> needs be a little different.
> 

As I understand it, that's going to require far more autonomy and
mastery of the subject, so I would think that this would be where the
higher demonstration of ability would be required--perhaps with what is
analogous to a certificate in a community college (oddly enough, I'm
working on such a thing in real life).  The Branch Warranting test is an
entry level thing--like an SAT or GED of heraldry.  You want them to
eventually get a degree, the PaL designation.  In order to encourage
them to develop mastery across the curriculum, you have it broken down
into segments and tested appropriately:  for voice heraldry, a candidate
requests and is observed in court and field by the appropriate members
of the educational branch and given a certificate for mastering that. 
For Book Heraldry, participation and evaluation of the candidate by
appropriate members of the heraldic community during one of the mass
consultations.  Since they've already taken the GED, we should be able
to assume they have certain basic skills.  Maybe an advanced
conflict-checking test as a capstone.

Just flinging out ideas,
AElfwyn, who isn't as wed to her own ideas here as in the branch
warranting
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