College of Adaptive Arts
Inclusive Collegiate Partnerships
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
College educaton has historically been inaccessible to adults with special needs. College of Adaptive Arts fills this need by creating a safe and adaptive lifelong collegiate space to continually learn new skills and become successful contributing citizens through emphasizing and cultivating their abilities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
School of Art
CAA's School of Art includes the following classes: Ceramics, Mixed Media, Clay Animation, & Fine Arts Techniques.
School of Television/Film
CAA's School of Television/Film includes the following classes: On-camera acting, Filmmaking, & Graduate Television Production.
School of Dance
CAA's School of Dance includes the following classes: Latizmo Hip Hop, Graduate Dance Clinic, Ballet, & Tap.
School of Theatre Arts
CAA's School of Theatre Arts includes the following classes: Stage Acting, Musical Theatre, Voice Over Techniques, & Showboaters Ensemble Touring Troupe.
School of Communications
CAA's School of Communications includes the following classes: Speaking with Confidence, Storytelling, Poetry, and Resume Building.
School of Health & Wellness
CAA's School of Health & Wellness includes the following classes: Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Golf Team, Soccer Team, Cheerobics, Cheer/Pep Squad, & Adaptive Swimming (coming in 2015).
School of Science & Technology
The School of Science & Technology provides CAA students the opportunities to learn computer skills, science exploration, and enroll in continuing math classes.
School of Library Arts
We are building an online, accessible library for adults with special needs to share ideas, resources & creativity.
School of Business
Marketing, graphic design, micro-enterprise, self-advocacy, interview skills
Where we work
Awards
TV Series Finalist 2018
CreaTV Awards
Affiliations & memberships
Ro Khanna Congressional Recognition 2019
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new corporate sponsors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, People with disabilities
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These represent direct corporate support as well as in-kind corporate support.
Number of returning/recurring corporate sponsors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Full list of recurring donors is at the top of our website in CAA's Annual Report.
Number of corporate sponsor upgrades
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of corporate match recurring sponsors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
PG&E under the leadership of Fred Jones has done a phenomenal job bringing us new recurring donors.
Number of in-kind corporate sponsors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of non-return corporate sponsors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Once the majority of corporations get to know our CAA students, they are eager to support this equitable collegiate model each year.
Number of new donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We get a base of new donors each year as we institute a crowd-funding team model at our Annual Golf Classic each fall.
Number of new donors over $500
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of monthly recurring individual donors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We've got a campaign in our 10th year of existence to acquire 100 monthly recurring donors by 10/10/19 at 10:10pm.
Number of regional center students
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of seats filled per quarter
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of board personal touches - thank yous, notes, phone calls, emails
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of average individuals for weekly tours
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of private pay students
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new leads/referrals/intros
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of School Underwritings
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Community Performances
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Audience Members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Goal 1: West Valley Partnership:
To foster a strong and robust partnership with the West Valley College faculty and staff to execute the MOU and find ways that CAA can be a value-add model to the host campus through work-study, leadership, volunteer, and collaborative campus projects.
Goal 2: Marketing: To streamline all marketing presence to professionalize around CAA's new logo and to craft a succinct message that can be distributed broadly so that CAA can become a household name for families with loved ones in CA.
Goal 3: CA Regional Center Outreach:
To help secure vendorization and awareness of CAA's online learning platform in all 26 Regional Centers across the state of CA. Currently CAA is vendored in 7 Regional Centers with courtesy vendorization
1) To reach all 24 Regional Centers in the state of CA & have them begin marketing the college to their adult consumers
2) To have a consumer from each Regional Center enrolled in CAA within a year
Goal 4: Grants & More Diverse/Sustainable Funding Streams: To apply for the regular grant applications each year and find new potential sources of community grants to apply for.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Goal 1: West Valley Partnership
1) To have West Valley College to reap the benefits of collaboration and capacity-building with their students and faculty
2) To work with West Valley to potentially develop curriculum and opportunities that West Valley students could receive course credit
Goal 2: Marketing
1) For CAA to have a segment or feature article broadcast 5 distinct geographic areas around CA
2) To streamline all print and digital collateral to be consistent with CAA’s new logo and style guide
Goal 3: Regional Center Outreach
1) To reach all 26 Regional Centers in the state of CA & have them begin marketing the college to their adult consumers
2) To have a consumer from each Regional Center enrolled in CAA within a year
Goal 4: Marketing
1) For CAA to have a segment or feature article broadcast 5 distinct geographic areas around CA
2) To streamline all print and digital collateral to be consistent with CAA’s new logo and style guide
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The capabilities the CAA Mountain Mover leadership team possesses are
- utilizing human resources and talent, working as a solid team.
- always thinking outside of the box.
- reaching out to individual networks to bring in new donors/patrons to the College.
- continuously keeping the adult students at the forefront of conversations, brainstorming, and solutions.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The CAA Mountain Movers board meet monthly as an Exec Team to monitor progress. Quarterly Mountain Mover meetings occur via Zoom to report task force traction. Task forces meet on an ongoing basis and report their progress for the monthly Exec Team meetings. Quarterly board meetings serve as mini-retreats each session.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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College of Adaptive Arts
Board of directorsas of 10/15/2022
Stephen Fiss
Retired Superintendent Alum Rock School District
Term: 2017 - 2023
Stephen Fiss
Retired Superintendent
Sabina Nat
High Tech
Leann Cherkasky Makhni
San Jose State I-House
Nicole Matarangas
CAA Staff Rep
Jerome Dees
Los Gatos Catering Co.
Darla Carter
ABC7
Lorie Reichel-Howe
Conversations in the Workplace
Sharon Dahnert
Retired Educator
Sandee Raval Kiehl
Pinnacle Bank
Mimi Giannini
Saratoga Springs
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
No data
Disability
No data