Programs and results
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Dominican Republic Pilot Project 2011
The idea to take World Upside Down online was first tested in two schools in the Dominican Republic in 2011, as a part of Joanna Puello and Jerusha Liranzo’s Action Research Project for the Entertainment Media Design Technology (now Instructional Design) Master’s Degree Program at Full Sail University. We created forty 20-minute video classes (ten in each art area) which were viewed by sixty-one students over a period of two cycles in three months. The data we gathered from beta test participants reflected extremely high student engagement and no problems with accessibility. In fact, the results were so positive that the school owners said that they would happily pay a monthly subscription fee to have access to a fully developed online K-12 curriculum for the arts.
Check out our our beta test and Action Research Project Report in the video report!
http://bit.ly/1b7Pcdf
Dominican Republic Ley de Cine
We're partnering with Video Producer Fernando Baez of Unicornio Films and Fiscal Sponsor Oscar Arocha of Supermercados Bravo with a budget of $100,000 - $250,000 to produce our video classes which will be aired on national educational television. We will be able to use these video classes to build our online library and can charge membership fees for usage.
Click here to read more about the Ley de Cine program: http://www.dgcine.gob.do/
United States Pilot Project 2015-2016
We will be focusing on, but not limited to, partnerships in the state of Florida with the YMCA (8,000), the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (4,000), and at 10+ schools (1,000) to serve a total of approximately 13,000 4-8th grade students who will be participating in 40 video classes which will provide them with 2,000 hours of arts education.
We will produce 140 professional video classes (in each art area--music, visual arts, dance, and theater). Our 30-minute video classes are ideal for group instruction and engage students in participation every step along the way. They come with lesson guides and 20-minute extension activities so that the facilitating instructor can conduct a 50-minute learning session. No prior arts education or experience is needed, and every lesson meets nationally accepted standards for the arts. Schools/organizations can use our video classes as their primary art curriculum (when they cannot afford to hire an art instructor) or as a supplemental resource for their existing program.
The Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe Show Kit
From auditions to opening night, this course helps teachers produce the entire show. This video series covers warmups, character creation through voice and body, prepping and running an audition, script analysis, character development, memorization techniques, stage areas, and blocking. It also provides tips for set & prop design, lighting, costumes & makeup.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Goal 1: To create a full K-12 video class curriculum of video classes in ten years or less, a total of 5,260 video classes
Goal 2: To generate enough revenue to be completely sustainable in five years or less
Goal 3: To have 300 Individual Members and 50 Institutional Members in three years or less
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
1. Raise $200,000 in order to create half a year of video classes for Grades 3-5 (a total of 140 video classes) and to create the website
2. Partner with the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs of America along with 10+ schools who will participate in our Florida Pilot Project 2015-2016
3. Work with film producer Fernando Baez from the Dominican Republic and Supermarket Bravo who can fund $100,000+ worth of video production for World Upside Down in 2015 under the Ley del Cine (a government program in the Dominican Republic)
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
1. Video Producer: Anna McCarthy
Anna McCarty is our video producer and director. She has over six years of experience developing instructional media for Full Sail University’s online degrees and is currently project managing the instructional design team for The Los Angeles Film School. She is a masterful artist when it comes to blending instruction and story-telling through the medium of film. Anna understands the importance of arts education because she had the privilege of attending an arts school for her primary and secondary education. Learning different forms of art in her formative years inspired her passion to create and influenced the direction of her career path in media development. We couldn’t be more thrilled to have the opportunity to work with her, and we guarantee you are going to love her work!
2. Ley de Cine Project in the Dominican Republic
http://www.dgcine.gob.do/
We're partnering with Video Producer Fernando Baez of Unicornio Films and Fiscal Sponsor Oscar Arocha of Supermercados Bravo with a budget of $100,000 - $250,000 to produce our video classes which will be aired on national educational television. We will be able to use these video classes to build our online library and can charge membership fees for usage.
3. We have a working relationship with Founder/Former CEO of Florida Virtual Schools, Julie Young, who can help us negotiate a partnership with Florida Virtual Schools when we have a sufficient online video class library.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We will be creating the video for the Dominican project in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in May 2015, and we will be putting together a production schedule and budget so that we can proceed as soon as our project is approved by the committee.
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World Upside Down
Board of directorsas of 07/09/2021
Mrs. Jenelle Ferrer
Waypointe Realty
Term: 2013 -
Mr. Jairo Puello
David Morillo
Full Sail University
Camaal Moten
Full Sail University
Christi Davis
Third Crawford Media
Alice Ramadan
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Jodi Jose
Lake Mary Highschool
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? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.