Measuring a Theater Organization’s Impact in Alternative High Schools
Client
Opening Act
Faculty
Erica Hamilton
Team
Joanna Bould, Arielle Conti, Karla Floris, Meirah Shedlo, Tracy Similien
| Opening Act is a nonprofit organization that provides theater programs for students in New York City’s most underserved public schools with the goal of providing students with the confidence and skills to succeed in life and become leaders in their communities. Opening Act partnered with District 79 Alternative Schools and Programs to assist in achieving the district’s mission of ensuring that students whose studies were interrupted stay on track for high school graduation. Opening Act enlisted a Capstone team to provide recommendations on measuring, evaluating, and demonstrating the client organization’s impact working with District 79 students and meeting their unique needs. The team conducted stakeholder and peer organization interviews, a literature review, and site visits to decipher relevant means of measuring Opening Act’s impact. Utilizing the data, the team proposed a comprehensive evaluation process and set of tools to identify key metrics and measure impact. |
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