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    Communication and Recruitment
    Mike Vachow
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Communication and Recruitment

    A lasting change from the pandemic: schools will need dedicated communication and recruitment leaders.
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    Tighten Up
    Mike Vachow
    • May 2
    • 2 min

    Tighten Up

    Next fall, schools will focus on re-integrating the structures they relaxed in the course of the pandemic.
    64 views0 comments
    Reader's Notes: Community, Culture, Discernment
    Mike Vachow
    • Apr 14
    • 4 min

    Reader's Notes: Community, Culture, Discernment

    More than ever, schools should be countercultural.
    110 views0 comments
    Top 5 Reasons Why Now is the Time for Strategic Planning
    Mike Vachow
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    Top 5 Reasons Why Now is the Time for Strategic Planning

    It's a great time for independent schools to consider reviving or creating a strategic plan.
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    Using Consultants
    Mike Vachow
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Using Consultants

    Some counsel on hiring independent school consultants. . . from a consultant.
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    Hiring as Networking
    Mike Vachow
    • Feb 24
    • 4 min

    Hiring as Networking

    A year-round networking approach to hiring is important in any season, crucial in the sellers' market that the pandemic has created.
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    The "Alternative" Candidate
    Mike Vachow
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min

    The "Alternative" Candidate

    Independent school leaders should expand their definition of ideal candidates for positions in their schools.
    177 views0 comments
    Handle with Care
    Mike Vachow
    • Jan 18
    • 4 min

    Handle with Care

    Independent school headship was enormously complex before the pandemic. Boards must plan more carefully for the support that heads need.
    152 views0 comments
    Roundup 2021
    Mike Vachow
    • Dec 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Roundup 2021

    Here are the recurring topics and themes in my writing on independent schools this year.
    57 views0 comments
    Ready to Climb:  Hiring
    Mike Vachow
    • Dec 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Ready to Climb: Hiring

    Employee retention and hiring will be the front-burner operational challenges for independent schools in the New Year.
    123 views0 comments
    Behind
    Mike Vachow
    • Nov 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Behind

    Schools should design special summer camp programs for their youngest students.
    48 views0 comments
    Not Home, Part 2
    Mike Vachow
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Not Home, Part 2

    Driven by necessity but limited by elemental human need, remote learning will grow only on the margins.
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    The Longer Game
    Mike Vachow
    • Sep 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Longer Game

    To protect faculty and staff, independent school heads should set June of 2023 as the default horizon for institution-wide projects.
    304 views0 comments
    Review: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning, by Audrey Watters
    Mike Vachow
    • Aug 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Review: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning, by Audrey Watters

    Audrey Watters traces the history of personalized learning and teaching machines from 1920 to today. The through line is behaviorism.
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    New Again
    Mike Vachow
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    New Again

    Families who came to independent schools last school year are the marketing opportunity of a lifetime for independent schools.
    247 views0 comments
    Boundaries
    Mike Vachow
    • Jul 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Boundaries

    Setting boundaries will be one of the signature challenges for heads and boards in the 2021 - 2022 school year.
    349 views0 comments
    The Good Stuff
    Mike Vachow
    • Jun 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Good Stuff

    The "old normal" at schools had much going for it.
    63 views0 comments
    Board Reset
    Mike Vachow
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Board Reset

    After the past year, boards should do some simple planning to set off on the right course next fall.
    91 views0 comments
    Keep it Real
    Mike Vachow
    • May 24, 2021
    • 4 min

    Keep it Real

    Next year, schools will weigh convenience and intimacy when organizing how adults will work together.
    233 views0 comments
    Relaxed, With a Sense of Urgency
    Mike Vachow
    • May 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Relaxed, With a Sense of Urgency

    How can schools use the tools they developed during the pandemic to create the ideal rhythms of school life and learning?
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