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Mike Vachow
- Aug 20
- 4 min
Strong Start
You've got one shot at a strong start for new families. Make it count.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 31
- 2 min
Student Retention: The First Two Weeks
Enrollment directors are wise to spend the first two weeks of the school year focused entirely on retention.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Outlook: 2024 - 2025
Predictions of the themes that will dominate the independent school conversation in the year ahead.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 2
- 3 min
First 90 Days
Some frank counsel for new heads of independent schools.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 3
- 2 min
Teaching and Learning
Your unique program might get them into the admission office, but once there, you've got to win them on teaching and learning.
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Mike Vachow
- May 5
- 3 min
Center Stage
Independent schools must showcase authentic student and faculty excellence to counter some toxic perceptions that have taken hold recently.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 1
- 3 min
The Candidate's View
The faculty recruitment process from the candidate's point of view
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Turning Down the Job
Our customers come to schools with jobs to be done, but some of them we can't do or can't do well.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Arcane Expertise
Heads often become expert in unusual subjects. Mine was neighbors.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Rolling Search
Because of the fewness of candidates, most searches are now rolling searches, candidates trickling through one by one.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 13, 2023
- 3 min
High Touch
Leverage the high touch moments/locations of the school day--arrival, lunch, dismissal--by being present in them as often as possible.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 5, 2023
- 2 min
Conference Recap
A collection of my discoveries at the 2023 ISACS Annual Conference.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 1, 2023
- 2 min
Mining the Pandemic
In which I sort through, skim, to be honest, my writing about schools during the pandemic.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 31, 2023
- 2 min
Conflict and Care
Until the adults can respond productively to conflict in schools, the kids will not be all right.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
Forecast
A forecast of the issues that will resonate through the 2023 - 2024 school year.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 28, 2023
- 2 min
Parallel Paths
I'm adding a new path to my professional life: directing a sub-regional independent school association.
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Mike Vachow
- May 15, 2023
- 5 min
Head's Goals
The creation of a shared understanding of the head's work is one of the most important exercises on the board calendar.
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Mike Vachow
- May 1, 2023
- 2 min
Head's Report
The head's report on the board agenda holds enormous potential for heads to build political capital.
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