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Mike Vachow

4 days ago
2 min

The New, Older Normal

Next year, the new normal for elementary schools may be older than the old normal.

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Mike Vachow

Sep 16
3 min

Retention 2020 - 2021

A prescription for retention during a pandemic school year.

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Mike Vachow

Aug 20
4 min

On the Horizon: Budget 2021 - 2022

Approval of the 2021-2022 budget is 4 months away. Retention plans for students and faculty are the key.

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Mike Vachow

May 12
2 min

Start at the Beginning

In planning for the fall, independent school leaders should be creative in finding ways to have elementary students on campus every day.

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Mike Vachow

Apr 21
3 min

Gap Year

College and elementary students could take a gap year in 2020 - 2021, together.

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Love (and Retention) in the Time of COVID

Mike Vachow

Mar 18
3 min

Love (and Retention) in the Time of COVID

A summer enrollment plan for indy schools recovering from the COVID crisis.

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Mike Vachow

Feb 27
3 min

Seen and Known

Any member of a school community should expect to be seen and known. Heads must lead and model this effort.

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Mike Vachow

Feb 16
4 min

Bubble Season

In their employment and enrollment decisions, heads balance compassion with their duty to protect the school's mission and bottom line.

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Mike Vachow

Jan 16
4 min

Prospective Families: Jobs to Be Taught

Independent school enrollment professionals must be good teachers of prospective parents.

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Mike Vachow

Jan 6
3 min

The Millennial Parent

Millennials are discovering that choosing a school for their children is the most difficult decision of their lives.

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Mike Vachow

Dec 3, 2019
4 min

Retention Crunch Time

How good are your school's retention efforts? Take a close look at the months of December and January, retention crunch time.

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Mike Vachow

Oct 15, 2019
4 min

Moe 2.0

The ability to build relationships is the most important skill for enrollment professionals to possess.

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Mike Vachow

Sep 2, 2019
4 min

Community as Marketing

Cultivate the complex web of relationships between families and the school that generate loyalty. That's independent school marketing.

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Mike Vachow

Jul 24, 2019
3 min

Squishy

Enrollment professionals must possess "soft skills" if they hope to leverage data.

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Mike Vachow

Jun 20, 2019
3 min

Director of Admission Action Figure

A job description profile for the ideal Director of Enrollment.

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Mike Vachow

Mar 22, 2019
2 min

Stacked Deck

The real story in the recent college admission bribery scandal: athletics are another advantage for privileged kids at selective schools.

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Mike Vachow

Dec 1, 2017
1 min

Is Your Head in the Game?

Heads should take a first-hand role in enrollment.

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