Mike Vachow
Boomerang Carrot
To retain students and faculty, independent schools should remove uncertainty when and wherever possible.
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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.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
A Modest Proposal
A prescription for a post-pandemic fall at independent elementary schools.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Report from the Admission Office
Report from the field: independent school enrollment trends, November 2020.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 28, 2020
- 3 min
Core Work
Enrollment professionals follow these core principles in their work with prospective parents.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 1, 2020
- 7 min
Safe Harboring
Over the summer, independent schools enrolled students leaving schools that had mismanaged the COVID crisis. Now they must retain them.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 22, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 3 min
Retention 2020 - 2021
A prescription for retention during a pandemic school year.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 20, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 3 min
Gap Year
College and elementary students could take a gap year in 2020 - 2021, together.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 18, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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, 2020
- 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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