Mike Vachow
Simple Gifts
A list of simple gifts heads can give themselves during winter break to boost second semester initiatives.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Bridge
A practical approach for independent schools for strategic planning in a pandemic.
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Mike Vachow
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
Farewell to (Facility) Arms (Race)
It's time to develop a realistic understanding of the long and short term needs of your facilities.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
Exposed
The pandemic has revealed anew a great number of truths about education.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
The Wolf
Time's running out. Invest in proactive board education.
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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
- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
Hothouse
Independent school heads and board chairs should engage an outside counselor to help them remain focused on 2020 guiding principles.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
New Trustee Kit
Advice for new independent school trustees: find your inner extrovert.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
You Are Here
This fall, it will be more important than ever for trustees to be present in the life of the school.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
One Voice
As indy schools communicate fall plans this summer, it will be more important than ever for boards to speak with one voice.
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Mike Vachow
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
Killer Piano
School leaders should focus on the guiding principles they'll use to design fall scenarios before moving into the details.
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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 30, 2020
- 3 min
Crossroads
Indy schools will soon communicate major decisions that lie at the intersection of the school as a community and the school as a business.
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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
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
Chameleon's Dish
Just how promise-crammed is the pandemic crisis for independent schools? Count me very conservatively optimistic.
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