Mike Vachow
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Mike Vachow
- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min
The Year in Review: 2022
A brief review of the top story lines for independent schools in 2022.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
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
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Break a Leg
Shared experiences, shared challenge are the return path to joy in the schoolhouse. Performing arts people know this.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Boomerang Carrot
To retain students and faculty, independent schools should remove uncertainty when and wherever possible.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 2, 2022
- 4 min
Work
"Quiet quitting" might work in some occupations. Education is not one of them.
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Mike Vachow
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
Communication and Recruitment
A lasting change from the pandemic: schools will need dedicated communication and recruitment leaders.
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Mike Vachow
- May 2, 2022
- 2 min
Tighten Up
Next fall, schools will focus on re-integrating the structures they relaxed in the course of the pandemic.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
Reader's Notes: Community, Culture, Discernment
More than ever, schools should be countercultural.
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Mike Vachow
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
Using Consultants
Some counsel on hiring independent school consultants. . . from a consultant.
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