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
- Nov 2
- 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
- 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
- 4 min
Work
"Quiet quitting" might work in some occupations. Education is not one of them.
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Mike Vachow
- May 16
- 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
- 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
- 4 min
Reader's Notes: Community, Culture, Discernment
More than ever, schools should be countercultural.
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Mike Vachow
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Using Consultants
Some counsel on hiring independent school consultants. . . from a consultant.
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Mike Vachow
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Hiring as Networking
A year-round networking approach to hiring is important in any season, crucial in the sellers' market that the pandemic has created.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 25
- 3 min
The "Alternative" Candidate
Independent school leaders should expand their definition of ideal candidates for positions in their schools.
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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
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Roundup 2021
Here are the recurring topics and themes in my writing on independent schools this year.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Longer Game
To protect faculty and staff, independent school heads should set June of 2023 as the default horizon for institution-wide projects.
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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
- 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 28, 2021
- 3 min
The Good Stuff
The "old normal" at schools had much going for it.
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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
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Relaxed, With a Sense of Urgency
How can schools use the tools they developed during the pandemic to create the ideal rhythms of school life and learning?
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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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