Mike Vachow
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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Ready to Climb: Hiring
Employee retention and hiring will be the front-burner operational challenges for independent schools in the New Year.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Behind
Schools should design special summer camp programs for their youngest students.
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Mike Vachow
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Not Home, Part 2
Driven by necessity but limited by elemental human need, remote learning will grow only on the margins.
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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
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
Review: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning, by Audrey Watters
Audrey Watters traces the history of personalized learning and teaching machines from 1920 to today. The through line is behaviorism.
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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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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
- Mar 2, 2021
- 4 min
Balancing Act
School leaders will help their communities balance competing priorities next year.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Road Back
Thoughts on how schools should prepare for the long-tail impact of the pandemic on the lives of educators, their students and families.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
Groundhog Day
Hiring is a year round job. You'll need a great process to evaluate candidates, but first you'll need a deep network to find them.
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