Mike Vachow
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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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Mike Vachow
- Apr 5, 2020
- 4 min
No Joke
Independent schools should begin planning for a remote-learning start to the 2020-2021 school year.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Summer of Love (and Money)
A summer 2020 budget and community support plan for independent school leaders.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
So Last Week
School leaders risk hasty, well-meaning decision making in the current COVID crisis.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
Together Again for the First Time
The COVID pandemic has separated elementary age students from their most important teachers, each other.
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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
- Mar 9, 2020
- 2 min
The Development Director's Summer
Over the summer, great development professionals clear the way to spend the rest of the year building relationships.
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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
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
Governance Check Up
A format for heads and board chairs to use in performing a yearly governance check-up.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min
Lincoln v. Douglas
A deliberate, structured, fair process for boards to use as they carry out the yearly budget conversation.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Head Search ABCs (Always Be Closing)
Too many head search committees believe that they're buying when, in fact, they should be selling.
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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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