Mike Vachow
A Not So Foolish Consistency
Independent schools consistently hire consultants to assist with head searches--for very good reasons.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 24, 2019
- 4 min
Socrates Hacked It
Any innovation or disruption in schools must meet the essential first measure: does it promote dignity?
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 6, 2019
- 5 min
Robo Cop
The economy of the future will be built on attention, a more difficult skill than ever to teach.
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Mike Vachow
- Sep 2, 2019
- 4 min
Community as Marketing
Cultivate the complex web of relationships between families and the school that generate loyalty. That's independent school marketing.
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Mike Vachow
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
Wizard
Boards should provide first year heads with dedicated mentoring on Day One.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 24, 2019
- 3 min
Squishy
Enrollment professionals must possess "soft skills" if they hope to leverage data.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 18, 2019
- 4 min
The Head as Pater/Mater Familias
The role of "pastor of the flock" is one of the most important roles that heads play, regardless of where they stand in their tenure.
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Mike Vachow
- Jul 9, 2019
- 3 min
All Star Break
A prescription for summer time priorities for heads of school.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 20, 2019
- 3 min
Director of Admission Action Figure
A job description profile for the ideal Director of Enrollment.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 19, 2019
- 2 min
The Head as Teacher
The independent school board/head relationship is complex. To wit, the board is the head's boss, but the head is often the board's teacher.
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Mike Vachow
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
All Summer Long
Conducting substantive board work over the summer is unrealistic. Boards should organize their work accordingly.
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Mike Vachow
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Charles Dickens, Independent School CFO
The ideal independent school Director of Business should have the equivalent of an MSW to go along with a CPA.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 17, 2019
- 3 min
Get Lost
Education should be about exploration, which is to say getting lost on purpose.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 11, 2019
- 3 min
Hidily-Ho, Neighborino!
Heads should steward their neighbors as they do their donors.
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Mike Vachow
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Oriole Haiku
Guidance for school employees on social media and the use of digital tools at school.
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Mike Vachow
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
Stacked Deck
The real story in the recent college admission bribery scandal: athletics are another advantage for privileged kids at selective schools.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 4, 2019
- 2 min
Top Five New Year's Resolutions: Governance
Strength, flexibility, and agility, excellent resolutions for your physical health and for strong school governance.
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Mike Vachow
- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
Three Resolutions for Independent School Heads 2019
Three big picture reflection prompts for heads to use over winter break.
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Mike Vachow
- Nov 14, 2018
- 2 min
Choreography
Five precepts for independent school heads for getting the most out of communicating good news.
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Mike Vachow
- May 16, 2018
- 3 min
All Hands on Deck
Recommendations for heads in managing the janky energy that defines the last two months of the school year.
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