VisM has been busy this fall mentoring administrators, doing administrative searches and, most significantly, concluding a key head of...

I am sure you have a new set of goals and action plans for 2019-2020. I am suggesting that VisM can help you use your best resources to...

When you return from Spring Break, you know it is a downhill schuss to graduation! As March break quickly approaches, I wonder if you...

In general terms, what I mean by “changing your school’s curriculum” is to set a new direction for what you teach, how you teach and how...

VisM finished its second year of business in August and, like most schools, is looking at a fresh start with new goals and an expanded...

I hope your year is beginning well. January is a great month for heads of school to begin to relax and finish up their performance...

What is a student-centered curriculum? Simply put, a student-centered curriculum places the student in the center of the learning...

If you cannot easily build a larger endowment, then what? I have always thought that enrollment was the most critical area to save an...

An article appeared on March 31 in the Boston Globe entitled “For Small, Private Colleges, Fewer Students Means More Worries.” The author...

Boards of Trustees must have plans for the succession of their officers, especially for their chair and treasurer. Unfortunately, most...

I have spent 19 years of my professional career in the classroom and 31 years as an independent school administrator (19 of those as Head...

The following is critical to your success as a Head of School: Do your administrators work as a group or a team? Do they work...

The beginning of the school year is always exciting. I hope you are off to a positive start! In the last three months I have been working...

Dear Head of School: I am consulting an independent school on their annual and capital giving plans. The school has asked me to gather...

After forty-three years as an independent school administrator, nineteen as Head of School, I have established a mentoring business...

After forty years in leadership roles at independent schools, literally from Vermont to Arizona, I have made the decision to start VISM...