Ahead in the Count Newsletter: April 2020

Ahead in the Count
a monthly newsletter for independent school leaders

April 1, 2020
 
Leadership in a Crisis Edition
 
Independent school leaders are mustering enormous reserves of patience and grace, and recruiting the technical expertise they need to help their school communities navigate the COVID crisis.  I've re-printed here "The Head as Pater/Mater Familias," a piece I wrote almost a year ago that describes the pastoral role that Heads play, important in the best of times, critical now.  The other pieces are new and specific to the COVID crisis including a most recent article, "So Last Week," on some of the early feedback I'm hearing from heads who are getting their first opportunities for reflection after two weeks of intensive planning for the days ahead.

So Last Week
 
What I'm hearing: initial reflections from indy school heads after the first weeks of the COVID crisis.

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Love and Retention in the Time of COVID
 
Indy school leaders are understandably focused on the remainder of the school year. Here's my thinking on retention efforts over the summer.

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Together Again for the First Time
 
Brutal fact:  During the COVID pandemic, elementary students are separated from their most important teachers, each other.

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The Head as Pater/Mater Familias
 
The Head of School as pater/mater familias is the role that supersedes all others. True in the best of times and during the most trying.

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