If hear about a successful program at one school, how do you successfully adapt it to fit your school? [...]
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Alumni can be great sources of funds, referrals, volunteers, and advocates. However, many small parochial schools have a hard time engaging and keeping track of alumni. It is time consuming to engage and track alumni. For a small school it also taxes their skills, time, and money. [...] One of the ways to end a struggle is to reinvent the game. If you were going to reinvent education, what would it look like? [...] The cheapest hire is often the candidate with the least experience. So when is the cheapest the best choice? [...] Challenging the norm is the best way to keep a parochial school relevant. There are many norms. Which one should you challenge? [...] The better you are at talking about the intangible value, the more positive information people will have about your school. Talking to families and donors about the intangible value, gives them more to talk about. Your school benefits from the word of mouth when the families have something to say. [...] The economic recovery we all want still seems to be on the distant horizon. What can parochial schools do until the recovery arrives? [...] Does your parochial school need better marketing or is something else holding back enrollment? [...] Do the parents and donors of your parochial school understand your value the way you want them to? [...] In our highly competitive world, a parochial school must be very good to survive. Is there such a thing as being too good and too specialized? [...] |
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