The Enrollment Spectrum Podcast

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Thoughtful, Agile & Intentional: Independent Schools and COVID-19 Mar 11, 2021

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Join us for a conversation with John Katzman. John is the founder and CEO of Noodle Partners which is transforming the way prospective students find and learn about degree programs.

Before founding Noodle Partners, John founded and was CEO of 2U, which helps colleges and universities build and run high-quality online degree programs.

Prior to 2U, Katzman founded and ran The Princeton Review, which helped half of the students applying to U.S. colleges and universities each year find, get into, and pay for school. John also serves on several for- and not-for-profit boards of directors and has authored many articles and five books.

Is Constrained Optimization the Future of Admissions? Feb 25, 2021

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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Rebecca Zwick. Rebecca is a researcher at ETS where she holds the title of Distinguished Presidential Appointee.

She earned her doctorate in Quantitative Methods in Education at UC Berkeley and her postdoctoral fellowship was at the Psychometric Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her recent work has focused on test validity and fairness and she wrote the 2017 book Who Gets In? Strategies for Fair and Effective College Admissions.

Reimagined From the Ground Up: Northfield Mount Hermon's Lab Program Feb 11, 2021

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Please join us for a conversation with Brian Hargrove and Grant Gonzalez from Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Over the past two decades, Brian has successfully held leadership roles both in education and in the private sector and has been the Head of School at NMH since 2019. Grant is the Assistant Dean of Faculty, a Social Entrepreneurship Teacher, and Director of the NMH Lab program which is the topic of this episode!

Anti-Racism Best Practices for Independent Schools Jan 28, 2021

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Dr. Derrick Gay is an internationally recognized diversity and inclusion strategist and has worked with over 500 organizations around the world. Dr. Gay began his career teaching and serving as a senior administrator in a number of independent schools across the country. His work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, 60 minutes, El Tiempo Latino, and The Washington Post, to name a few. And he event consults with Sesame Street!

Derrick spoke at both our 2019 and 2020 annual conferences and he was a guest on the podcast last winter way back before COVID, exploring opportunities and challenges around Diversity and Inclusion.

This coming spring Derrick is running his popular online course again: Reframing and Leading Diversity Through and Post-COVID-19, where he frames Diversity and Inclusion issues and strategies for independent school administrators.

We're All In This Together: How one group of enrollment leaders is working together to better serve families Jan 14, 2021

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Join us for a conversation with Julie Wadland. Julie is the Associate Director of Admission at Concord Academy in Concord, MA. Prior to joining Concord Academy Julie was at Loomis Chaffee, UC Berkeley, an executive search firm in San Francisco, and Phillips Academy where she was also a student. In this episode, Julie will talk about how a group of enrollment leaders came together to better serve families in their region.

Re-inventing the International Student Program at Oaks Christian School Dec 31, 2020

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Join us for a conversation with Nicole Oakes. Nicole is the Director of the International Student Program at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, CA.

We've invited Nicole to speak with us as a part of our ongoing series about how schools are reopening to hear how she has re-invented her work with international students and their families.

Stop Strategic Planning & Start 'Strategic Do-ing': How Baylor School Opened a COVID-19 Testing Lab Dec 17, 2020

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Join us for a conversation with Dallas Joseph.

Dallas is the Chief Operation Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Baylor School in Chattanooga, TN. Dallas arrived at Baylor in 2000 from Fisk University in Nashville, TN. Before Fisk University, Dallas was the Vice President for Finance of Sumi College (on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), and for seven years prior to that position, he worked as an accountant and comptroller for Shaw University. Dallas is also the Chair of EMA's Board of Trustees.

In this episode, we'll hear more about Baylor School's COVID-19 testing program and how it not only is helping the local community but is also a revenue stream for the school.

Redefining the Independent School Business Model at Providence Country Day School Dec 10, 2020

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Please join us for a conversation with Kevin Folan. Kevin is the Head of School at The Providence Country Day School in Providence, Rhode Island. Kevin has spent the past fifteen years in education. He started at the Hyde School and was the head of Hilltop Country Day School in New Jersey before moving to Providence Country Day.

We'll discuss Providence Country Day's recently announced initiative to reduce tuition by 35% and launch a number of other initiatives.

Lessons From Higher Ed: The Role of Character in College Admission Nov 26, 2020

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Join us for a conversation with Trisha Ross Anderson and Brennan Barnard.

Trisha is the College Admissions Program Director for Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Trisha has spent over a decade supporting a wide variety of schools and non-profits.

Her work centers around social and emotional learning and character development, the promotion of positive school climate, and intervention development and evaluation.

Brennan is the co-author of the new book, The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together and the director of college counseling and outreach at The Derryfield School in New Hampshire.

He is also the College Admission Program Advisor at Making Caring Common. Brennan writes about college admission for the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes.com, HuffPost, Concord Monitor and Journal of College Admission.

Live from AC20: A conversation with Homa Tavangar and Will Richardson Nov 12, 2020

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Join us for a special live conversation with Homa Tavangar and Will Richardson from EMA's AC20!

Homa's work has addressed themes of culture, innovation, leadership, global citizenship and global competence, and deep diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion. She connects timely topics of the moment with the timeless desire to work with purpose and make a difference – whatever one's circumstances. Homa is the author of widely-acclaimed Growing Up Global: Raising Children to Be At Home in the World and newly released Global Kids activity cards from Barefoot Books.

A former public school educator of 22 years, Will has spent the last 15 years developing an international reputation as a leading thinker and writer about the intersection of social online learning networks, education, and systemic change. In 2017, Will was named one of 100 global "Changemakers in Education" by the Finnish site HundrED, and was named one of the Top 5 "Edupreneurs to Follow" by Forbes.

Homa and Will are co-founders of The Big Questions Institute.

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