Alvaro de Vicente on Crafting and Sharing a School Vision
About this episode
Alvaro de Vicente discusses crafting and sharing a vision for boys' education at The Heights School.
This year's Heights Forum Art of Teaching Boys Conference brought together motivated educators from across the country (and beyond) to discuss a new vision for boys' education. The overwhelming follow-up questions: How can I craft and communicate a new vision back at my school? How does a school community grow united in its vision and sense of mission? This week on HeightsCast, Headmaster Alvaro de Vicente offers his advice, first, for building a substantial and specific vision, and second, for translating that vision into action as a school community. In the notes below, you can find recordings of Open House speeches featuring our headmaster across the years. These are practical examples of how Mr. de Vicente presents the vision, mission, and approach of The Heights School to prospective parents. Chapters: 3:31 School vision: the who 8:08 Mission and curriculum: the what 11:29 Approach: the how 12:30 Sharing vision with the parent community 17:28 Vision architects: head of school, board, veteran faculty 20:45 When vision meets enrollment realities 25:05 Heads of school: pray, read, build friendships 31:47 Getting specific with your vision 35:53 Responding to national…
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