Subscription Benefits, Sample Posts and Archive Index - Spring 2024

The Talking Out of School vision is a community of people who:

  • Appreciate the “way we’ve always done things in schools” has its limits

  • Empathize with the fact people are complicated and change is hard

  • Are trying to make sense of a post pandemic, tech infused world

  • Are seeking practical, “doable” ideas and solutions

Sample Posts:

Free subscribers have access to:

Insight and advice - one full essay per month and free previews on topics such as enrollment, communications, hiring and retention, plagiarism, change management, decision making, difficult conversations

Paid subscribers ($90/annual) have all free content plus:

All the insight and advice - three full essays per month plus an interview with an independent school pro on topic as described above and access to the full archive

  • Narrated versions of posts you can listen to on the go

  • Occasional invitations to join premium events

  • My deep gratitude - your subscription enables me to keep producing useful content for a wide range of schools and leaders.

Premium subscribers ($260/annual) have all paid content plus:

Regular opportunities to connect directly with me (and guests) and all of the above

  • Monthly communications directors cohort Zooms

  • Short virtual writing seminars offered several times a year on topics such as “Writing School Statements” and “Writing a Statement of Educational Philosophy” and “Developing Your Leadership Voice”

And check out the archive - over 50 posts with helpful guidance

Talking Out of School archive

And while the offerings of the Talking Out of School community will keep being iterated over time, the more people who join at a paid level, the more time I can devote to this, the more I can offer. And yet keep the price of entry low.

Thanks for looking into the benefits of subscribing! Feel free to reach out with any questions to jfaulstich@stonycreekstrategy.com.