Episode 14 - Katie Osgood

The Admissions Entrepreneur - A Day In The Life (Hosted by Tom Schenck)

Katie Osgood - Owner, Brookfield School

For over 30 years Katie Osgood and her sister have run the Brookfield School, a very successful proprietary school in Reno NV. As a for-profit institution, learn about the specific advantages that they have brought to their students and parents and how Brookfield School is nimble and well prepared to offer their students key skills to successfully thrive in life.

Show Tracks:

02:44 changes in parent fears and expectations

09:13 advantages of four profit schools

16:43 approaching student learning styles

19:22 tough parent questions

23:26 the best marketing

26:30 organizing life key chains and toilets

31:54 for profit schools a bright future

34:20 preparing students for the future

37:26 the challenges of life

39:01 The billboard of life the golden rule

Katie was raised in Reno, graduate of Reno High School. After obtaining a degree in B.S. in Business Administration and Computer Science from the Univ. of Oregon, She worked in the high-tech field in the Bay Area. Later, she returned to Reno and married and raised two boys. She worked in a Civil Engineering Company as a Land Planner before starting at Brookfield School in 1999. Both her sons have graduated, one from UNR and one from UNLV. And now one son, due to Covid challenges has moved back to Reno and is working at Brookfield School becoming the 3rd generation to join the school. Brookfield School is a family owned; women run business. She feels that education is one of the most rewarding professions one can have.

She enjoys sailing on her own ocean going, 46’ sailboat. She sailed in Mexico for 4 years, Alaska in the summer 2108, Canada for 2 years and visited the Islands of Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island’s west shore in 2017. She saw bears, wolf, orca, whales (right beside the boat!), caught fish, crabs, and prawns and she SCUBA dove off the boat. She also loves to snorkel, ski, hike, Stand up paddle board, camping, geocaching, and sailing.

Enjoy,

Tom Schenck

This episode is sponsored by The Independent Educational Consultants Association.

It is the largest and most respected organization representing independent educational consultants. An IECA member educational consultant is a skilled professional who provides counseling to help students and families choose a school that is a good personal match: one that will foster the student’s academic and social growth.

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