How to Market Your School

A Guide to Marketing, Communication, and Public Relations for School Administrators

By (author) Johanna M. Lockhart

Not available to order

Publication date:

16 December 2010

Length of book:

266 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607097709

Increased competition, declining resources, changing demographics, news media scrutiny, and the importance of public perceptions are reasons why schools and school districts need an effective marketing program. However, even school and district administrators who recognize the importance of marketing often feel unprepared to initiate and maintain a strategic marketing effort. How to Market Your School is a comprehensive guide that provides school administrators with tools to help them create, implement, and maintain a successful marketing program. Topics covered include developing a marketing strategy, marketing research, communications, media relations, building beneficial partnerships, public relations, and fund raising. Although written for public school administrators, the book is equally applicable to private and charter schools.
As a marketing and public relations professional for more than 30 years, I found How to Market Your School to be a thorough "how to" book that principals and other administrators can use to "market" their schools with much success—a great guide to navigate the world of promotion.