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Explore the functions, strategies, and benefits of school public relations, including establishing community partnerships, promoting effective school practices, and managing obstacles. Learn how to enhance your school counseling program image and utilize a public relations toolbox.
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What Is School Public Relations? • Establishing and promoting partnerships in the community • Conveying information about effective school practices NW Regional Educational Laboratory
Functions Of School Public Relations • Promotes community input • Anticipates image problems and provide solutions • Acts as key contacts for the media • Designs objective, informational materials for budget and bond issue campaigns NW Regional Educational Laboratory
Functions Of School Public Relations • Designs all levels of communications • Conducts public relations research Interprets survey results for management • Creates avenues for student/staff recognition NW Regional Educational Laboratory
Public Relations For School Counselors • Determine how you will position yourself • Make your students, parents, and community promises that you can keep • Build your image on positive ideas School Promotion, Publicity, and Public Relations
Designing A School Public Relations Plan • Find out what the public is saying • Develop a strategic school counselor plan and program • Form a public relations committee • Use data to develop a PR plan
School Public Relations Strategies • Should address parent feelings • Should provide knowledge and information • Determine need and provide value for stakeholders
Successful School Public Relations • Leadership • All school staff • School facility • Communications • Parents • Business • Voters with no children NW Regional Educational Laboratory
Obstacles • Convincing administration and teachers • Cost • Lack of active participation • Unrealistic goals
School PR Benefits • Explains the real functions of educators • Helps provide direction for a student centered school • Has a cumulative effect School Promotion, Publicity, and Public Relations
Benefits Of School Public Relations • Establishes objectives, procedures, and practices to meet the needs of the school • Explains facts about the school that might not be known School Promotion, Publicity, and Public Relations
School Counseling Program Image • Shaped by public perception • Image depends on the different subjective experiences of the people who interact with the services • Good image is critical Public Relations Toolbox