Podcasts

NSPRA: Building Trusting Relationships with Your Community

February 5, 2020

Host

Richard Long, executive director, LFA

Guest

Kelly Avants, APR, Chief Communications Officer for Clovis Unified School District (Calif.)

Kelly Avants discusses the importance of school district's strategic communications plans, transparency and building relationships with a community as part of LFA's Public Schools Week 2020 podcast series.

Avants is the 2019-20 president of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) and Chief Communications Officer for the Clovis, Calif. school district, a suburban school district of 38,000 students in Central California.

School PR Happy Hour

January 15, 2020

Host

Justin Dearing, Assistant Director of Communications, Carroll Independent School District, Texas

Guest

Rich Bagin, National School Public Relations Association

Richard M. Long, Learning First Alliance

Rich Bagin and Richard Long chat about the importance of public advocacy for public schools and upcoming events with Public Schools Week with School PR Happy Hour host Justin Dearing.

Public Schools Week 2019

March 28, 2019

Host

Richard Long, LFA executive director.

Guest

Brian Coleman, counselor, Jones College Prep, Chicago; 2019 School Counselor of the Year

Carol Fenstermacher, community engagement coordinator, Centennial School District, Oregon

Mary Ann Ranells, superintendent, West Ada School District, Idaho

Three exemplary educators-- an Idaho superintendent, a school/community engagement professional and a school counselor discuss their roles in public education and the importance of public schools in their communities with Richard Long, LFA executive director.