Friday, September 25, 2009

School Marketing Experience of Bryan Foster

School Marketing Experience Unique Formation

A highly ethical approach to marketing, and passion for marketing the Catholic school, was formed as a result of his extensive Religious Education leadership and teaching experience.

Bryan Foster is the School Marketing Manager at Aquinas College, a Catholic secondary co-educational college on the Gold Coast, in what is arguably the most difficult school marketing region in Australia, since 1994. He is also the school’s Assistant Principal Religious Education.

Bryan Foster has taught for 30 years in Catholic schools from Years 1 to 12. He has held various senior and middle management positions and has been marketing Catholic schools for almost 20 years in city and country, primary and secondary schools.

He holds a Master of Education degree from the Australian Catholic University in Sydney, a Bachelor of Education degree, a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education and Diploma of Teaching from McAuley Teachers College in Brisbane, along with a Diploma of Religious Education from the Institute of Faith Education.

Bryan Foster - Professional Experience

Experience:

* St Mary's Goondiwindi, Principal
* St Joseph's, Tara, Principal
* Aquinas College, Southport, Assistant Principal + Marketing Manager
* South Coast Deanery Pastoral Council, Chair
* St Mary's Parish Pastoral Council, Coomera, Chair
* Surfers Paradise Parish Pastoral Council, Surfers Paradise, Secretary
* St Kevin's School, Parents and Friends Association, Benowa, Chair

Bryan Foster was the Education Officer: Evangelisation and Spiritual Formation for Brisbane Catholic Education last year.

Bryan is also owner of SMAPL, an internet marketing and publishing company.

He is also an author of two texts. (See other blogs on this blogsite.)

Bryan Foster Author of Church Parish Marketing e-Handbook

The Church Parish Marketing website was created to assist with the most important task of getting the message of Jesus Christ to as many followers, along with the unevangelised, in the most easily implemented and appropriate ways possible.

Bryan Foster, author of Church Parish Marketing e-Handbook: Easy to Use Guide to Market Your Church Parish Deanery and all other content on this website, comes with many years of leadership experience in Catholic parishes, deanery and schools.

"Bryan's e-Handbook comes as a result of many years of parish and school involvement, and so he is aware of some of the unique issues that parishes face, especially with limited personnel and finances......the e-Handbook has much to offer to help parishes to promote themselves..." (Fr Adrian Sharp PP, St Mary's, Gold Coast, Australia)

Bryan Foster Author of School Marketing e-Handbook

Bryan Foster, author of School Marketing e-Handbook: Easy to Use Guide to Market Your School, and this website, has been marketing Catholic schools for almost 20 years in city and country, elementary / primary and high schools.

A highly ethical approach to school marketing, and passion for marketing the Catholic school, was formed as a result of his extensive Religious Education teaching and leadership experience.

The School Marketing website and e-handbook were created to assist with the most important task of marketing the school in an often competitive school marketing environment in the most easily implemented and appropriate ways possible.