Talk to yearbook advisers and there seems to be little debate – February and March can be really stressful months for the staff. So the question becomes: what can the yearbook staff do to keep from pulling their hair out?
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Sometimes great things happen when you step aside and let your staff take off and run with something that initially sounds silly.
Since only juniors and seniors can enroll in yearbook at my school, each year I have to train a new group of five talented individuals to ride this new bike around school, so to speak. So what kind of training wheels do I need to provide for these newbie leaders?
What has 50 legs, questions everything, talks all the time and cannot follow directions? A middle school journalism class. In fact, that is my middle school journalism class. However, the news is good. You can tame this beast with the proper tools and the patience of a saint.
Creating a yearbook can be one of the most gratifying aspects of high school, but it can also be a particularly thankless and stressful job – especially when submission deadlines roll around.
Student photographers still need to capture great moments even when they do not have a staff camera in their possession.
At distribution, when you hand out yearbooks, the students say “wow” as they see the cover. What if they said “wow” a second time, once they hold the book in their hands?
School administrators hire new teachers every year. But hiring a teacher who also will be the yearbook adviser can present unique challenges. Here are characteristics to look for when seeking a yearbook adviser who will be successful in the position.
Journalistic writing style is different from writing done in English class and for business. To teach journalism style, you may incorporate the Associated Press Stylebook since it is the standard for journalists everywhere.
If there is a hint of conspiracy in our yearbook program, a method in my old-age madness, it is that the staff members do not know that I know much about computers.
