Updated by Walsworth Yearbooks Your yearbook staff will get some much-needed time away from school for fun, rest and relaxation this summer. However, there will also be plenty of time to squeeze in prep for next year’s book. Look into a summer workshop A summer workshop is the best place to start laying that foundation.…
If you couldn’t make it to our May 2 webinar, “Why Workshops Work: The Secret of a Successful Yearbook Staff,” don’t worry! A replay of the event is now available. The webinar, which was hosted by Walsworth Yearbooks sales rep Sabrina Schmitz, CJE, and journalism specialist Mike Taylor, CJE, provided an overview on why summer…
The next event in the Walsworth Yearbooks new advisers’ webinar series will focus on why yearbook advisers and staffs should be attending summer workshops. Why Workshops Work: The secret of a successful yearbook staff will take place on Tuesday, May 2, at 3 p.m. Central time, and will be hosted by Walsworth’s Sabrina Schmitz, CJE,…
In the midst of creating this year’s yearbook, it’s hard to look ahead and get motivated to start next year’s book. However, the best yearbook years start well before the first day of school. Early preparation starts with more than just idea generation. In fact, it begins with identifying and training new and returning staff…
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed as a new yearbook adviser, but summer training and workshops can make it possible to start the school year prepared. If you’re a teacher about to dive in to your first year as an adviser, carve out a few days for training (maybe July 10-12) and you’ll feel much better…
Summer will be here before you know it, and that means summer workshop plans are already being made. For yearbook advisers, especially new yearbook advisers, Walsworth’s annual Adviser Academy should be circled on your calendar. This year’s Academy will take place July 10-12 in Kansas City at the Marriott Country Club Plaza. There will be…
The Spring 2015 issue of Idea File magazine is here, and a lot of information was packed into the feature articles in this issue that will help you start to make early plans for next year.
Noelle Chilson will not remember attending a summer yearbook workshop in July 2011. She was only three-and-a-half months old at the time. Noelle went because her mother, adviser Emily Chilson, thought workshop was so important that she loaded up Noelle and the Pack ‘n Play® and accompanied her students to the Northwest Yearbook Workshop in Tacoma, Wash.
What to take to a workshop
Those of us who have been advising for a while know yearbook production is a year-round job, no matter what our teaching contract says. Just like the Boy Scouts, the better prepared staff members are, the better the outcome. Here are ways to keep students thinking yearbook over the summer.
