Your yearbook staff might already be in full brainstorming mode trying to develop a theme idea and sketch out a cover design for your upcoming 2020 yearbook. Now they can get fresh inspiration from our updated Cover Gallery.
We already know that we have the best yearbook advisers at our schools, but it feels pretty great when the rest of the country recognizes that too. That’s why it was so exciting to hear that six of the 12 Rising Stars Award winners announced today by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) are Walsworth customers!…
School gets back in session sometime between August 1 and Labor Day. (What ever happened to our three carefree months of summer?) Consider putting these systems in place to get you and your staff off to the strongest possible start for 2020. 1. System of Communication In my 38 years of advising and working with…
Back to school is a time for decorating your classroom; new notebooks, pencils, folders and pens; a new outfit (or two!) and all things yearbook. Now is also the time to build upon the momentum of last year for an even better year or to get ready for your first time advising yearbook. If you…
It’s hard to believe we’re now on season three of Yearbook Chat with Jim! Way back in season one, host Jim Jordan did two new-adviser focused episodes. In “That First Year: New Advisers Reflect,” Jordan interviewed yearbook advisers who had just wrapped up their first year. In his sixth episode, “Taking over an established yearbook…
As this school year starts, we are excited to see a crop of new yearbook advisers looking for resources to help start this wonderful, crazy year of advising yearbook. Whether you have a yearbook or journalism background or are a newbie starting from scratch, we understand the challenges that come with the first year of…
Sometimes one look is all it takes to just know – know that you’ve found that perfect theme idea, that is. Suddenly, it all clicks and the ideas build off of one another as if the stars all aligned for that moment. It all starts with a look at a great piece of inspiration, and…
A note from the producer: This episode of Ask Mike was recorded during the recent yearbook workshop held in El Paso, Texas. While editing the episode, I fell in love with the border community, despite never having visited. The love Mike Taylor has for El Paso is also evident. The young people interviewed in this…
Long, lazy days at the pool. Sidewalks so hot you could cook an egg on them. The summer sun blazing down upon your shoulders. BBQs at your best friend’s house. Camping out at the lake. Hot days and starry nights. All things that could describe the dog days of summer. It’s a phrase that can…
Walsworth’s 2019 Adviser Academy kicked off Monday morning at the Hotel InterContinental in Kansas City with an opening speech by Mike Taylor, CJE. He introduced Walsworth personnel and prepped yearbook advisers for what they’ll learn and experience in the three-day conference. The yearbook advisers in attendance then played a get-to-know-you game. Taylor divided the advisers…
As I head into my 23rd year in education – my fifth as middle school yearbook teacher, I feel more confident than ever in my abilities. Of course, being a somewhat obsessive reflective educator, that road of reflection brings me back to those items I feel need improvement. That reflective little devil on my shoulder…
