Tiffany Kopcak was recently named JEA’s H.L. Hall Yearbook Adviser of the Year Special Recognition Adviser. Her staff’s 2020 yearbook was one of host Jim Jordan’s favorite volumes, and they’re known for their willingness to go in new directions for coverage and design. She is our February 2021 Adviser of Note. To learn even more…
We are honored to introduce you to our November 2020 Adviser of Note: Emily Pyeatt Arnold, the caring and inspiring yearbook adviser from Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas. If you would like to know more about her, be sure to listen to her interview on the Yearbook Chat With Jim podcast. Profile Emily Pyeatt…
We’re excited for you to meet our September 2020 Adviser of Note: Susan McNulty, CJE, the award-winning yearbook adviser from J.W. Mitchell High School in Trinity, Florida. At Walsworth’s Virtual Summer Workshop, McNulty held a session on getting your virtual classroom set up for this fall. You can watch “Remote Start to the Year: Building…
As the summer rolls along, our August 2020 Adviser of Note is Susan Massy, the award-winning yearbook and newspaper adviser from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas. Let’s get to know her a little better! Profile Susan Massy Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas High school attended: Abilene High School; Abilene, Kansas…
We’re back with a summer edition of Advisers of Note and this time I spoke with Michelle Shue, the yearbook adviser at Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina. Take a look at her amazing success story! Profile Michelle Shue Davie County High School, Mocksville, North Carolina High school attended: I graduated in 1994…
Kathy Beers didn’t start out planning to be a yearbook adviser, but her original ambition to go into advertising has certainly served her well! She is known for her many ideas – many of her yearbook marketing tactics have been borrowed by advisers at schools across the country. You can hear more of her story…
What seemed like bad timing led Jonathan Dixon to a career he loves as a teacher and yearbook adviser at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, Texas. The start was rocky – he came in halfway through the year to find mostly blank pages. But since then he’s built up their program, especially their photography, and…
From his career at Nike to an award-winning yearbook adviser, Brad Cook has had a fascinating career. He is currently advising his 14th yearbook at Gresham High School in Gresham, Oregon. He took the time to share the insights he’s gained over the years with Jim Jordan. You can learn more about Cook by listen…
Darren Thomas has been teaching for years, but never advised a yearbook until the 2019 school year. As a new teacher at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, he was looking for a way to feel more connected to his new school. He leaned on his editors that first year, and the staff created…
Pat Monroe has been an adviser at Burges High School in El Paso, Texas, for 29 years. During that time, her staffs have won many awards for their yearbook. Monroe is this month’s Adviser of Note. You can learn more about her story in her podcast interview on Yearbook Chat with Jim. Find it at…
