Attending the Walsworth Adviser Academy was a transformative experience filled with valuable insights, practical advice and the forging of a strong sense of community. Need a reason to sign up? I’ll give you 10! 1. I’m New Here For newcomers to Walsworth or the wide world of yearbook advising, Adviser Academy provided the most impactful…
Putting together a printed publication with hundreds of pages can be intimidating. Without guidance it becomes easy to feel overwhelmed. How do you get students motivated to attend events and take pictures? What tools increase book sales? Can there be systems in place to keep photos organized? Walsworth’s Adviser Academy answers all these questions and…
Are you ready to teach yearbook in the 2024 school year? We’re here to help by inviting you to attend the 2023 Adviser Academy! What Is Adviser Academy? Adviser Academy is a three-day workshop that helps advisers learn how to teach yearbook or teach yearbook better. We created this event just for yearbook advisers –…
Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City will once again offer three full days of classes for brand new or experienced yearbook advisers this summer, July 7-9. This year’s setting will be the InterContinental Hotel, located on Kansas City’s picturesque Country Club Plaza. The Adviser Academy gives yearbook instructors the opportunity to learn, network with other…
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…
In preparation for the Adviser Academy this year, the Yearbooks Blog will be previewing the annual summer workshop with Inside Look at the Academy – a series of Q&As with the instructors. Katie Straka, the yearbook adviser at Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, Missouri, just outside of Kansas City, will be one of the…
Once again, in preparation for the Adviser Academy this year, the Yearbooks Blog will be previewing the annual summer workshop with “Inside Look at the Academy” – a series of Q&As with the instructors. Next month, Leland Mallett, CJE, will get the opportunity to teach at Walsworth’s 2019 Adviser Academy when he serves as one…
Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City will once again offer three full days of classes for brand new or experienced yearbook advisers, July 8-10. This year’s setting will be the InterContinental Hotel, located on Kansas City’s picturesque Country Club Plaza. The Adviser Academy gives yearbook instructors the opportunity to learn, network with other advisers and…
After a rousing game involving blindfolds, birthdays and putting your trust in strangers, 2018 Adviser Academy attendees sat down Wednesday morning to hear from company president Don Walsworth. He shared two histories: the company history and his own personal story. The company The company was started by Walsworth’s grandfather in 1937. His grandmother was a…
Day two of Walsworth’s Adviser Academy in Kansas City kicked off on Tuesday with a presentation from journalism specialist Mike Taylor, CJE, and yearbook special consultant Jim Jordan, who shared the foundational elements that every great yearbook has in the session, “The Look. The Story. The Words. The Images.” The two experienced yearbookers explained “the…
