Ladder Logic: Planning For Coverage

In this training video, advisers Regina DeDominicis, Nathan Ulrey and Stephanie Hudson break down how to create and organize your ladder, involve your staff in the process and keep coverage balanced throughout the year. From using last year’s ladder as a starting point to leaving room for unexpected events, you’ll learn practical strategies and see real classroom examples of how advisers keep their staffs organized and on track for deadlines.

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Stephanie Hudson is a CTE Digital Media teacher and yearbook adviser in Monroe, Washington, about 40 minutes outside of Seattle. The 2026 edition will mark her 24th yearbook, and her 16th at Monroe High School. With a strong background in digital media and a passion for storytelling, Hudson guides her staff in creating books that capture both the big events and the small moments of each school year.

Regina DeDominicis advises the yearbook at Monroe High School in Monroe, Washington. After serving as editor-in-chief of her high school yearbook, she studied graphic design and worked as a web developer and designer for 15 years before moving into education. She now teaches photography, graphic design and yearbook production, where she has found her true passion.

Her staffs have earned recognition as Pacemaker Finalists, a Pacemaker Winner and a Texas ILPC Bronze Star. In 2024, both the PK–8 and 9–12 books she advises were part of the 2024 Walsworth Yearbooks President Collection.

Nathan Ulrey is the journalism adviser and an English teacher at Walnut Grove High School in Loganville, Georgia. Go Warriors! He has advised yearbooks for 17 of his 19 years teaching and this is his seventh year with the WGHS Arrowhead. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with family, reading, watching a good show and woodworking