SURVIVING & THRIVING
If you’re reading this blog, more than likely you’ve found your way into the wonderful world of yearbook. First things first, welcome! Doing the yearbook is an exciting and special opportunity to be a part of your school’s history. At the same time, it can be an overwhelming project. If you’re like many yearbook advisers, you’ve probably asked yourself a series of questions similar to the one above.
When you’re a first-year teacher, everyone has advice. They’ll forward you TED Talks and inspirational quotes and coupons for Teacher Heaven. You’ll get all of your keys and curricula and maybe even a district-logo tote bag and a copy of the book trending in the education world. But no one really tells you what’s about to happen, or how to navigate the next year, or several years, of your professional life.
In her 17th year of teaching, adviser Danielle Bell shared 15 pieces of advice she learned the "hard way."
Taking over yearbook is a bit like being thrown into in the deep end of the pool with no life vest. You sink or you swim. But for better or worse, you’re the new adviser. So, grab your swimsuit, and take a deep breath. We’re jumping in, too.
While advisers would love to have an all-journalism schedule, that’s not always reality. Eight advisers share their strategies for a multi-discipline balancing act.
A rock with a simple message became a symbol of empowerment and strength for adviser Mike Tobias and his yearbook staff.
Halfway through March, you're submitting final pages or hitting your stride for summer and fall deliveries. Either way, you need a well-deserved break.
Being an adviser can be incredibly rewarding and challenging. Those challenges are elevated when taking over a yearbook program. Veteran advisers weighed in on how to win over the staff and keep your sanity the first year at a new school.
Good. Better. Best. It is a process. Discover what it takes to be the best. Adviser Holly Hartman shares strategies for how she's developed a successful program.
The yearbook world can be challenging and rewarding. Twelve teachers share how advising changed and shaped them.
With seven months, 272 pages, five deadlines, 17 staff members, and two programs to learn, there is one question: How does a staff that has very little journalism training make a book that is respected by the student body, community and the publishing company?