Traditions that Strengthen your Yearbook Family Bond
Don’t wait until your staff get overwhelmed and shut down. As you see the signs of the winter blues and waning motivation, implement plans!
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- Nov 30
- 5 min
It’s All Good!
Those weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break in my yearbook class were action packed. Project Management made all the difference.
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- Nov 23
- 5 min
Getting Faces Into The Yearbook
The Yearbook class is a microcosm of the real-life version of the student community. Getting faces into the yearbook is important.
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- Nov 16
- 5 min
Digital vs Print–A Question of Staying Power
Would generating more screens via a digital yearbook really create more meaning for the student staff and their peers?
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- Nov 9
- 5 min
Having a Heart for Leadership
It is not enough to have a team with clear job descriptions. Good leadership is intentionally developed.
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- Nov 3
- 5 min
It Takes a Village
Faculty can help document and preserve the story of your school. Genuinely, how many students have these people helped and encouraged.
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- Oct 26
- 6 min
How to Connect with a Disengaged Student…
Let’s face it–the grind of school everyday is wearisome! This is normal. Here's how to engage with disengaged students.
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- Oct 12
- 6 min
Inundated With Information: Teaching Our Students Journalistic Ethics and Digital Citizenship
What should we teach our students about being a mindful digital citizen? How do we help them give credit to whom it is due?
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- Oct 5
- 6 min
Software Skills–What Do We Need to Know?
I researched thoroughly the purposes of a yearbook and what was needed to create a successful yearbook, including software skills.
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- Sep 27
- 5 min
How to use Our Instructional Guides
We have prepared curriculum guides to make the process of teaching your yearbook class successful, helpful, and productive as possible.
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- Sep 21
- 5 min
The Beginning--What Needs To Be Done & By Whom
The yearbook itself would be a collection of shared and individual voices from the classroom.
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- Aug 16
- 6 min
Self Care Tips Every Yearbook Adviser Needs
As a yearbook adviser, you must create space to focus on your mental, physical, and student's health.
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- Aug 4
- 5 min
Final Touches on Making Your Classroom a Home
The final day of the Making a House a Home conference covered advice to equip one’s toolbelt for the purpose of a successful yearbook class.
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- Aug 3
- 5 min
Making Leaders out of a School's Yearbook Staff
On Day Two of our Making a House a Home yearbook workshop, our speakers discuss the responsibility of tackling projects in a yearbook class.
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- Aug 2
- 4 min
The Heart Behind each Yearbook Adviser
The speakers for Day One of Making a House a Home Conference successfully shed light on the importance of the yearbook creation.
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- Aug 1
- 4 min
An Adviser’s Guide for a Successful new school year
Our workshop, Making a House a Home, set out to prepare and empower all yearbook advisers who joined.
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- May 20
- 4 min
Saying Farewell to Your Seniors
Your book is out and distributed, your grades ready to turn in, but there’s one last lesson to teach: How to say goodbye.
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- May 18
- 6 min
Thinking About Next Yearbook–A Summer Workshop For Your Yearbook Staff
Starting out the year with a prepared staff changes everything. A summer workshop could do just that!
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- Apr 12
- 8 min
When it Comes to Yearbooks, People Do Judge a Book by its Cover
It’s April, and — we hope — your book is completely (or nearly) done. Congratulations! Now it’s time to think about next year, which...
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- Mar 23
- 7 min
Building a House or Building a Book: Punch Lists Keep Things Moving Forward
A dozen or so years ago, I had the occasion to build a house on a small lake. The location was idyllic. It was the home of my dreams. And...
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