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• Nov 15, 2021

ORGANIZING PHOTOS For Your School's Yearbook

So many different kinds of pictures are needed for the yearbook! How in the world can the hundreds and thousands of pictures taken be organized for easy access and use? It can be an overwhelming task to think about.

Some of us are blessed with an innate sense of organization, utilizing folders and spreadsheets with ease. Others of us have piles of work that we only periodically, if ever, sort through. And for those of us who find peace with piles, our organization makes sense. However, as a “pile person” who has been given the challenge of yearbook production, I’ve realized that piles do not always work. Something else has to help with the photographs that forever multiply.

Here is what I did: I embraced a digital folder system. I had to. Nothing else was working for me, and I was overworking myself. In order to work smarter, I sat with our school’s IT guru to sort out a system that could help me, my students, and the thousands of photos that were accumulating.

First: Storage. Our school had just leaped from onsite servers to cloud storage, and all of the teachers and students were now using Google Drive. However, student storage was limited and quickly eaten up by the number of photos required for each assignment. On the other hand, teacher storage was unlimited. So, the answer to this dilemma was to create student space on my teacher drive and share it with them.

I nested folders within folders to separate and provide a clear line of organization--Yearbook >Photographs > Spring Sports > Girls Soccer, etc. These specific folders were shared with students who needed access for spreads, and I also shared them with Student Leadership (i.e., Section Leaders, Photography Editor, Co-Editors) as warranted.

Which folders needed to be created and where to place them were decisions that we all made together. My student leaders and I created the basic network, and I explicitly taught the entire Yearbook Staff how to access and upload the photographs.

"I found that being intentional with my students was important..."

Second: Assignments. Tracking assignments per student, especially when photographs are involved, is critical. So, again, using the same procedure—creating space for students on my teacher Drive and then sharing the folders—allowed me to track assignments and their deadlines (Google marks the time that documents are uploaded or accessed)! I could also lock students out of folders when necessary, like during deadlines or finals, or when I would grade.

I purposefully taught and practiced this organizational tactic with my yearbook staff. These students have multiple classes with teachers who each have different expectations and perhaps even different platforms that students are expected to master. I never took for granted that all my students already knew this stuff. However, even though they are digital natives, many find themselves lost in the methods and options they face each day. I found that being intentional with my students was important: While organizing the yearbook, students are also trying to find the best way to organize themselves as well.

I hope this helps. United Yearbook Printing is always ready to assist—contact us at any time.

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Lucy McHugh, Yearbook Leadership Mentor

Lucy comes to United Yearbook Printing via a 38-year career in public and private school education. She was a former yearbook adviser at Xavier College Preparatory High School. She earned a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska in 2000. And in 2014 earned a Certificate in Catholic School Leadership from Loyola Marymount University. Lucy taught K-12 Art and was awarded the 2001 Nebraska Art Teacher of the Year, and in 2010 she was awarded Nebraska Elementary Art Teacher of the Year. Most recently Lucy was awarded the 2017 CA High School Art Teacher of the Year.

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Planning the First Week of Yearbook Class

You’ve just been assigned the yearbook, or last year didn’t go so well, and you want your first days plans to be solid, effective, and fun! Does this sound like you? I’ve been there. The first week of school is a whirlwind, but in yearbook class, the first week back to school is even more topsy turvy, to say the least. You might have looked through my Tips for New Advisers post or How to Have a Picture-Perfect Start to the Year posts for adviser-facing suggestions, and you feel good-to-go from that side of things. However, now it’s time to decide what to do when students are walking through the door — AKA planning the first week of yearbook class! When I think about what to do the first week of school in my yearbook class, I try to think of it like one my English classes in some ways, and in other ways, it is completely different! In this blog post, I’ll share my student-facing plans for the first week of yearbook class.

Day One: Icebreakers and Team Building

This first day is all about you getting to know the staff, them getting to know each other, and setting the tone for the environment you want your class to have. Depending on how much time you have in a class period (I have 75 minutes) is what will determine how many of the following activities you would get done on Day One. I do feel they are all necessary “first days” activities, so if you can’t get them all scheduled for the first day, do some the second day.

• I love to start with some sort of team-building exercise: break-out box game , simple ice breaker, building something with crazy supplies.

• Give out a small gift.

• Hand out parent permission forms and equipment contracts and do a strengths/struggles assessment. You can find these materials in my Back-to-School Yearbook Survival Pack .

Day Two: Photo Assignments

It is never too early to start assigning student beats (also known as specialised reporting where journalists focus on a particular idea, topic, subject, sport, or area over time). We will look at sports schedules and start making calendars and to-do lists to get events and games covered. I will also have students email teachers of their assigned subjects to ask for best times to come in and take pics and ask if the teachers will even be willing to send some. We also begin discussing ladder if there is time. You can read more about Planning a Yearbook Ladder at this post. Materials for planning photo assignments and the ladder are included in my Yearbook Adviser Starter Kit.

Day Three: Advertising

If your program earns money by selling ads to businesses or to seniors for senior tributes, go ahead and make ad assignments during the first week. I try to assign past ads and distribute them evenly among staffers. They collect needed info to make calls, and we role play how to actually sell the ads. All the materials for selling ads are in my Yearbook Advertising Complete Teaching Pack .

Day Four and Five: Theme

Developing the theme of the yearbook is one of the best parts but also one of the most challenging parts! So many people have so many good ideas, so you really have to be prepared with a plan and process to find the best one for your book each year. I discuss more about developing a yearbook theme in this video on Instagram . You can also find tools for theme developing in my Yearbook Adviser Starter Kit .

Day Six: Coverage Assignments & Photo Project

Begin daily bell ringers. The bell ringers bring a new level of organization and structure to your class. I have developed two sets of yearbook bell ringers, and you can grab them here . Next, I assign staffers their “families” or groups of students. You can read more about how I do that on my Yearbook Coverage Post . It’s a game changer! Last, it’s time for students to start working on a back-to-school photo project, so they can start getting to know their “families.” All my photo projects can be found in my Yearbook Curriculum .

Day Seven: Work Day

At this time, students have several things going: ads, getting to know their “families,” and their photo project. Once they’ve done their bell ringers, they will be working independently. Be sure to set deadlines for each of these and plan time for students to share their project. This is what yearbook is all about – management multiple projects at once to get it all done!

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The yearbook is finished-what now (part i–projects).

1. GRAPHICS NOTEBOOK

Students should look through magazines and collect a variety of graphic ideas. Give students a list of items (with a specific number of required examples) to find such as headline treatments, folios, secondary story packages, drop or raised caps, wrapped text, pulled-quote or have them just find items they like and organize them in a way that is pleasing and makes sense to the reader. They should keep the notebooks for ideas for next year’s book. This project can be an on-going assignment throughout the year with additional requirements added at different points. Consider adding typography treatments, photography elements, page layouts, color design, etc.

2. DESIGN A PERSONAL YEARBOOK

This final project should include a cover, endsheet, title page, opening, division page and one spread from each section of the book. It can be an autobiographical yearbook with personal photos, essays, poems, activities, interests, etc. built around a personal theme determine by the individual (a favorite song, a movie title, etc.) or by a general theme topic assigned to all that each person will develop in his/her own way. Or, this can be a starting-off point for next year’s book. Students can work individually or in groups to produce a mini-yearbook that could potentially be expanded into next year’s book.

3. STAFF NOTEBOOK

Each staff member creates a notebook to pass on to a new staffer for next year. Notebooks should include a month-by-month calendar of duties and deadlines, a section outlining the position’s tasks and tips on how to complete assignments, with specific instructions on copy writing, cropping, photography, organization, etc. required by the position. Then, have each staff member write a personal letter to the person who will be taking the position next year to include in the front of the notebook. These can be digital or actual hard-copy notebooks in binders or folders. Content is more important than form for this project.

4.CREATIVITY

Design an all-staff design contest for next year’s staff letterhead, business cards, staff t-shirts, etc. Each student submits his/her designs via formal presentation to the entire staff with explanation of their creations. After all presentations are made, secret ballot decides the winning designs.

5. EARN MONEY

Produce the graduation program, prom program, spring concert or play program, tickets, forms etc. as a fund-raiser for yearbook. Design resumes for students seeking summer jobs.

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How to Write A Great Yearbook Photo Caption

A great yearbook photo caption should do two things: it should inform readers and it should entertain. Your yearbook photos are going to be some of the most-seen graphics in the yearbook. If the photo captures your readers’ attention, they’re likely to read the associated caption.

Great yearbook photo captions should tell a story. You may be wondering where to even begin? Our yearbook caption writing tips can help you create memorable, entertaining and informative captions. 

Tips for Writing & Designing Yearbook Photo Captions 

A photo caption is a small, easily digestible piece of information. A great caption should tell the reader everything they need to know about a photo: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Once you’ve gathered this information, the caption will all but write itself! 

Think of writing your yearbook caption like a story-teller would. Give your readers enough information to give them the complete story. Your caption should be able to answer the five W’s :

• Who? Make sure your caption describes who is in the photo. Name up to 6 or 7 people or groups. Top Tip: Take advantage of yearbook publishers with software that helps you index your yearbook images. YearbookLife offers software that will automatically index people you tag in your yearbook photos. Talk about a useful feature!
• What? What is happening in the photo? Try to focus on the non-obvious information. For example, it’s Tom’s first time playing the flute at a school event. Rather than “Tom, playing the flute” you could try, “Tom’s first time playing the flute at the Spring Fling.” 
• When? When did the event happen? Was it special in anyway?
• Where? Where was the photo taken? 
• Why? This is a great opportunity to provide additional information behind the photo. Perhaps it was a charity bake sale. This gives you a chance to tell the reader something they cannot see in the photo. 

Tip: Getting a quote from someone in the picture can really compliment your story-telling! 

Yearbook Photo Captions: Dos and Don’ts

Here’s a quick list of the dos and don’ts for writing your yearbook photo captions:

✅ Answer the five Ws

✅ Be descriptive

✅ Be factual 

✅ Use lively, visual, action verbs

✅ Write in the present tense

✅ Use first and last names

✅ Write in complete sentences

❌  Use label leads (such as baseball guys, etc.)

❌  Use a lot of -ing verbs

❌  State the obvious

❌  Use joke or “gag” captions

❌  Forget you’re telling the reader a story

Writing the yearbook photo captions is a great opportunity to think back on all the fun you’ve had in the school year. Put on your story-telling hat, get creative, and most of all, have fun! 

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Yearbook Photographers: Manage a High School Yearbook Staff

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Introduction to Photography

When you are in charge of managing a high school yearbook staff, you have to be able to teach your students a variety of skills, including writing, journalism, photography and layout and design. On top of that, you also have to manage the business end of the yearbook to ensure you don’t drive your school’s budget into the red. Fun, huh?

When you teach photography skills, keep it basic. All a high school yearbook photographer really needs to know is how to point and shoot the camera. Much beyond that, you can help them learn advanced photography skills later. For now, you just need to get your photography staffers moving so they can bring in the photos that are so essential to your yearbook spread.

Start with these yearbook photography tips:

1. A yearbook photographer can anticipate a shot. You can’t take the perfect yearbook photo after the magic moment passes; you have to set up your camera in advance. If you’re at a basketball game, for example, and you see a kid running toward your basket, it’s time to point your camera at the basket, not the kid. Then you can click that button as soon as he takes the shot, and you’ll get your shot, too.

2. A yearbook photographer knows his camera. When taking action photos, use a burst setting that lowers the click-to-capture rate so you can take a picture of the action while it happens. If you’re outside at night, use one of the night flash settings to optimize the look of your photo. If you have a zoom lens, use it to minimize the amount of editing you’ll have to do on the photo after you take it.

3. A yearbook is full of action shots, not poses. Well, that’s not true; there are plenty of poses in the yearbook, but they belong in the portrait section, not the interest spreads. For a regular yearbook spread, all of the photos need to look like they were captured without the subjects’ notice. Posed shots will take major points away from your book if it is scored by a student journalism association. We all know it’s not always possible to get a shot without cooperation from the subjects of that photo; but if you’re going to pose a shot, at least do your best to act like you didn’t.

Manage the Cameras

Set up a check-out system for any school cameras you are responsible for. Have your photography students sign a disclaimer in advance, agreeing to pay for any damage they cause and replace any cameras they break or lose. Then have them sign out a camera any time they leave the room with it. You will have to be strict on this, because they’ll get lazy. (Teenagers? No!) If a student forgets to sign out a camera, make him bring in his own next time.

When the students finish taking photos, do not let them just put the camera down and walk away. Teach them to see the process through, including uploading the photos to the proper computer or file and letting the designer or writer know that the photos are ready to go on the spread. Make this whole process part of the photographer’s grade.

Manage the Photographers

Your photographers need to be extremely enthusiastic kids with a lot of school spirit. They need to be the kind of kids who will already attend every school function anyway; your job is to remind them to carry a camera with them whenever they do.

Help photographers manage their time by setting up a system where the other staff members (writers, designers) can fill out a paper request for specific photos and give it to the photographer responsible for that particular yearbook spread. This way the photographers can keep track of their assignments and give the completed photos to the right students when they finish taking them.

Grade your photographers on these criteria:

1. Photo quality - have they taken the kinds of photos you’re proud to include in your publication?

2. Task completion - have they taken all the photos they were assigned to take? Did they give their writer and designer several photos to choose from, or only take the minimum required amount? Also included in this part is the fact that they took, uploaded, and organized their photos correctly.

3. Efficiency - Did they complete their photo assignments in a sufficient amount of time so that they could get the photos onto the spread well in advance of the deadline?

Managing a photography staff is like any other aspect of yearbook advising: it gets easier with time, and it flows smoothly if you set up an organized system and follow through with it.

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Illinois high school pauses yearbook distribution due to alleged antisemitic photo

C HICAGO — Days after Bartlett High School halted the distribution of its yearbook due to an image that school officials considered antisemitic, a Change.org petition racked up more than 1,400 signatures opposing the decision while a few students addressed the content of the images at a board of education meeting Monday night.

In a Friday email to parents and students, Bartlett High School’s interim principal, Melanie Meidel, said administrators immediately pulled back distribution to prevent further dissemination, calling the photo “offensive.”

“One of our top priorities is the well-being and respect of our students, staff and community,” Meidel wrote in the email obtained by the Chicago Tribune. “Regrettably, we have become aware that the yearbook was printed with a photo containing text that is considered antisemitic. We will work to remove the page with the photo and will inform students and families when we resume distribution of the yearbook.”

In the email, Meidel did not confirm which photo was flagged, though members of the school’s Muslim Student Association say they believe the photo in question, obtained by the Chicago Tribune, is of a group of students holding up a Palestinian flag and two signs at the school’s multicultural festival in March. One sign reads “from the river to the sea” written across, with Arabic text underneath reiterating the latter.

For Palestinians and their allies, the slogan “from the river to the sea” is a call for peace and equality after 75 years of Israeli statehood and decadeslong, open-ended Israeli military rule over millions of Palestinians, according to The Associated Press. However, pro-Israeli activists often hear a clear demand for Israel’s destruction.

According to Avi Gordon, executive director of Alums for Campus Fairness, he and other pro-Israeli community members believe the term “from the river to the sea” is an anti-semitic charge.

“That chant calls for the dismantling of Israel from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the West,” Gordon said. “It not only makes Jewish and Israeli students feel unsafe but also ostracizes them.”

The other sign the students held in the photo reads “in our hundreds, in our millions, we are all Palestinian.”

On Friday, after some yearbooks had been distributed, students from the yearbook club approached a few MSA students who helped organize the multicultural festival to inquire about the posters in the photo from that day, said Bartlett senior and MSA member Aisha Ali.

“They said they were asking because someone reported the picture for inappropriate and offensive content, especially the Arabic text in the picture,” Ali said.

This interaction happened hours before the official email from Meidel went out, according to Ali.

Attempts to reach Bartlett High School’s yearbook staff were unsuccessful.

In an Instagram post Friday evening , the Bartlett High School Muslim Student Association posted the photo they believe is being incorrectly deemed antisemitic.

The photo features 16 students in traditional Middle Eastern and South Asian clothing in front of a black wall decorated with small flags of the world. A group of male students are holding the Palestinian flag and a couple of female students are holding posters.

Asraar Siddiqui, a Bartlett High School senior, said the picture was from the “flag walk,” in which students representing various backgrounds walk with their flags to highlight the school’s diversity.

“None of these signs were created or displayed with malevolent intent and antisemitic prejudice, and there is nothing inherently offensive about them,” Siddiqui said.

Uday Jain, a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the committee on social thought at the University of Chicago, said pro-Palestine advocates say the slogan is not antisemitic, but rather anti-Zionist. To dispel the idea that supporting Palestinians equates to anti-Jewish hate, it’s essential to differentiate Judaism from Zionist thought, he said.

Jain said students all across the country have been seeing the “vicious violence of this extremely harmful racial ideology,” hence proudly holding up signs that counter it.

“So while it might be emotionally uncomfortable and deeply challenging for some people to learn that an institution they considered sacrosanct is racist and genocidal in practice, they have no right to silence and criminalize students who are making this urgent, thoughtful, and loving critique,” Jain said.

In Friday’s email, Meidel said the administration will review and improve the yearbook approval process to prevent such occurrences in the future, taking into account the seriousness of the issue.

At Monday night’s U-46 district board meeting in Elgin, a few students expressed their disappointment at school officials’ decision to halt the distribution of Bartlett’s yearbook.

“I ask if the Bartlett administration knew the (Arabic meaning) before sending a schoolwide email calling our picture offensive — I like to ask, where exactly there’s antisemitic notions or beliefs?” said Ryhah Rizvi, a Bartlett senior and member of the MSA. “Releasing this email without consulting us led to a complete misinterpretation of the photos’ texts and caused us to feel insignificant amongst other cultures celebrated at the multicultural festival,” she said.

U-46 Superintendent Suzanne Johnson, who chaired Monday night’s board meeting, did not respond to requests for comment, but in an email, district officials said they are working through the matter.

“We are aware of the concerns regarding the Bartlett High School yearbook and are working on a follow-up, as we are committed to addressing this matter thoroughly in line with our Board Policy. We will be sharing an update very soon with our Bartlett High School students and families,” district officials said.

At Monday night’s meeting, Siddiqui — a former student adviser to the board — spoke about the outpouring of support from community members, parents, and alumni on Bartlett High School MSA’s Instagram page, including the Change.org petition .

Rizvi, who waited hours to speak at Monday’s meeting, said she was devastated at the school’s response, which created a problem when there wasn’t one.

“It would be sheer hypocrisy if the institutions that taught us to raise our voices are the same ones that are actively trying to silence us,” Rizvi said. “There’s nothing discriminatory about the liberation of any people, whether they’re white, black, Arab, Christian, Jewish or Muslim.”

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With the conference tournaments now winding down, there is increased anticipation for Monday’s selection show when all 64 teams in the NCAA Tournament are announced.

Early Thursday morning, D1Baseball.com, one of the leading sources of college baseball information, scores, and more, updated its projections for the postseason tournament. D1Baseball has seven of the 13 teams in the Big 12 making the postseason.

TCU (33-20, 14-16 Big 12) is projected to be a No. 3 seed in the Santa Barbara Regional, along with No. 12 UC Santa Barbara, future Big 12 opponent Arizona, and Wright State.

A few weeks ago, the Frogs weren’t sure they’d make a spot in the Big 12 Tournament and were among the last four teams out in D1Baseball’s projections. Now, after winning at least two games in the Big 12 Championship, they most likely have secured a spot in the conference tournament.

Before the Kansas State series, TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos said that if TCU went 6-3 in its last three conference series and maintain a mid-30s RPI, they should be in the tournament. TCU did go 6-3 in those last three series, and after Wednesday’s win over K-State in the tournament, TCU’s RPI sits at 35, fourth best in the Big 12.

Two Big 12 schools, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State , are projected to host Regional. Dallas Baptis t, a team TCU beat twice this year, is projected to make the tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional.

Here are some of the projections from D1Baseball.com as of May 24:

Kansas State – Projected No. 3-seed in the Fayetteville Regional.

Oklahoma – Projected No. 7 national seed, which would have them hosting a Regional in Norman. They would then be line to host a Super Regional, potentially against No. 10 Virginia.

Oklahoma State – Projected No. 13 national seed, which would have them hosting a Regional in Stillwater. Their potential Super Regional would be in College Station against No. 4 Texas A&M.

TCU – Projected No. 3 seed in the Santa Barbara Regional.

Texas – Projected No. 2 seed in the College Station Regional.

UCF – Projected No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional.

West Virginia – Projected No. 2 seed in the Charlottesville Regional.

Dallas Baptist – Projected No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional.

1. Lexington Regional (Kentucky) 2. Knoxville Regional (Tennessee) 3. Chapel Hill Regional (North Carolina) 4. College Station Regional (Texas A&M) 5. Fayetteville Regional (Arkansas) 6. Clemson Regional (Clemson) 7. Norman Regional (Oklahoma) 8. Athens Regional (Georgia) 9. Tallahassee Regional (Florida State) 10. Charlottesville Regional (Virginia) 11. Raleigh Regional (NC State) 12. Santa Barbara Regional (UC Santa Barbara) 13. Stillwater Regional (Oklahoma State) 14. Corvallis Regional (Oregon State) 15. Terre Haute Regional (Indiana State) 16. Greenville Regional (East Carolina)

Assuming every host team wins their Regional (they won’t) and the bottom eight regional hosts all go on the road to play the Super Regional at the top eight teams, and assuming the top eight national seeds all win the Supers (they won’t), here’s how the brackets would be in Omaha:

Bracket One • (1) Kentucky • (4) Texas A&M • (5) Arkansas • (8) Georgia

Bracket Two • (2) Tennessee • (3) North Carolina • (6) Clemson • (7) Oklahoma

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Ideas for Creating Student Yearbook Class Assignments

Yearbook class is a unique experience for students, as it provides an opportunity to learn and practice soft skills that are relevant to the professional and college world. Both of which your students will soon be joining. For you, the leader, by creating yearbook class assignments early, you’ll set your students up for success.

I asked Ryan Novack, at San Francisco’s George Washington High School, to tell us how he goes about creating yearbook class assignments for his team. He provided the following, detailed account. Enjoy!

Create A Yearbook Company

In order to achieve the goal of preparing my students for the real world, I organize my yearbook class as if it was a company. This structure allows for the students to practice skills such as collaborating, communication and organizational skills. In addition to these soft skills, organizing your class like a company allows the students to participate in the way that they are most comfortable and, hopefully, in a way that keeps them engaged.

In this “company,” my students will each have two jobs:

1) The production and editing of the book. With this job, I break each student up into groups and each group is in charge of editing the section to which they are assigned.

2) The promotion and selling of the yearbook.

For this yearbook ideas post, we’ll cover the aspects of producing and editing the yearbook.

Organize By Editor Type

In my class, I broke down responsibilities by two different editor types: Chief editor and staff editor.

Chief Editors

For the Chief Editors, I recommend two Design Editors and two Text Editors. With this structure, each editor will have a partner to work with and collaborate with. Any more than two students and the tasks get a little crowded and the work is harder to manage.

Design Editors (2 Students)

Edit pages for design accuracy and consistency.

Maintain a consistent design and theme for each page as they are turned in.

Text Editor (2 Students)

As each deadline comes up, the text editors ensure each page is submitted and then edits them for language usage, sentence structure and tone.

Staff Editors

For each group of Staff Editors, I recommend no more than four students. For instance, if there are four Sports Editors, two students can be in charge of taking photos and formatting the design for the pages and two students can be in charge of writing the text for the page. These four-person teams allow for an organized collaborative group. Each group is responsible for organizing the calendar of events, attending the various events to capture photos, stories and results, communicating with their respective groups and finally, creating the pages and text. Here are the types of staff editors on my team:

• Sports Editors
• Class Editors
• Activities Editors
• Club Editors

As you can imagine, the class will need certain systems and structural organization in order to achieve the goals they are assigned. Teachers understand that you can’t just tell a student to be “organized about things” and then walk away. You’ll need to spend time with your team setting up systems and discussing the importance of calendars and communication, and saving relevant documents and setting up deadlines.

Nurture Your Team

This requires some nurturing, but it provide the opportunity to teach the students those soft skills we mentioned at the beginning of this post. In addition to teaching the students these skills, you can show them the importance of using certain technology platforms they will encounter in their adult lives as well. If they are going to save documents, they should make it a reflex to save their documents on Google Drive, for instance. If they have a smart phone, it is important to show them the benefit of using their calendars. If they do not have a smart phone and prefer a journal or paper calendar, the same value of writing down deadlines can be reinforced.

Give The Students Ownership

Once instructions are provided, the systems are in place and the students have begun their work, you will see that your yearbook will develop into an organic, student-driven project. Putting the time into this organization will pay off in the end and, most importantly, will make your students more successful.

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