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Spring into action and start planning your 2014 yearbook. Here’s a list of 14 things you can do now to help plant the seeds for a fun and rewarding yearbook experience.
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ecruiting a good yearbook team is essential. Look for students who are energetic, creative, enthusiastic, dependable, organized and responsible. Treat this like any other job opening. Ask students to complete an application. Conduct a 15-minute, face-toface interview to see if they have the skills, motivation and attitude you’re looking for. Check their references.
Use a variety of ways to spread the word: • Post a recruitment notice on your yearbook’s Facebook page or on your school’s website. • Tweet about it. • Display recruitment posters around the school or distribute flyers. • Broadcast information about the staff openings during the morning PA announcements. • Place ads in the school newspaper or other local publications read by students. • Ask teachers and staff members for recommendations. • Post a video on YouTube or Facebook that highlights what it’s like to work on the yearbook. • Send personal letters to students you’d like to recruit. • Visit yearbook staffs at middle schools that feed into your high school. • For more ideas, scan the QR code below with your smartphone to watch a video featuring award-winning yearbook adviser Sarah Nichols, Whitney High School [CA].
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