Register for MASPA's Back-to-School Yearbook Advisers Workshop

The Yearbook Is Journalism
Yearbook Advisers’ Back-to-School Workshop
Newton South, Thursday, Aug. 23
1 pm-4 pm
$10
Come Together with a group of yearbook advisers from across the state to dig into the real problems we’re all facing. The company-agnostic workshop will have three sessions:

It Starts With Story
From the theme to the ladder to design decisions on individual spreads, the driving force should be the story you’re trying to tell your readers. Hear how one veteran newspaper adviser has tried to learn that lesson as he’s moved into the yearbook world.

Skill Session
Want a quick refresher on how to write an effective caption? To get a quick overview of Photoshop or the settings on a DLSR? A short session designed for yearbook advisers to learn the basics of a discrete skill you want to know more about.

“Is this any good?”
A group of advisers uses a concrete discussion protocol to look up close at real student design and writing, asking questions like, “What about this works? What doesn’t?” “How do I help the kid improve and get better?”

1. What is your first name?
*This question is required.

2. What is your last name? *This question is required.

3. At which school do you work? *This question is required.

4. What's the name of your yearbook? *This question is required.

5. What is a good email address at which to reach you over the summer? *This question is required.

6. The second session of the workshop has the following description:

Skill Session
Want a quick refresher on how to write an effective caption? To get a quick overview of Photoshop or the settings on a DLSR? A short session designed for yearbook advisers to learn the basics of a discrete skill you want to know more about.

Which of the following would be a useful topic to you for a short skills session like this? *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

7. The third session of the workshop has the following description:

“Is this any good?”
A group of advisers uses a concrete discussion protocol to look up close at real student photos, writing, or spreads, asking questions like, “What about this works? What doesn’t?” “How do I help the kid improve and get better?”

This kind of session works best with a piece of student work you're legitimately confused about how to react to. Do you have a piece of work that you think would work well?
*This question is required.

8. Describe the student work