Adviser Timeline Fall 2022-2023

ADVISER TO DO LIST SEPTEMBER (continued)

❑ Fill out your ladder with detailed coverage for each spread. Determine submission dates for each spread to ensure meeting deadlines. Also fill out the wall ladder for the staff to use. There is a ladder in Yearbook 360 for users of that program. ❑ Create a style guide listing fonts, color usage, folio details and a yearbook mock-up, or create master pages. Put this information in your staff manual. ❑ Start creating page templates, or look through those that Walsworth offers. The Total Design templates, created from award-winning yearbooks, can be found in the Yearbook 360 – Online Design Template Catalog or for InDesign users, in Support Download in yearbookhelp.com. ❑ Make all staff coverage assignments. Use the Yearbook Suite curriculum unit “Coverage: The Heart of the Yearbook” at walsworthyearbooks.com/yearbooksuite and yearbookhelp.com. Ensure that each student has access to a copy of the ladder that can be updated, such as the Wall Ladder from the Planning Kit. ❑ Have your staff write and prepare a reader survey. ❑ Make sure the staff is covering fall sports, clubs, student life and academics. ❑ If you haven’t already, use our “A Simple Approach to Writing Great Captions” video, lesson plan and activities to get your staff ready for writing. Find this at walsworthyearbooks.com/greatcaptions. Photography ❑ Use our 5-Day Photography Lesson Plan from Walsworth’s Photo Contest to teach new photographers. Find this at walsworthyearbooks.com/5dayphotoplan. ❑ Double-check the plan for portrait retakes.

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