Timeline And Resource Guide For Mentors

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“ A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, ‘Look, it’s not that tough. It’s not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.” Joe Jonas

Spring is here and this is the glorious month when every spring delivery book will be done. It’s time to celebrate! Congratulate your mentee and celebrate all they have accomplished this year with them! Depending on when you started school and when your spring break falls, this is the season for the book to be complete. Some schools in Texas finaled as early as the first week of March, and some in California and New York with late spring breaks are still putting the finishing touches on this year’s editions. You may still have some proofs left or a supplement to complete, but most of the heavy lifting is behind you. APRIL CHECKLIST Here are some considerations to pass on your mentee for April. Keep the celebrations going. Whenever you finish, be sure to make it a memorable moment. Your students will remember for the rest of their lives how they felt when they finished this monumental project. Celebrate big. This is a huge deal. Stop. Breathe. Get away from it for a while. However it works best for you, plan some time to get away from yearbook. There is still a lot to do before the book arrives and certainly there is always planning you can do for next year. But take some time totally for yourself. If you planned well and the dates fell right, you finished the book right as you were starting spring break. But if that didn’t happen, you must still plan for uninterrupted time away from thoughts of yearbook. You have earned it.

Perfect the book in proofs. If you are an InDesign book, you will still have proofs to correct in April that may annoy you and take up more of your time and energy. But hang in there and give your pages the careful and thoughtful final look they deserve. Careful proofing and editing will make a good book the very best it can be. AND RESOURCES

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