Jostens provides a host of tools to help you create a truly memorable yearbook. Check out our best-in-class lesson plans, tutorials and classroom resources.
Learn about leadership from a fellow yearbook editor on Roles of a Photo Editor
Listen to real-life yearbook Editors from Kirkwood High School share tips and tackle challenges that can make you a stronger leader of your classmates.
A school yearbook is more than just a keepsake. Students on yearbook staff collaborate and use cross-curricular academic skills in a real-world context to create and market a product for their peers.
Yearbook class has a little bit of everything. Including:
- REAL-WORLD BUSINESS APPLICATION like professional-level sales campaigns, social media integration, creative problem solving as well as
deadline and project management that set involved students up for success in any college or career path.
- TECHNOLOGY SKILLS FOR A DIGITAL WORLD are gained, with students gathering 100+ hours utilizing cutting-edge technology in design,
photography, publishing, Online collaboration and social media.
- PUBLISHING AND SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE is gained in the areas of interviewing, photography, storytelling and design, allowing students to impact the school community by producing and refining work for an audience
Jostens offers resources that meet students and advisers where they are and
help facilitate the development of both hard and soft skills that students on
yearbook staff will continue to use into their future. Some of these include:
Staff Leader Manuals - Part textbook and part workbook, these mini booklets
give staff leaders the tools they need to be successful in any role, from photo
editor to business manager.
Ideas on Deck - There’s never a dull moment in yearbook, and there’s never a
shortage of ideas for social media posts, culture building activities or creative
coverage opportunities with this student-friendly resource.
Editor to Editor Video series - A library of videos, like the example at the top
of this page, with student leaders on Jostens staffs from across the country
sharing ideas and best practices on anything from managing unreliable class-
mates to creating a coverage plan that appeals to your school community.
A school yearbook is more than just a keepsake. Students on yearbook staff collaborate and use cross-curricular academic skills in a
real-world context to create and market a product for their peers.
