RENAISSANCE FOR YEARBOOK

Renaissance for Yearbook Ideas

DO YEARBOOK DIFFERENT: RENAISSANCE FOR YEARBOOK

Jostens Renaissance is focused on cultivating a thriving environment: getting results through joyful interactions and reinforcement of the goal.

Browse the Renaissance for Yearbook ideas below to find ideas, big and small, that you can do with your yearbook staffers. Have an idea of your own? Add it to our Idea Exchange and share it with the Renaissance community by clicking here.

Learn more about Renaissance for Yearbook here.

Renaissance for Yearbook is built around the Results Formula™

Each of the Renaissance for Yearbook ideas in the Idea Exchange categories below have been submitted by educators who tried them, tested them, and loved them.

Steal all the ideas you want. Renaissance is all about seeing what others do and making it your own!

Defining what the most important values and behaviors are on your staff

Recognizing the behaviors and values that will help you achieve your goals

Rewarding the behaviors and values that help you achieve your goals

Reinforcing behaviors and values through visuals, words and traditions

Building collaborative and functional relationships through fun

MAKE A PLAN!

We recommend that yearbook advisers and staffers begin by collaborating, using the planner below. Renaissance for Yearbook is much more powerful if it is rooted in concepts from both students and adults. Advisers, this means that you should not feel responsible for making all aspects of the plan happen. Your job is to facilitate.

Download the planner below and complete it using the ideas above as inspiration. Make them your own and submit any new ideas you try and love so other yearbook staffs can see them!

HEY! WE NEED YOUR IDEAS!

The Idea Exchange wouldn’t exist without submissions from educators who found something that worked and shared the idea. We’d love to see your brilliance showcased here!

ALL RENAISSANCE FOR YEARBOOK IDEAS

The "I'm Here For It" Rewards
Character Recognition & Reward, Reinforce, Reward

Demonstrate to students that showing up matters! An affordable reward to encourage attendance can make an ongoing impact, especially in schools that actively encourage healthy relationships between students…

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See, Hear, Love Notes
Relationships

Establish a culture of  gratitude by taking time regularly to write thank you notes to those who support staffers and the yearbook to show them you…

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Birthday Celebrations
Relationships

Celebrate everyone on the staff by making birthday festivities a fun tradition. Activity Goal: Build relationships  Materials: Cake or treats, props (party hats, confetti, etc) Submitted…

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Staff Profiles
Relationships

Your yearbook staffers are rock stars! Use social media to make them feel that way, and remind the community that people they know are working hard to make the…

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Yearbook Mentors
Relationships

Organize a formal yearbook mentor program to empower your returning staffers and provide perspective and support to newer staffers. Activity Goal: Build relationships  Materials: None Submitted…

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Question of the Day
Relationships

Build rapport among staff with a quick Question of the Day – you can make up your own, or use the questions found below! Activity Goal:…

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Brain Break
Relationships

Sometimes we all just need a break! When stress levels are off the chart or the staff has a case of the “blahs,” take a minute…

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Feeling Finder
Relationships

On a scale of Dog, how are you feeling today? Use student-designed emotion charts to check in on each other in a fun, friendly way. Activity Goal:…

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Ceiling Tiles: Yearbook Edition
Relationships, Reward

Give yearbook staffers a chance to make a personal mark on the school while celebrating meeting their goals by painting a ceiling tile.​ Activity Goal: Reward…

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High Fives
Relationships

Build camaraderie and trust while practicing giving and receiving compliments by taking time during in your next yearbook editing period to have staffers write notes of…

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Photo Hunt
Relationships

Create a Photo Hunt – an activity where you assign yearbook staffers to work in teams to search for and capture photos you need to meet…

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Sassy Snacks
Reinforce, Relationships

What’s more fun than a snack? A snack with attitude! A clever message turns a treat into a morale booster.​ Activity Goal: Reinforce goals and sweeten…

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One Word
Reinforce, Relationships

What’s one word that describes a strong leader or co-staffer? Use this discussion to reflect as a staff on qualities needed for leadership and collaboration.​ Activity Goal:…

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The Harbor for Yearbook
Reinforce

Reinforce the values and behaviors your yearbook staff needs to succeed with The Harbor. Rich, raw and engaging video content is supplemented by critical thinking discussion guides to…

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Leadership Curriculum for Yearbook
Reinforce

Yearbook advisers will find many lessons applicable for yearbook classes in the Jostens Renaissance Leadership Curriculum. The curriculum offers project-based lessons that cultivate leadership skills that make for a…

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Big Deal Day
Relationships

Earning a yearbook leadership position is a big deal, so make it feel that way with Recognition from other student leaders.​ Activity Goal: Recognize new yearbook…

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Hug Mail
Relationships

Don’t just say you’ll support each other – make it a regular tradition! Collect kind notes every day and then share them weekly in a feel-good…

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Wearables
Reinforce, Respect

Create a mission statement for the school year and have t-shirts or other wearables made for all yearbook staffers. Activity Goal: Reinforce the staff’s mission and…

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Fantastic Foto Friday
Reinforce

Celebrate Friday and the week’s new photos with a fun show and tell!​ Activity Goal: Reinforce quality photography and identify areas for improvement​ Materials: A way…

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Weekly Accomplishment Board
Reinforce

Create a Weekly ACComplishment Board – a Google Form that forces staffers to reflect on their effort, accomplishments, and the support they’ve received from fellow staffers. Activity…

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Yearbook Kit Posters
Reinforce

The posters provided in your Yearbook Kit can reinforce the result you want by making both the goal and progress toward it highly visible. Activity Goal:…

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To Do - Doing - DONE!
Reinforce

Create a board to visually track progress toward yearbook creation tasks.  Activity Goal: Reinforce progress toward reaching results Materials: Board with three columns and space for…

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Paper Chains
Reinforce

Use colorful paper chains to represent yearbook creation milestones and provide visual reinforcement when a goal is reached. Activity Goal: Reinforce the accomplishment of results Materials:…

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Values and Actions
Respect

Defining the values and actions that will make your staff successful is an important first step in knowing what to recognize, reward and reinforce. Activity Goal:…

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Insta Giveaway
Reward

Use the power of social media and a sweepstakes to get content , grow your following and sell yearbooks. A prize, like a gift card or…

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I Had a Hand In This
Reinforce, Reward

Let your students show some pride and have some fun with paint! Create a space in your room where students can add their handprints as they…

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Preferred Parking
Reinforce, Reward

On a regular cadence, Reward a staffer with a special chair or workspace as their “preferred parking” in class. Activity Goal: Reward a yearbook staffer Materials:…

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Award Ceremony
Reinforce, Reward

Stage a formal yearbook award ceremony to publicly recognize the excellent work done by staffers and reinforce an understanding of the qualities that are seen in…

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Piñata Party
Reward

Parties are an important part of relationship-building and the yearbook staff should have an occasional party just for the heck of it. But parties can also…

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Treasure Chest
Reward

When your yearbook staffers need a little extra motivation, announce a trip to the Treasure Chest when they finish a task or project. Activity Goal: Reward…

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Random Goal Check
Reward

Surprise staffers who have met a mini-deadline, learned a skill or completed a task with an unexpected Reward.  Activity Goal: Recognize and Reward staffers Materials: Treats…

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Spread Parade
Recognize

Showcase yearbook spreads and Recognize excellent work with notes that Reinforce your standards for great work with a Spread Parade. Activity Goal: Recognize excellent yearbook content…

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Staffer of the Week
Recognize

​Establish a tradition of recognizing a staffer each week whose actions and character show Respect to the Result you’re aiming for with a visible Staffer of…

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Skill Belts
Recognize, Reinforce

Establish visible levels of achievement so students can be Recognized for gaining skills while you Reinforce your goals with Skill Belts.​ Activity Goal: Recognize yearbook students…

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Weekly Updates
Recognize, Reinforce

The key to collaboration is knowing what’s going on! Gather yearbook staffers at least once each week to share updates, plan for what needs to be…

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Paper Plate Awards: Yearbook Edition
Recognize

Let your yearbook editors have a little fun with markers and paper plates! Create informal awards to Recognize character traits or accomplishments they want to Reinforce. Activity…

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Gnome Award
Recognize

Establish a tradition of yearbook staffers recognizing each other for an admirable work ethic, character trait or accomplishment by passing along a fun award. Activity Goal:…

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Standout Staffer Shout-Out
Recognize

Email an administrator about a staffer who went above and beyond and deserves special recognition, in a way that also reinforces the valuable skills that a…

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Skill Zips
Recognize, Reinforce

Use this easy and affordable recognition activity to give students a visible, portable way to demonstrate they are gaining skills and proficiency. Activity Goal: Recognize yearbook…

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Character Awards
Recognize, Reinforce

Use Character Awards to Recognize staffers for demonstrating qualities that make the staff more successful. Activity Goal: Reinforce important character traits by recognizing students who have demonstrated…

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