Today is one of my favorite former editor's birthday. Happy Birthday Dylan!
That reminds me that sometimes it's the small things, the extra effort advisers put in to recognizing staff members which make the most impact.
Create a small poster or area in your journalism room to celebrate staff birthdays. Maybe have an actually party each month or each season to celebrate those kids.
Years ago, I did a Student Of The Week board. Quite elementary, but when a former student returned for a visit she commented on how I didn't do that anymore. She had remembered the week she was honored and recalled it for me. The little appreciations, notes, positive emails to parents, birthday cards...those are the actions that endear a student to you and the journalism program.
Currently, I'm using one of the bulletin boards in my room as a You're A Star board. The photographers on staff select their favorite pictures each week and post them on the board. It not only recognizes the photographer's work, it also promotes pictures that will appear in the yearbook or newspaper; therefore, encouraging the photographed student to buy a yearbook, log on to the e-edition, or save a newspaper for their scrapbook.
Hope you all had a great week. I'll be blogging again on Monday. Thanks for reading!
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