Leading the Publication Pack

1. Editor Leadership Training Leading the Publication Pack

2. Finding the Strengths of Your Staff • Publications is a TEAM effort. • Empower your staff to do what they love. • How can we identify those strengths and weaknesses for the entire staff? • “Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”—Confucius

3. Include All The Colors on Your Staff • True Colors Personality Testing • www.truecolorstest.com/True-Colors-Personality-Test.html • What colors are you? • How does this help organize your staff?

4. Building Your Team From Scratch • Make New Rules and Keep the Old • Begin at the Bell • Laughter is the Best Medicine • Get the Most From All of You • Make the Most of your Office and Deadlines • Pat Yourselves on the Back • Take Care of Yourself • Get to Know the People You Work With • Treat Your Rookies Well • Don’t Take It Personally • Enter The Classroom Smiling Each Day!

5. Make New Rules and Keep The Old • School Rules • Must be followed; if there is one preventing you from doing your job, work with the administration • Most of the time the administration understands the difference between the student population and the journalism students • Class Rules • Decide these as a staff, hold each other accountable • Rulesshould be in place to make the publication more efficient

6. Begin At The Bell • Tardies • What does a tardy look like? • What happens when you get one? Make it physical labor for fun!! • Class Meeting • Start each class with a meeting led by editors. Adviser should sit back and oversee, not run the meeting. • Give the rundown for the day and upcoming deadlines. • Pre-Planning • Editors must be prepared before class to run meeting. • Editors should touch base with adviser before or after school.

7. Laughter Is the Best Medicine • Cutthroat Christmas Party • Bring out the white elephants and inside jokes. • Keep it fun but give gifts that bring up the funny memories of the year so far. • Work Parties • Make Friends with other schools • Travel to contest and conventions together. • Find humorous picsof staff members and have a caption contest. • Game Day

8. Get the Most From All of You • Raise Expectations • Recruit from the best • Talk to AP teachers • Find the Positives • Dwell on the good things • Too much time is spent harping on missed deadlines or poor copy • Go out of your way to point out the strong elements too

9. Make the Most of the Office and Deadlines • Office Clutter • Organize a place for food • Have a “To Do” list • Section Editor Check off Sheets • Post and Enforce Mini-Deadlines • Make a Huge Calendar • Find a “Chill Out” spot

10. Pat Yourselves on the Back • Praise!!! • Send Thank You notes • Staff T-Shirts • Staffer of the Week

11. Take Care of Yourself • Publications is a Marathon---be ready for mile 25 • Get Sleep • Exercise • Eat Healthy • Bond outside of the J-Lab

12. Get to Know the People You Work With • Buy an opposite sex magazine • You can learn a lot from Glamour or Sports Illustrated. • Recruit from both sexes • Bring diversity to your staff.

13. Treat Your Rookies Well • Be honest with your staff • Ask questions • Post-It Ideas

14. Don't Take It Personally • “Bad Day” Coupon • Everyone gets one a semester. There will be a day when everyone needs a “mental health day.” • Magic Wand • Criticism is Inevitable – do it right

15. Enter the Classroom Smiling (everyday) • You set the tone, pace and attitude. • Be a role model always.

16. Put It In Action • As a team, which of these ideas do you think should be implemented for sure? • What are some new ideas that weren’t on this list that you could use to build traditions and staff motivation?