Virtual PD: Camp Yearbook 2026

If you're already thinking about next year's yearbook, you're our kind of person.

Maybe you're a first-year adviser wondering where to start. Maybe you're a parent volunteer trying to make sense of page counts, deadlines, and photo collection. Maybe you're a veteran adviser looking for fresh ideas, stronger systems, or a better way to include more students in your book. Or maybe you're simply hoping this year feels a little less overwhelming than the last one.

If you're staring at next year, wondering where to start, Camp Yearbook is a virtual yearbook training experience designed to help advisers build confidence, solve problems, and create stronger yearbooks. It’s a cameras-on, all-in yearbook planning experience.

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You’ll leave with

• A yearbook workbook you can use all year long
• Coverage ideas from schools like yours
• A completed (or nearly complete) yearbook ladder and coverage plan
• A marketing plan for parents
• Connections with other like-minded advisers

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What is Camp Yearbook?

Camp Yearbook is a two-day virtual yearbook training experience for teachers, advisers, club leaders, parent volunteers, and school staff responsible for creating yearbooks.

It's two days of planning, problem-solving, collaboration, and idea-sharing designed to help you create a better yearbook through

• Small-group discussions
• Treering training
• Peer idea sharing
• Working sessions
• Real examples from Treering schools across the country

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Instead of simply learning about yearbooks, attendees spend two days actively improving their own programs.

You'll leave with new ideas, practical resources, meaningful progress on your yearbook plan, and a community of people who understand exactly what you're facing.

‍Our theme: “Powered by Caffeine and Coverage”

We all need a little energy and a plan to be successful this year.

Coverage isn’t just about filling pages. It’s about making sure students can open their yearbook and find themselves inside. 

We designed Camp Yearbook around that goal.

Homerooms

Every attendee joins a small mentor group led by a Treering expert. The eight groups include: 

• Elementary new advisers
• Elementary return advisers
• Middle school club advisers
• Middle school class advisers
• High school club advisers
• High school class advisers
• K-8/K-12 school club advisers
• K-8/K-12 school class advisers

This is your opportunity to ask specific questions, share challenges, and learn from advisers in similar situations. 

Homerooms happen throughout camp, so you can debrief breakouts and ask real-time questions. 

“It gave us a place to ask the nitty gritty questions and get real time responses. It was also wonderful to see others posting ideas and answering question in the chat, and just seeing the Treering community come to life.” - 2025 Camp Yearbook attendee

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Campfire conversations

New for Camp Yearbook 26, Campfire Conversations are the larger discussion groups designed around your role:

Conversation 1: Solo advisers, club leaders, or classroom teachers sharing workflows

Conversation 2: Elementary, middle schools/K-8, or high schools/K-12 strategizing solutions

Together, you'll explore practical solutions for yearbook challenges and discover ways to build stronger support systems. 

Large group sessions

Because we’re better together, we’ll work through real-world yearbook scenarios and collaborate with other advisers to solve common coverage problems. We’ll also build and evaluate your coverage plan and exchange ideas with schools across the country.

“I walked away with new strategies I can use right away.” - 2025 Camp Yearbook attendee

‍Breakouts

Choose your yearbooking adventure with breakout sessions focused on what you want to learn:

• I’m the yearbook coordinator… now what?
• Photography
• Treering’s yearbook curriculum
• Templates and tricks
• 5 Time-saving Treering tools
• Portrait layouts
• Captions increase coverage

Camp Yearbook isn't for people who don't know what they're doing. It's for people who want this year to be easier, better, and more representative than last year.

“I want to make the yearbook as good as it can be for the students. I've been working on the yearbook for 6 years and still took away pointers.” - 2025 Camp Yearbook attendee

The workbook: your camp field guide

Every attendee receives a printable workbook filled with planning templates, coverage audits, ladder pages, marketing tools, and note-taking space. And unlike most conference notebooks, this one is designed to stay on your desk all year long.

Built by the people who help yearbook advisers every day

We've used feedback from the hundreds of advisers who attended previous Camp Yearbooks to create an experience that's practical, collaborative, and immediately useful.

Every Camp Yearbook session is created by Team Treering, the same people who answer your questions, lead workshops, develop curriculum, and work alongside you all year long.

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Treering’s Camp Yearbook 26 FAQs

Your questions deserve answers!

How is Camp Yearbook different from Treering Live (TRL)?

TRL is Treering’s flagship event. During National Yearbook Week, TRL will have all the design training, coveted prizes, and organization inspiration yearbook advisers have come to expect. We look forward to it as much as you do! 

Camp Yearbook is a summer PD program for yearbook coordinators and advisers who want to get more from their program through professional mentoring and collaborative idea-sharing. It’s a cameras-on, all-in yearbook planning experience.

What do I need to prepare for Camp Yearbook?

Make sure Zoom is up-to-date. This helps with breakout sessions and sound quality.

If possible, have previous copies of your yearbook and the 26-27 school calendar. All attendees will receive a downloadable workbook.

Is Camp Yearbook only for new advisers?

No. The sessions are designed to support first-time advisers, returning advisers, classroom teachers, club leaders, and experienced yearbook veterans alike.

Is Camp Yearbook only for return advisers?

See above. Every year, veteran advisers tell us they attend Camp Yearbook for the same reason they attended the first time:

• To find fresh ideas
• To connect with other yearbook leaders
• To discover new ways to improve student representation
• To learn from people who understand the unique challenges of creating a yearbook

‍How do I know which ticket to select?

All ticket options have sneak peeks, specialized group training, and breakouts with Treering mentors. 

It’s best to select the ticket that best describes your situation for a tailored experience. For example, high school club leaders will have homeroom with other high school club leaders and a larger roundtable (campfire conversation) with club leaders from elementary, middle, and K-8/K-12 schools. 

How much is it?

Free ninety free. Charging extra for support and training is not our thing.

Will I get CE/PD hours for attending?

Yes! Upon request, attendees will receive a certificate for six hours of yearbook production and classroom planning.

Is Camp Yearbook worth two days?

If you only spend two days planning your yearbook this year, make them these two.

Can students attend?

Nope. Consider this a break… a working break.

Will Camp Yearbook be recorded?

Camp Yearbook is an interactive, experiential event. We look at real books from real schools. Recordings will not be made public.

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