The Adviser's Guide to Student Activities (second edition), by Lyn Fiscus offers guidance for the new activity adviser on how to work with a student organization. Chapters on getting started, organizing the work, meeting management, financial management, evaluation, and recognition provide strategies and tools to help make the advising role go smoothly. (84 pages) $9.95 plus shipping

Goal setting is the foundation of successful student activity groups. A student organization—whether it's student council, Honor Society, pep club, chess club, science club, or any of the other myriad student groups—exists for a reason. An important step in planning for a successful year is establishing or reaffirming the reason for the group's existence and setting goals to support it. $8.95 plus shipping

Project planning is the backbone of most student activity groups. Aside from meeting skills, student leaders use project-planning skills most often to carry out the work of their organization. Adviser Essentials: Project Planning offers guidance for both novice and veteran advisers on how to help student leaders work through some of the usual tasks that are common to all projects and encourage them to consider aspects they might not think of on their own. $9.95 plus shipping

The Bucks $tart Here: Fundraising for Student Activities, by Lyn Fiscus and Earl Reum, offers hundreds of ideas for fundraising projects and sales that will put the fun back in fundraising. Try activities like an airband contest, dancing with the staff show, duct-taping the principal to a wall, or teacher dares that will involve lots of students, create excitement and positive school spirit, and bring in much-needed money for your treasury. $14.95 plus shipping