Planning shouldn’t be the hardest part of running a successful school event. From PD days and new teacher onboarding to districtwide conferences and community nights, K–12 teams manage a lot. And when information lives in spreadsheets, feedback forms, email drafts, and hallway whiteboards, it’s inefficient and exhausting. District leaders are choosing Sched not because they…
Learning days should support your staff, not drain them. You’ve seen it: a full day of sessions, built with the best intentions, but it still ends in hallway confusion, session reshuffling, and feedback forms that go unread. Not because anyone dropped the ball, but because traditional PD planning often overlooks what teachers actually need to…
Looking for the best school event management software in the UK? Discover the top 5 platforms for seamless event planning, scheduling, and attendee engagement for Inset Days and more.
If you’ve ever run a Professional Development (PD) day, you know the logistics can take over: Session sign-ups in Google Forms. Attendance tracked on paper. Reminders sent manually. Feedback trickling in days too late to be useful. And that’s before anything actually starts. The truth is, most PD coordinators and school leaders aren’t struggling with…
You’ve planned the sessions. You’ve emailed the schedule. You’ve posted reminders. Maybe even printed signs. And still, on the day of the event, you’re getting questions like: “Where do I go?” “What time is my session?” “Wait, which building is this in again?” It’s not your fault. It’s what happens when event information is scattered…
Let’s be honest: you’re already doing the work of five systems. It’s 9:48 am. Your keynote starts at 10. Someone just asked if Session B is still taking place in Room 2 because the printout says one thing, the email says another, and the speaker hasn’t arrived yet. You’ve got sign-ups in Google Forms, room…
Planning professional development (PD) in schools shouldn’t feel like solving a logistics puzzle with missing pieces. But when you’re juggling sign-ups, schedules, check-ins, and feedback across half a dozen tools, it often does. If you’re a PD coordinator, teacher leader, or school admin organizing learning days for your staff, you’ve probably pieced together your own…
Planning school events isn’t just logistics. You need to create meaningful experiences that support learning, strengthen school culture, and build trust with staff, families, and the community. But even the most well-intentioned teams can fall into traps that derail the experience and drain everyone’s energy. Below are 20 common (and costly) planning mistakes schools make…
If you’ve used Google Forms to run an event, you’re not alone. It can be quick. It’s easy. It’s free. It works, until it doesn’t. Because once your event has multiple sessions, fills rooms to capacity, requires tracking or reporting, or has people constantly changing their minds… Forms starts to fall short fast. You’re stuck…
You put in the hours. Your team pulled it off. The event went well… or at least it seemed like it did. But now it’s Monday and when someone asks, “Was it worth it?”—can you answer with data? For most school leaders, answering that question is harder than it should be. Without real-time attendance tracking,…
Raise your hand if your team only uses Sched’s event software for PD days. You’re not alone, but you’re also missing out. Most schools start with Sched for professional development. But the ones getting the most value? They’re using it for everything from tech rollouts and orientation week to community nights and student showcases. If…
Looking for the best event management platform in 2025? We’ll save you some time: it’s Sched. If you’ve explored the usual suspects — Whova, Hopin, Webex, vFairs, RSVPify, Hubilo, Cvent, Bizzabo, Airmeet, EventMobi — you’ve likely run into confusing pricing, bloated interfaces, or tools that only work well for a specific use case. If you’d like…
