After serving and working with over 50 schools in the past five years I couldn’t agree more. Everything starts at the top, their follow through, buy-in, support, and the emphasis they put into the desire to see their teachers grow determines success.

Fridays are the absolute worst day to schedule professional development for teachers, and yet nearly every school does it! At @techmyschool , we deliver hundreds of PD sessions every year, and by and large, Fridays are the worst experience for everyone involved. Yet they remain the most requested. Regardless of presenter or topic, a Friday afternoon PD is met with skepticism before it even begins. For teachers, Friday represents one thing: the finish line. Schedule a PD Friday afternoon and that training is literally the last thing standing between teachers and decompressing after a long week. The presenter becomes the final obligation before going home and reclaiming the weekend. Words become white noise. Slides are met with thousand-yard stares. Whatever was discussed disappears into the blissful weekend, rarely to be remembered Monday morning. That's a problem because professional development is a significant investment. Leadership has to establish a learning objective, coordinate schedules, bring in trainers, modify the school day, and communicate with families. Some schools spend tens of thousands of dollars every year on speakers, consultants, & professional learning. The intention is right. Teachers need opportunities to sharpen their instructional practice, learn new tools, and expand their expertise. But schools undermine that investment by scheduling training when teachers are most exhausted, mentally spent, and disengaged. Friday afternoon. It also creates the largest gap between learning something & having an opportunity to apply it. So why Friday? The answer we hear most often is simple: scheduling. When calendars are built over the summer, Friday half-days look clean. There's also an assumption that a half-day at the end of the week is somehow more convenient for parents than interrupting the middle of it. But is it really? A parent working full-time still has to leave work at noon, rearrange meetings, use PTO, or find someone to pick up their child. Leaving midday Friday isn't dramatically easier than leaving midday Wednesday. Professional development is disruptive. It requires time, coordination, effort, & money. If you're going to disrupt the school schedule and parents' workdays anyway, maximize the return. Choose a day when teachers are positioned to engage, retain, and apply what they're learning. Make the juice worth the squeeze. So what's the best day? In our experience: Tuesday. Monday is when teachers are getting classrooms and students back into rhythm after the weekend. By Tuesday, they're locked in, with three teaching days ahead of them to apply what they learned. Wednesday is also excellent. Thursday gets tougher because the weekend is approaching. And Friday? We've covered Friday. What's the best? Here's my ranking: 1. Tuesday 2. Wednesday 3. Monday 4. Thursday 5. Friday Schools invest too much money, & teachers too much time, for scheduling convenience to dictate professional learning.

Hello 2026-27 school year! @techmyschool is back at it! First in-service of the year. We are kicking off the strategic planning with @TechPlanGenie!Wishing everyone a wonderful start to their school year. #backtoschool #nonprofit #service

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We have a special treat today at @RPSLuquillo , @MyEdTechLife flew all the way to Puerto rico in order to give a special podcast training to the students of RPS. Thank you so much Fonz! We also had the lovely miss Lori Menning And Christine Dyer.