The admin hours, handled
Teachstead covers the whole loop of running a private studio: a family books, you teach, attendance is marked, homework is assigned, the invoice goes out, and everyone knows what to practice.
Scheduling built around a teaching week
Set weekly availability per teacher, buffer minutes between lessons, blocked dates, and how far ahead families can book. Recurring weekly lessons fill the calendar once and keep going; exceptions and holidays are one tap.
Billing that follows attendance
Lessons you taught become line items. Monthly invoices generate on the 1st, families pay by card through Stripe or you log Venmo / Zelle / cash, and overdue reminders go out without you writing a single awkward text.
Jonah’s left hand is getting steadier — the C major scale is clean at 80 bpm. This week: hands together, slow, bars 1–8 of the Clementi.
Lesson summaries from a voice note
Talk for 30 seconds after a lesson. Teachstead drafts a parent-ready summary, a practice plan, and a private note for your records. You review and approve before anything is sent - nothing goes out on its own.
Can I send a recording before recital rehearsal?
Portal messages and homework in one record
Send a student a quick answer, assign homework, attach a PDF, image, or audio file, and review their response from the same profile. The portal keeps questions and practice tasks out of scattered texts.
A practice library between lessons
Build a reusable bank of practice resources — links, videos, audio, and PDFs — once, then assign them to students. They watch and mark each one complete from their portal, and per-student completion ties into homework and buddy rewards. No more re-sending the same warm-up every week.
And the rest of the studio
- Video lessons (add-on): in-browser 1:1 with music-grade audio, live transcripts, auto summaries — never recorded
- Make-up credits issued and tracked automatically
- Parent & student portal with messages, assignments, and summaries
- Homework uploads for PDFs, images, and audio recordings
- Two-way Google Calendar and iCloud sync
- Lesson reminders by email, on your schedule
- Revenue, retention, and no-show reports
- Pay-at-booking or invoice-later, per student
- Auto-attendance after a grace period you set
- Per-studio data isolation and guardian-first records for minors