What is Teachstead?

Who Teachstead is for

Teachstead is built for independent instructors and small studios that teach music, voice, or academic subjects in person or online. The platform scales from a single voice or music studio teacher running 15 students solo to a multi-teacher music studio or tutoring center with up to 10 instructors. If you bill families monthly, juggle make-up lessons, and spend time each week on scheduling and invoicing, Teachstead is designed to remove that overhead.

• –Solo voice and music teachers (piano, guitar, strings, woodwinds, vocals)
• –Academic tutors working with K–12 or college students
• –Small studios with 2–10 instructors sharing a booking calendar
• –Teachers who offer virtual lessons alongside in-person sessions

What Teachstead does

Teachstead is a studio management and lesson platform. It covers the full operational loop of running a teaching practice:

Studio scheduling

Set weekly availability, buffer time between lessons, blocked dates, and booking policies. Families self-book from times you actually have free; recurring lessons fill the calendar automatically.

Attendance-based invoicing and studio billing

Lessons you teach become line items. Monthly invoices generate from real attendance. Families pay by card through Stripe, or you log cash, Venmo, and Zelle payments against the invoice.

Virtual lessons with live transcription

In-browser 1:1 video lessons with music-grade audio that does not flatten singing or instruments. Live transcription runs during the lesson and feeds directly into the AI summary draft.

AI lesson summaries

Record a short voice note after a lesson. Teachstead drafts a parent-ready summary, a practice plan, and a private teacher note. You review and approve before anything is sent.

Make-up credits

When a lesson is cancelled or excused, a make-up credit is issued automatically and tracked until the student uses it — no more manual credit logs.

Parent and student portal

Families see upcoming lessons, invoices, summaries, messages, and homework in one place. Students can upload practice recordings, mark assignments complete, and message their teacher.

Practice library

Build a reusable bank of practice resources — videos, audio clips, PDFs, and links — and assign them per student. Students mark each resource complete from their portal.

Two-way calendar sync

Teachstead syncs bidirectionally with Google Calendar and iCloud so busy blocks from personal calendars keep lesson slots accurate.

Pricing at a glance

Teachstead offers three plans billed monthly. All plans include studio scheduling, studio billing, make-up credits, portal messages, homework assignments, and two-way calendar sync. Plans differ by the number of instructor seats and AI lesson summary volume.

Video lessons are available as an add-on from $12.99/mo. All plans start with a 30-day free trial — no credit card required.

How to get started

1. 1. Create a free account
   Sign up at /auth/signup. No credit card is required. Your 30-day free trial begins immediately.
2. 2. Set up your studio
   Add your lesson types, rates, and weekly availability. Your booking page goes live at teachstead.com/book/your-studio.
3. 3. Invite students
   Add students by name and email, or share your booking link. Families get portal access to see lessons, invoices, messages, and homework.
4. 4. Teach and let Teachstead handle the rest
   Mark attendance with one tap (or let auto-attendance do it), record a voice note for a lesson summary, and let invoices generate from real attendance at the end of the month.