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Studio teachers, how do you handle the post-lesson stuff?

Studio teachers, how do you handle the post lesson workflow stuff?

I am curious how other studio teachers handle the after-lesson work. The notes, practice goals, student progress, the admin and tracking of what you covered with your student.

My parents have been teaching for 20+ years and have different systems. Either by memory or by a binder full of notes.

What does yours look like? Do you write notes during the lesson, after, or end of the teaching day? Anything you’ve tried that didn’t stick?

Asking out of curiosity and partly because I’ve been building an app for my parents(IOS app called ForteAi). Trying to get more input from other teachers.

If anyone wants to try what I built, link is below. Also more than happy to give extended access for feedback. Just DM me.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forteai/id6753263331

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u/Practical-Client-554 — 2 days ago
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My parents are both violin teachers and I built them an app, would love feedback from other music teachers

Hey everyone, I’m a college student and both my parents teach violin. Growing up I played violin and watched them spend hours every week writing lesson notes, tracking student progress, and trying to remember what they covered last week with which student. They love teaching but the admin side genuinely takes a toll, especially on the weekends.

Last year I started building something for them. The idea was simple, record the lesson, and have AI generate a clean summary, track students and their progress over time, and let the teacher have full control. The AI handles the typing.

My parents have been using it for a while and it’s saved them real time, which is the part that matters to me. Now I’m trying to figure out whether it’s actually useful for music teachers outside my family, or whether it only works because they helped me design it.

I have a few honest questions for any teachers here who’d be willing to share:

  1. How do you currently handle lesson notes? Notebook, app, memory, nothing?

  2. If you do write them up, how long does it take you per week?

  3. Is there something specific about the way you teach that you think AI summaries would miss?

  4. If you tried tools like this before, what made you stick with them or drop them?

I’d genuinely value the input even if you think the whole concept is misguided. I’d rather hear that now than find out the hard way later.

If anyone wants to try it, it’s called ForteAi, available on IOS now and Android in the coming weeks. The free tier covers 5 students and 30 AI summaries per month, which my parents say is enough to get a real feel for whether it fits your workflow. If you do try it and want unlimited access for honest feedback back, message me and I’ll set you up with extended access. Not looking to sell you anything, just trying to learn.

Thanks for any thoughts. And to the teachers reading this, Thank you for what you do. I’ve watched my parents do it for 20 years and I have so much respect for it.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/forteai/id6753263331

u/Practical-Client-554 — 3 days ago