For departments, franchises & studios
Depth for a department. Visible progress for a studio.
For a department, the win is depth: students who arrive at every lesson further along. For a studio or franchise location, it's visible progress a family can actually see. Woodshed works from a teacher's own notes either way.
For university & conservatory departments
The practice week is where learning actually compounds
Less re-teaching
When practice between lessons is genuinely guided by that week's note, teachers spend less lesson time re-covering ground already marked as solid.
Real personalization, low effort
Every plan is built from the teacher's own note on that specific student, not a templated curriculum. The only added work is keeping notes current, which most teachers already do.
A clearer picture than attendance
Session notes and practice history give a chair or director a real read on how students are progressing, not just whether they showed up.
Elevates teaching, doesn't replace it
The teacher is still the one deciding what to teach and reviewing every plan before a student sees it.
For franchise & studio locations
Visible progress is what keeps a family paying
Engagement, not just attendance
A guided daily practice plan gives students a reason to open the app between lessons, not just show up on lesson day.
Parents see it working
The parent, usually the one paying, can see what was assigned and whether practice happened, without asking the teacher to report it manually.
Low lift for teachers
Teachers keep the same session notes they'd write anyway. No new curriculum, no extra admin work per student.
The same simple workflow at every location
Every location's teachers use the same three steps: write the note, review the plan, publish. No multi-week rollout or new system for a location to learn to get started.
Teacher workflow
Same notes you'd keep anyway
Nothing new to learn. A teacher keeps session notes current, same as always. Woodshed turns that note into a daily practice plan, and nothing reaches the student until the teacher has reviewed and published it. The same three steps, whether it's one department or every location.
Write the note
What to isolate, what's ready, what to leave alone this week.
Review the plan
Woodshed drafts the week's practice from that note. The teacher edits anything before it goes out.
Publish
The student follows a guided, step-by-step practice week on their phone.
Many of the students on this side are minors. How we handle that responsibly matters. See how we handle it →
Pricing
Scoped to your program
There's no public list price for departments, franchises, or studio locations. Pricing is scoped to your program's size and enrollment, not a flat number that fits every situation. Reach out and we'll walk through what it looks like for you.
Not another app on the pile
What this isn't
Not a self-teach app
Consumer apps like Yousician or Simply Piano hand every student a fixed, gamified curriculum that ignores what's actually happening in their lessons. Woodshed only ever builds from a teacher's own note.
Not a practice log
Trackers like Tonara or Modacity log minutes practiced. They don't generate the practice content or guide a student through it. Woodshed does both.
Not paper, texting, or nothing
The default today: a written note or a text that's forgotten by Tuesday, with no structure, no tools, and no way to see how the week actually went.
Questions
Before you bring this to your team
Does this replace the teacher or our lesson plans?
No. Every practice plan comes from a teacher's own note and is reviewed by that teacher before a student sees it. Woodshed extends the lesson into the week. It doesn't stand in for the lesson.
How does rollout work across a department or multiple locations?
Each instructor or location onboards independently and keeps their own teaching style. There's no department-wide or franchise-wide curriculum change required to start.
What if a teacher already has their own way of assigning practice?
Woodshed works from whatever note format a teacher already keeps. It's what happens after the note is written, not a new system to learn.
How is pricing structured?
There's no public list price for departments, franchises, or studio locations. It's scoped to your program size, enrollment, and rollout. We'll work out a number together once we understand your situation.
Written for both audiences on purpose: a department and a franchise location run the same teacher-driven workflow underneath, even though the win looks different from the top.
Talk through your program
A 30-minute walkthrough scoped to how your department or location actually teaches.