Music Teacher's Helper

One of my best resources for my private studio is Music Teacher's Helper (MTH). This website is a must have for any private music teacher!

I started using this website a quite few years ago, but only used it for the free website. Yes, I said FREE website! There are a bunch of templates to choose from. They recently added quite a few "premium" templates, but there are still a good selection of free templates. While the template is not very customizable, the pages are. It comes with a few standard pages like a Home page, Registration page, Links & Files, Photos and a Login page (for parents and students). I have added a few of my own pages such as a studio calendar and policy. The Contact page is especially useful for those interested in lessons. They simply fill out the form and an email is sent directly to your inbox. If you'd like to see what a MTH website looks like, please take a minute to check mine out: Alicia's Piano Studio

About two or three years ago, I began using the website for it's other features in addition to the free website. It has so many features that really help any music teacher keep their business organized: calendar, student/parent information database, invoicing and mileage tracker (for those who travel to their students' houses). One of my favorite features is the report feature. By entering payments from your students, MTH will actually create a report at the end of the year for your taxes. You can even create a mileage report and an studio expense report. It is so helpful when filing your taxes when that time of year comes along!

I recently discovered a new use for the calendar. Of course, there is the typical calendar features for entering your teaching schedule. Students and/or parents can also sign in and cancel their lesson if they need to miss it. However, on top of entering your student schedule, you can also add in appointments that are available. This way if a student or parent signs in to the website and needs to cancel their lesson, they can also register for a makeup lesson. I have just started using this feature, but it seems to working marvelously so far. I am excited about eliminating the back-and-forth that often goes on when trying to reschedule lessons.

MTH makes it very easy to either send an email to all of your students and parents at once. I send out a lot of email reminders and do a lot of my communicating through email, so this feature is amazing. I just type out my email using the email feature, choose who I want to receive the email and hit send. You can even choose to have a copy sent to yourself. Also in the email feature are templates. You can either use their pre-made templates or make your own. This feature is perfect for automatic reminders and welcome email for new members of your studio.

The invoicing feature is so convienent. You can either manually create invoices or set up an automatic invoicing system. The invoices look professional and are sent directly to the parents' email inboxes. You can even add fees to the student's account for late payments or whatever fees you charge, which will show up on the invoice.

If you are interested in trying MTH, there is a 30-Day FREE trial! After that, your price level is based on how many students you have. The prices are very reasonable. Here are the various levels and their monthly fees (notice they offer a free plan in the bottom, right-hand corner):

I also just joined the affiliate program, so if you would like to sign up for MTH, please either use my promotion code: (14E320) or click on any of the MTH links on this blog. By doing so, you will receive 10% off your first payed month! So, please sign up through me!

I hope that you take a while to check out this fantastic teaching resource! I really couldn't imagine my teaching without this wonderful website!

If you already use MTH for your music studio, please comment and share your favorite features!

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