Sound familiar?
Who has paid for how many?
Eight lessons paid in September, a few moved, one missed through illness. Now a parent asks what is left of the eight, and you are scrolling back through the chat.
Where did we stop last time?
Five students, five different textbooks. Before every lesson you dig for what you covered and which exercises you set.
Thursday’s lesson, moved twice
A student falls ill, the lesson goes to Saturday, then Saturday shifts too. Somewhere along the way, the parents stop being sure when it is.
What Slotty takes off your hands
A few words between two students
The next student is already logging in. Tell Slotty in a few words who you just agreed with and when; it works out the student, the subject and the length, and nothing goes into your week until you have read it over.
Lesson packages, kept by Slotty
A parent pays for eight lessons, and you add the package to the student’s card in the app. When you mark a lesson done, one comes off the package, and the balance on the card stays current.
Notes on what you covered
When you book the next lesson, add what you covered, what you set and what to come back to: it is saved as a note on that lesson. A week later you start from that note instead of from the textbook’s contents page.
Half-term, school trips, a cold
Every term brings a week when lessons have to shift. Moving one is a sentence to Slotty; telling the parent is Slotty’s job, not another message for you to type.
Online and in person, one week
Set up an online lesson and a lesson in person as separate services. Both sit in the same timetable, and every booking shows which kind it is.
Ready when the tax return is due
Last quarter’s report gathers what came in from lessons over those three months, with a file prepared for whoever does your books.
One sentence, and what it becomes
“Sofia, Tuesday at four, English lesson. And a note: we finished the Present Perfect, homework is exercise twelve, irregular verbs again next time.”
- Booking: Sofia, Tuesday 4–5 pm, English lesson
- Note on the lesson: Present Perfect done, homework exercise 12, repeat irregular verbs
- Monday: a reminder to Sofia’s mum to confirm the lesson
Questions and answers
Is Slotty free for a tutor?
To start, yes. You sign up with no card, add the students you teach now and run your next lessons through it. With no card on file, nothing can be charged until you choose a plan yourself.
Is there an app the parents have to get?
No. A parent’s whole part is a message that arrives ahead of each lesson and a single tap to say yes — nothing to install. One parent can also link to the student’s card with your code, to follow upcoming lessons and the package balance.
Can I teach the lessons through Slotty, on video?
No. Video lessons happen wherever you hold them now; Slotty looks after the timetable, the notes and the packages around them.
Can I give grades in Slotty?
No, there is no grade book. A short note on the student’s card holds the topic, the homework and what to go over again — enough to pick up where you stopped.
How do lesson packages work?
When a parent pays, you add a package of eight to the student’s card in the app — that part is not done by voice. Each lesson you mark done brings the number down, and a parent linked with your code sees the same figure.
A student is ill. What happens to the lesson?
It goes one of two ways. You move it, and the parent hears the new day from Slotty; or the parent cancels it themselves, and the hour comes back free in your week.
Slotty also works for
Personal trainers
Book between sets, count ten-session passes, keep injuries and working weights on the client’s card.
Barbers
Book mid-cut by voice, keep each regular’s usual on their card, remind clients the day before.
Massage therapists
Book with oil on your hands, keep a note on each client, let a course of sessions count itself.
Nail and brow artists
The shade she had last time, a gap that fits brows, the next visit booked under the lamp.