Teachers
Their own students and week, shared and private notes, teaching hours, away days, and requests from their families. No billing, no one else’s students.
Features
Less admin. More music.
Dafola handles the parts of running an academy that eat your evenings: the timetable, the changes, the sign-ups and the bills.
For owners
The whole academy, at a glance.
- Today on one screen: every lesson, what’s next and what’s waiting for you.
- Edit any lesson directly, restore cancelled ones and mark attendance.
- Sign-ups to approve, with likely duplicates shown side by side and linked in one tap.
- Students and instructors searchable by name, instrument, email or phone.
- “Not linked” tags show who hasn’t created their account yet.
Scheduling
A timetable that keeps its history.
- Day, agenda and 30-day views, filtered by teacher, student or instrument.
- Weekly schedules: several lessons a week per student, with clashes blocked.
- Changes from a chosen date, so September’s reshuffle never rewrites June.
- Away and sick days on the calendar, with cancellation requests sent automatically.
Requests
Changes without the text-message chaos.
- Book, move or cancel from either side: family or teacher.
- Accept, suggest another time or decline, with a clear trail of who said what.
- Direct changes for teachers when it was agreed by phone.
- Requests expire once the lesson time has passed, so nothing lingers.
Billing
Invoices built from what actually happened.
- Monthly drafts from the schedule, ready to review and send.
- Charges, credits and family discounts, plus your no-show and payment-terms policies.
- Record e-Transfer, cash and cheque payments and send friendly reminders.
- Families see their balance and every invoice on their phone.
Teachers and families
Everyone sees exactly their part.
Families
Upcoming lessons, notes from the teacher, requests, and bills. Parents switch between children; adult students manage themselves.
Everyone
Phone, tablet or computer, in daylight or dark mode. Sign in with email, or with Google once your academy turns it on.
On the way
What we’re building next.
Founding academies help decide the order.
Coming soon
Online payments
Canadian pre-authorized debit and cards through Stripe, passed through at cost, with autopay.
Coming soon
Email and text reminders
Lesson reminders, request alerts, invoices and receipts, sent automatically.
Coming soon
Make-up credits
Cancelled lessons become credits families can book from, within your policy.
Coming soon
Group classes
Theory, ensembles, choirs and early-childhood programs alongside private lessons.
Coming soon
Teacher payroll
Hours from the calendar, hourly or percentage rates, and a monthly payroll report.
Coming soon
Import from other software
Bring your families and timetable over from My Music Staff or a spreadsheet in an afternoon.
See it with your own eyes.
The demo is a real academy with sample data. Sign in as the owner, a teacher or a parent.