Close the lesson with a useful record

Keep what happened.
Make the next step clear.

Choose the current weekly plan, record the lesson date and attendance outcome, then select the topics worth keeping. Add next steps for the learner and a separate private teacher note. Review the complete record before saving it in this browser.

A historical snapshot, not a changing task

Each record retains the student and instrument labels, source week date, selected task titles and instructions. Editing or restoring weekly plans later does not rewrite those snapshots. Matching nicknames do not establish that records belong to the same learner; check the source context yourself.

Attendance stays explicit

Choose Lesson held, Learner absent or Teacher cancelled. An empty outcome is not assumed to be held. These are user-entered records, not verified attendance, fees owed or make-up credit entitlements. Practice marks and timer state are not changed when you record a lesson.

Separate private notes from the learner summary

Review a saved record’s learner summary before downloading it. Private teacher notes and source identifiers are always excluded; the student nickname is opt-in. The summary includes the lesson date, instrument, attendance, selected titles and instructions, and your next steps. Those text fields can still contain personal details you entered.

Prepare the next practice week deliberately

A held lesson with at least one selected topic can create a new weekly plan. Pick a date after the source week’s start and on or after the lesson. Titles and instructions carry forward; task IDs and practice marks are fresh, learner notes and resource links are empty, and each task starts with an editable five-minute daily plan. Review the week and adjust that default to suit the learner.

Creating a week changes the weekly collection in memory. Use its Save button to retain it. The historical lesson record is unchanged, and no assignment is sent. A second creation from the same lesson and date is refused while that week exists, including after you edit it.

Keep each collection’s backup

The private lesson library holds up to 200 records within a 1 MB file limit. Its backup includes private teacher notes. Weekly plans and templates have separate backups, preserving compatibility with their existing formats. Restoring the lesson library replaces only lesson records after explicit confirmation. A stale tab cannot silently overwrite a newer saved library.

When a studio system is a better fit

My Music Staff documents attendance, private teacher notes and separate student/parent lesson notes alongside scheduling and studio administration. Its published plan is $16.95 per month plus $4.95 for each additional teacher or staff member, checked September 12, 2026. That broad suite is a different purchase from PracticePost’s free local notebook. Official attendance workflow · Official pricing.