For university & conservatory departments
Students who arrive at every lesson further along
For a department, the win isn't retention. It's depth. Woodshed exists so lesson time stops being spent re-covering what should have already been practiced, and starts being spent moving students forward.
Why it matters
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.
Visible progress across a program
A chair or director can see how practice is actually going across a department, not just how attendance looks.
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.
Teacher workflow
Same notes you'd keep anyway
Nothing new to learn. A teacher keeps session notes current, same as always. Woodshed does the work of turning that note into a daily practice plan, and nothing reaches the student until the teacher has reviewed and published it.
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.
For the department
What a chair or director sees
Rollout is per-department, not per-teacher. Every instructor keeps their own teaching approach, with Woodshed sitting underneath it rather than replacing lesson planning. Reporting on practice consistency and student progress is visible at the department level, so oversight doesn't depend on asking each teacher individually.
Handling student data and minors carefully matters more here than almost anywhere else. See how we handle it →
Questions departments ask
Before you talk to your faculty
Does this replace the teacher?
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?
Each instructor onboards individually and keeps their own teaching style. There's no department-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 for a department?
Department and institutional pricing is scoped to your program size and rollout. There's no public list price for this segment. We'll work out a number together once we understand your department.
Talk through your program
A 30-minute walkthrough scoped to how your department actually teaches.