subject: As The Private Tutoring Industry Grows, So Does The Need For Business Scheduling Software [print this page] In challenging economic times, people worldwide tend to cut back or discontinue many of the non-essential services in their lives. This does not appear to be the case for private tutoring, which a recently-released report says is growing despite the current economic climate that has forced many individuals to cut back. Scholastic achievement remains an important component in societies worldwide.
For tutoring enterprises, franchises and learning centers, its also the perfect time to implement an online business scheduling software system to make the scheduling process easier both for the facility and the parents/students who schedule their tutoring times.
The projected growth of the private tutoring industry is revealed in a recently released survey by Global Industry Analysts titled Private Tutoring: A Global Strategic Business Report. The report goes on to state that the expansion of private tutoring in the United States is driven not only by the importance placed on it by many individuals and families, but also the increasing adoption of new technologies in assorted educational organizations and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which added to spending for such services as tutoring, test preparation, education assessment and technology integration.
As the need for private tutoring grows, so too does the need for an online business scheduling software solution, such as the one offered by Appointment-Plus. Scheduling appointments over the phone or by e-mail is time-consuming and tedious, especially for larger organizations such as tutoring franchises and learning centers. With an enterprise scheduler, these sites can completely automate the booking and management of appointments and student information by allowing individuals to book their own appointments conveniently online, 24 hours a day. Its quick, easy and frees up a tremendous amount of time for tutors and administrators, as theyll no longer spend their valuable time on the phone or playing phone tag with parents or students who leave voice messages.
In addition to online scheduling, an enterprise scheduling system also enables tutoring and learning centers to automatically send e-mail or text message reminders prior to a scheduled tutoring time. These not only are a convenience for parents and students, they also dramatically reduce the no-show rate.
Other standard functionality common in these scheduling systems are reporting and record-keeping capabilities, which eliminate the need to create and manage separate spreadsheets, files and folders for collecting data; and e-marketing solutions, which allow tutoring facilities to communicate messages and information to parents and students instantly, right through the scheduler.
In addition to the features and functionality that simplify and streamline the actual booking process, an enterprise scheduler can also integrate into existing software and processes already in place at tutoring enterprise, franchise or learning center. For example, Appointment-Plus leading Scheduling Cloud Enterprise Solution offers the premier application programming interface (API) functionality and Web services for a seamless integration into existing systems. Services such as this are extremely valuable to tutoring operations looking to accommodate increases in workload, staff, users, customers and growth across multiple locations.
Based on current trends, the private tutoring industry will continue to grow. An online business scheduling software solution can help the scheduling process grow along with it.
