School based swimming lessons have become a significant part of many swim schools’ programs. With the proposed introduction of mandatory swimming lessons for school students, there is a significant opportunity for swim centre’s to grow their school based lesson revenue.
However, the biggest challenge with school based swimming lessons is that they require considerable time and effort to set up and manage. Setting up for a new school can take up to 10 hours of preparation time and even more in some cases when you consider doing all the necessary paperwork, creating classes, allocating students, etc. This time investment makes it even harder for swim school providers to make their schools program highly profitable.
If you can find ways to cut down the set up time for a school, whilst maintaining the same high level of service, your swim school would have more time to spend on marketing and acquiring contracts from new schools.
Achieving this is now possible thanks to the SwimDesk school’s module which has been specifically designed to help swim schools cut down set up time for school based lessons.
The SwimDesk school’s module is an extension of the popular SwimDesk software which is used for managing student progression and parent communication.
What does the SwimDesk schools program do?
1. Allows you to quickly capture student information including suggested starting levels. This can be done through parents completing online forms and mailing them to the school in form of a spreadsheet. The goal is to minimise processing time taken up for paperwork.
2. Creates session times and classes that saves time by allowing you to avoid having to hand write or type out class lists. The class creation feature is quick and easy to use.
3. Allocate students into classes within a few minutes. The class allocation feature of the SwimDesk schools program allows you to quickly identify students with a specific recommended level and bulk allocate those students into an appropriate class.
4. Print class lists in bulk with a couple of clicks of a mouse. Class lists can also be accessible on a tablet or smart phone for direct entry of skill or attendance information.
5. Quickly make class changes- With every school program, there are always several changes after the first lesson. Some children might be in the wrong class and need to be placed in a more appropriate class. With the SwimDesk school’s module this is quick and easy. The rapid class assignment feature allows you to quickly move students from one class to another whilst on pool deck using a tablet device.
6. Print or sends student certificates- Perhaps the most tedious requirement of school based lessons is writing out hundreds of certificates for students at the end of the program. This can be done in a jiffy with the SwimDesk schools module. The system automatically generates your own centre based certificates that can be exported and printed in bulk complete with student’s name, level achievement and completion date automatically included on the certificate.
So, that summarises some of the key features of the SwimDesk school’s module that can help you cut hours off your set up time for each new school.
Would you like to know more?
SwimDesk has a special offer for any swim school that would like to try the SwimDesk schools program. Try SwimDesk school’s module in your centre for ONE school for no cost. We are certain that the program will save you hours of set up time for each school in your program.
To register for please email info@greenedesk.com
