Workday rules

A schedule that respects the workday.

A schedule that looks efficient on paper can quietly run a teacher through lunch and past a legal day. Set the Tune builds the workday rules into the engine, so the schedule it produces is one a person can actually work.

Hours and breaks are hard constraints, not afterthoughts

Set the Tune holds each teacher to an 8-hour day and counts driving between homes as paid work toward that cap, because it is. When a day would run long without a break, the engine forces a real 30-minute meal break before the worked clock crosses the line, and a second one before a very long day.

One click builds the whole season

Import the roster you already have and Set the Tune places every student in one pass. The optimizer respects each family’s availability windows, matches students to the right teacher and instrument, never double-books, and keeps each teacher inside a real workday.

It is deterministic and free to run. Press the button again after a change and it converges, it does not reshuffle a schedule that is already good.

The conflict engine catches what a calendar cannot

Every lesson is checked the moment it lands. Double-bookings, availability violations, teacher overload, and travel that is physically impossible all surface as flags you can see, not surprises a parent finds for you.

  • ♩Double-booking and room conflicts
  • ♩Availability-window violations
  • ♩Teacher hours over an 8-hour day
  • ♩Meal-break compliance for long days
  • ♩Drive time that does not fit between two homes

Common questions

Does the schedule respect an 8-hour day?

Yes. Each teacher is held to an 8-hour day, and driving between homes counts toward that cap because driving is paid work.

Are meal breaks scheduled automatically?

When a day would otherwise run long, the engine forces a real 30-minute meal break before the worked clock crosses the line, and a second one before a very long day.

What happens if a schedule breaks a workday rule?

It surfaces as a flag you can see, not a surprise a teacher finds on the day. Teacher overload and meal-break issues are first-class conflict types.

Does travel between students count as work time?

Yes. Drive time counts toward the daily cap, so a day packed with driving does not read as a light day.

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What Set the Tune doesn't do.
Tuition invoicing, attendance, parent portals, family messaging. On purpose. Set the Tune is the scheduling layer. It builds the calendar your admin tools manage. If you run those elsewhere, keep them and use both.

Schedule the season in an afternoon, not a week.