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Intuitive rosters

Easily view, download, and manage your class and camp rosters, which include a variety of important information like name, age, allergies, pronouns, and custom form responses.

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Flexible attendance tracking

Keep your students and campers safe with Present/Absent or detailed check-in/check-out attendance tracking.

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Streamlined communications

Easily message your entire roster, individual families, or specific groups to inform them of important information and updates. Schedule automatic reminder emails so your customers never miss a class.

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Simple team management

Set role-based permissions for your instructors, administrators, owners, and other staff, create detailed instructor profiles, and assign one or more instructors to each activity to stay organized.

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“I really like that Sawyer keeps me organized and it’s like having an assistant who handles all of my registrations and contacts! The thing I like the most is probably the rosters and the ability to customize forms, plus the ability to email everyone in the class together.”

— The Craft Salon

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Intuitive rosters

Say goodbye to outdated paper rosters and keeping track of student and camper information in spreadsheets. With Sawyer, rosters are digital, automatically updated, and full of everything you need to know to make your classes and camps a success.

Details at your fingertips

With everything you need to know about your students and campers in one place, you can be sure your staff are up-to-date.

Downloadable and editable

On Sawyer, your instructors can download and print rosters, take notes, track attendance, and digitally accept signatures to ensure safety for everyone.

Make everyone feel welcome

With information like nicknames, pronouns, and birthdays right on your roster, you can personalize the welcome experience for each camper and student.

Safety and simplicity come first

Flexible attendance tracking

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to keep your campers and students safe. With Sawyer, you can track attendance in multiple ways, let customers book their own makeups, and transfer students seamlessly.

Track attendance your way

Choose between present/absent or check-in/check-out mode with timestamps and authorized adult tracking. Both can be done in the roster itself, saving your staff time.

Easily offer makeups

Set cancellation and makeup policies that work for your business, then allow families to reschedule their own replacement classes.

Make transfers a breeze

Say goodbye to messy transfer processes where things fall through the cracks. Sawyer allows you to transfer students to new classes and camps in a few clicks.

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Get the word out

Streamlined communications

Don’t let your important messages and updates get lost in the shuffle. Send messages automatically or ad hoc and continually reach families to keep them informed and engaged.

Send messages your way

Message entire rosters, individual families, or groups directly from your rosters and client profiles, so the right message always get to the right people.

Automatically send activity reminders

Schedule reminder emails to automatically go out 24 hours before a class with activity details, location, and more.

Save time on messaging campaigns

With Sawyer Marketing Suite, you can keep families engaged through email and SMS. Easily automate targeted campaigns based on customer attributes and behavior.

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You’re in control

Simple team management

Manage who can see and edit schedules, financials, and more with a few clicks to keep your back-end organized and secure. Assign instructors to activities and seamlessly make changes if needed.

Set instructor permissions with ease

Easily set roles and permissions for instructors, administrators, and other staff. Allow certain roles to edit schedules, access financials, and more.

Assign and substitute instructors seamlessly

Assign one or more instructors to classes, camps, or events and easily swap them out if there is a substitute.

Showcase your team

Create detailed instructor profiles with biographies that appear on activity listings to give parents a look at who will be teaching their children.

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Trusted by thousands of children’s activity providers

We can provide flexibility to our parents because Sawyer provides that flexibility to us.

Elisa, Treasure Trunk Theatre

Sawyer helps streamline and automate a lot of processes, which is essential to creating a good balance when running a small business.

Erin, The Music Playhouse of Chicago

Sawyer has eliminated much of the stress of booking and taking payments, freeing me to do what I do best: TEACH!

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Online registration

Families can browse, book, and pay for your classes and memberships online at any time, keeping your sessions full and your customers happy.

Billing and payments

Accept one-off and recurring payments from credit cards, ACH/bank transfers, cash, and checks with secure Stripe integration.

Reporting and analytics

Stay up-to-date on important metrics, dashboards, and reports so you can make data-driven decisions that will help your business grow.

Custom Branded App

Put your brand in customers’ pockets with a mobile app that has your logo, colors, and branding and lets customers book and manage their classes with you.

Waivers and forms

Require, collect, and store digitally signed waivers and forms to keep your business compliant and your students and campers safe.

Sawyer Marketing Suite

Automate email, SMS, and social campaigns to nurture leads, keep families engaged, and win back past customers— all synced with your Sawyer data.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How are rosters created in Sawyer?

Rosters are automatically generated when you schedule an activity on Sawyer. As parents register, your roster fills with important details from their booking, including name, age, allergies, and responses to your custom form questions.

Can my instructors access rosters in Sawyer?

Yes, you can give access to instructors and control which rosters they can see with role-based permissions.

What attendance tracking options does Sawyer offer?

You can choose between simple Present/Absent tracking or detailed check-in/check-out mode with timestamps and authorized adult tracking.

Can I message families directly from a roster?

Yes, you can email your entire class, individual families, or filtered groups directly from any roster in just a few clicks.

Are rosters easy to use?

Yes, rosters are designed to be simple and straightforward for every member of your team. If you ever run into questions, you can always reach out to our expert support team or review our detailed Help Center.

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Manage your business

Your keys to successful activity management

Try Sawyer today

Award-winning software for EDUCATORS

Form and function combined

Intuitive rosters

Details at your fingertips

Downloadable and editable

Make everyone feel welcome

Safety and simplicity come first

Flexible attendance tracking

Track attendance your way

Easily offer makeups

Make transfers a breeze

See Sawyer in action

Get the word out

Streamlined communications

Send messages your way

Automatically send activity reminders

Save time on messaging campaigns

You’re in control

Simple team management

Set instructor permissions with ease

Assign and substitute instructors seamlessly

Showcase your team

Trusted by thousands of children’s activity providers

More features to love

Online registration

Billing and payments

Reporting and analytics

Custom Branded App

Waivers and forms

Sawyer Marketing Suite

Discover Sawyer today

Frequently Asked Questions

How are rosters created in Sawyer?

Can my instructors access rosters in Sawyer?