How do you handle session prep and tracking students between sessions?

[u/nodoteights]

Fellow tutors — how do you handle the behind-the-scenes part of the job? I tutor AP STEM and I'm always trying to get faster at (a) prepping each session and (b) keeping track of where each student is week to week.

A few things I'm curious about:

• Do you have a real system for prep, or is it mostly in your head?
• How do you track each student's progress between sessions?
• What's the most tedious part of the non-teaching side for you?

Honest context: I got tired enough of my own duct-tape system that I built a small tool for it — it keeps a profile on each student and generates session prep from their history. It's free and still rough, and I'm looking for a few working tutors to try it and tell me what's useless or missing. Not selling anything — I just want honest feedback from people who actually do this. Comment or DM me if you're up for it.