Help students book the right pole class

A student sees “Level 2” on your schedule. They have taken classes elsewhere, but they do not know whether your Level 2 means the same thing. Another student has attended your introductory classes and is ready for the next step. A third is booking a place for their child.

All three need a clear answer before checkout. A level name alone cannot provide it.

Class prerequisites in Junocal connect your written requirements to attendance and approval records. Here is how to make those rules useful to students and manageable for your team.

Start with the requirement, not the software setting

Write down what someone needs before joining the class. Be specific about the experience, previous class or instructor review you expect. Your teaching team should decide the standard; the booking rule should reflect it.

Avoid a description that only says “instructor discretion.” Tell the student how to get that decision. For example:

This class is for students who have completed our introductory pathway or have equivalent experience approved by an instructor. If you are joining us from another studio, contact us before booking so we can help you choose the right class.

That wording is a template to adapt to your own pathway. Add the specific skills or experience your instructors require, without promising that completing a certain number of classes automatically establishes readiness.

Choose whether students need all requirements or one route

Attendance and instructor approval answer different questions. Attendance shows which qualifying sessions the participant has attended. Approval records a decision by your team.

The distinction matters. Selecting “any” when you mean “all” changes who can book. Check the plain-language meaning of the rule with an instructor before applying it.

For attendance-based requirements, choose the qualifying classes and the count your policy needs. A paid booking is not the same as recorded attendance, so accurate registers matter too.

Give experienced visitors a practical next step

Someone new to your studio may have years of experience. They will not have your attendance history, and asking them to buy an introductory pack may be the wrong next step.

Provide a contact route in the class description. Your team can review their experience and record the appropriate approval. If your pathway allows attendance or that approval, the student then has a supported way to book.

Keep the approval specific enough for another instructor to understand. It should describe the relevant progression decision, not become a catch-all label for every future class.

Check the person attending

The booking contact and participant are not always the same person. Junocal’s prerequisite checks use the actual attendee, including a child managed by a guardian.

That means one adult’s approval cannot qualify a friend, and a parent’s attendance cannot qualify their child. When staff help someone book, confirm the participant before investigating an eligibility issue.

Keep participant forms accurate as well. Completing a waiver and meeting a class prerequisite are separate requirements; one does not replace the other.

Decide how approvals will be maintained

Choose who on your team can review progression and when the record should change. If an approval is revoked, review the future bookings Junocal flags and decide what the student should attend instead.

A clear explanation matters here. “Please contact us” is easier to act on when the student knows which requirement is missing and who can help. Discuss alternatives such as a different level or an instructor review, rather than leaving a failed booking as the end of the conversation.

The rule supports your instructors’ decisions. It does not independently assess ability, injury status or physical readiness.

Try the booking flow before using it broadly

Check one class with these situations:

1. A participant who meets the attendance requirement can book.
2. A participant without the required history sees a useful next step.
3. A visitor with an appropriate recorded approval follows the alternative route you intended.
4. A guardian’s own approval does not qualify the child they are booking for.
5. A waitlist booking still respects the eligibility rule.
6. A changed approval leads staff to review affected future bookings.

Check the class description and the configured rule together. If they tell different stories, the booking experience will be confusing even if the software applies the setting correctly.

These controls apply to the supported class booking workflow; do not assume the same gate covers every course enrolment. For the wider set of related changes, read the Junocal release overview.

If you are choosing a system for the whole business, explore Junocal for pole studios alongside your requirements for teaching, memberships and space hire.