CutTime and Strategic Boosters Team Up to Make Fine Arts Ed More Sustainable

Fueling booster club leaders with proven best practices, time-saving systems, and strategic planning developed by legendary Dr. David Vandewalker in service of K-12 music and arts programs.

St. Augustine, FL (January 20, 2026) - CutTime, LLC, a leading provider of fine arts program management software, is honored to join forces with Strategic Boosters, a consultancy founded by Dr. David Vandewalker and home of the pioneering six-step Strategic Booster Coach System. For nearly two decades, hundreds of music & arts programs across the country successfully implemented proven templates, operational best practices, and other time-saving strategies gleaned from Vandewalker's clinics, books, community cohorts, and one-on-one consults.

As part of the new partnership with CutTime, Dr. Vandewalker is launching the next generation of Strategic Booster Academy with an online community dedicated to helping first-time booster club leaders and their program directors stand up their parent volunteer organizations fro the coming 26-27 school year. CutTime users who sign up by February 28, 2026 will receive 30% off their first year membership.

Funding continues to be a huge challenge for schools and their music, dance, and theatre programs are feeling the financial squeeze.  Booster clubs are an essential part of enabling bands, choirs, orchestras, winterguards, dance teams, and theatre troupes to excel and thrive. But they often fair to deliver on their full potential due to a lack of clarity and definition in organizational structure, fundraising implementation, and a variety of communication needs which quickly leads to volunteer burnout. Programs from marching band, concert band, orchestra, jazz band and chorus, to dance, winterguard, indoor percussion, drill team, and musical theatre need true sustainable help in order to perform at competitive levels.

Strategic Boosters is a truly transformative force in the fine arts education community," said Corey Black, CEO of CutTime. "Our subscribers will benefit tremendously from Dr. Vandewalker's unique expertise and nationally endorsed booster coaching system. The six components of the Strategic Booster Coach System align perfectly with how CutTime and its sister platform, Simple Raise, enable leaders to more effectively run their programs. We are thrilled to equip more booster clubs with the guidance and tools they need through our unique partnership.

"Helping booster organizations to transform their potential into performance is critical for K-12 fine arts education to truly thrive," added Dr. David Vandewalker, Founder of Strategic Booster. "Sadly, too many parent volunteers struggle with the busines and administrative sides of supporting their students. With CutTime and Simple Raise, Corey and his phenomenal team have created intuitive and powerful platforms that all booster organizations can rely on to succeed. I am delighted to engage their user community with my coaching system so they can go to the next level." 

The new Strategic Booster Academy begins March 1, 2026 and is limited to the first fifty applicants. For more details about this and the other Strategic Booster Coach services, go to https://gocuttime.com/your-booster-coach-system

About CutTime, LLC

CutTime, LLC equips Fine Arts leaders with the technology and capabilities they need to maximize their teaching and advocacy impact. Together with our industry partners, we are revolutionizing how music, theatre, dance, and other programs support and advance their members' learning experiences. CutTime's platform manages millions of inventory assets and provides time-saving communication and financial tools for thousands of fine arts programs across North America. With one easy-to-use, interconnected software package created by an expert team of former fine arts educators and performers, we help organizations of all sizes provide a deeply meaningful experience for students, families, and their communities. Learn more at https://gocuttime.com, Facebook and YouTube @gocuttime, and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/cuttimellc.

About Strategic Boosters

Strategic Boosters is founded and led by Dr. David Vandewalker, a nationally acclaimed music director with over thirty years of teaching experiences spanning middle school, high school, and higher education as a conductor of both choral and instrumental ensembles. Additionally, he has served as an arts administrator for an Atlanta-based district supporting 200 K-12 music educators serving 100,000 students. His ensembles have performed in prestigious events such as the Bands of America Grand National Finals, Midwest Clinic, Music for All National Concert Festival, The Dublin Ireland St. Patrick's Day Parade, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Dr. Vandewalker is the recipient of ten NBA Citation of Excellence Awards, the Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor, and is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association. As an author of many music education resources, he has shared professional development in North America, Europe, and Asia. He created the Strategic Booster Coach System back in 2005, which has been utilized by hundreds of music programs across the USA. Learn more at https://www.strategicboosters.com.

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