• Provide a clear and consistent channel of communication for our franchisor. Let’s face it, we are not always the easiest group of people to pin down with the various business functions owners cover. The association allows us to collect our thoughts, harness collective knowledge and clearly communicate that information to our franchisor.
  
• Provide a functioning group to work with our franchisor to make School of Rock® the best franchise system out there, grow the brand and enhance value to franchisees so that we keep growing.
  
• Provide consistency, follow-up and accountability. We are all each busy running our own businesses. Having an association where tasks are divvied up allows us to efficiently work on projects, keep each other accountable and effect positive changes as needed.
  

• Open a constructive dialogue with our franchisor. We want to discuss if franchisees are doing everything they can to enhance the brand; and provide School of Rock® with consistent, tangible input as to how they can help enhance our businesses and provide value for franchisees.
• Discuss renewal terms and franchise agreements to ensure that we retain well-performing franchisees in the system, and make the system attractive for new and expanding franchisees. A growing, vibrant franchise system not only helps the franchisor, but increases the value of our businesses. The best way to grow the system is to enhance the value provided and make being a franchisee (or existing franchisees want to renew/expand) as desirable as possible.
• Initiate a process for implementing best practices and collaborative feedback for both franchisees and School of Rock®. This will be a working group to effectively propose and help implement operating standards, support, training, etc. This will allow School of Rock® and all franchisees to effectively and efficiently direct time and resources towards priorities and initiatives that will enhance and grow the brand and franchisees’ businesses.

It's simple...our association of Owners and their staff can provide a broad resource of knowledge and best practices that can significantly supplement what the franchisor provides. The association started IN 2015 with a group of 16, owning 23 franchises in the US and internationally, that realized the benefit of an independent association and are serving as the initial leadership.

Our membership includes single-unit and multi-unit operators, so the membership understands the challenges. 

No franchisee can effectively accomplish what we all can by pooling resources. We are busy running our own businesses, and often get caught up in our “own little worlds.” Through an association, we have a diverse group of members, a forum to share, and hear each other’s ideas, learn from each other, and then communicate a clear, reasonable and consistent message to School of Rock®. The issues addressed through an association are common to the vast majority of franchisees. Dealt with individually, School of Rock® would be constantly “putting out fires.” Dealt with collectively, we can all prioritize matters and work on them together, efficiently and cooperatively, until completed. We simply cannot do this acting alone.