Masterclass Matchmaker: Catapult's New Recommender Tool Personalizes Your PD

Team Catapult
Jun 16
2 min read

Here's a good problem to have: With more than 40 masterclasses across seven programs, Catapult Masterclass gives educators a lot of ways to grow. Career Readiness, Work-Based Learning, Instructional Excellence, Student Motivation, Employer Partnerships, Education Transformation, and the Future of Learning. It's a full library of cinematic, expert-led professional development, ready when you are.

But more choice can mean more "...so, um, where do I begin?"

We heard you. So we built something to fix that.

Introducing the Catapult Masterclass Recommender Tool

The Catapult Masterclass Recommender is a free, AI-powered tool that turns "I'm not sure what I need" into "Oh, that's exactly what I needed." Answer a few quick questions about your goals, your role, and what you're hoping to change in your classroom or campus, and it points you straight to the masterclasses built to help you get there.

No scrolling through the whole catalog. No guesswork. Just relevant recommendations, matched to you or your team.

How Does It Work?

It's about as simple as professional development gets:

Tell us your goals. Answer a handful of friendly questions, no account required.
Let the AI do the matching. Behind the scenes, the tool maps your answers across our full framework of educator goals and the experts who address them.
Get your shortlist. You'll see the masterclasses most likely to move the needle for you, so your first click is your best click.

The whole thing takes about a minute. (Roughly the time it takes to microwave your coffee for the third time today.)

Why We Built It

Our mission is simple: Make Education Relevant®. That doesn't stop at the content inside each masterclass. It also applies to how you find that content. The most relevant masterclass in the world doesn't help anyone if it's buried three pages deep.

The new masterclass Recommender tool is our way of ensuring the right learning finds the right educator at the right moment. Less time searching, more time growing.

Great for Individuals, Teams, and Partners, Too

Leading a department, a building, or a district-wide initiative? The Recommender is a fast way to help your educators self-select into the development that fits their roles and goals without you having to play traffic cop. Point your team to the tool, and let each person find their own best starting point.