Making Education Relevant is a team sport.
It takes time and intentionality, and no one can advance their institution alone. Each academic year, over 100 institutions proactively chose to make education relevant by participating in a Catapult masterclass. The most influential voices and subject matter experts are providing both the "Why" and the "How" to their colleagues. Together, we are igniting a tipping point within their institutions in support of making every learner world ready.
The result: Broader buy-in, increased support for your programs, and true institutional advancement.
Lack of follow-up support results in
PD that doesn't move the needle
We are all tired of one-and-done inspirational trainings without actionable nuggets, accountability, or follow-up. Repeatedly, we’ve experienced that a motivational webinar or keynote without intentional follow-through often goes nowhere.
SOLUTION
Coaching on local issues results in a customized action plan
Catapult offers virtual masterclasses and keynotes by the best speakers in the nation, on demand, followed up by an institution-specific, executive coaching session with the speaker to address local issues.
The goal of the coaching session is to identify tailored tactics to progress your institution forward. Masterclasses and coaching sessions will result in relevant strategies/tactics to actually move the needle incrementally and intentionally in the right direction.
Constrained budgets make the best speakers inaccessible
We get what we pay for. The best speakers in the country that frequently keynote at (inter)national conferences are often too expensive to bring to our local institutions.
Pooling resources gives access to the best thought leaders for a 4x return on investment
SOLUTION
We are stronger together. Leveraging funds as a consortium of institutions provides top-quality content at less than half the cost. Saving you tens of thousands of dollars every term, this series provides the highest caliber speakers nationally with an affordable investment.
Limited transfer of learning leads to
lack of buy-in and impact
Sending a few individuals to a conference might help advance a few programs or departments at a high per-person cost, but it does not result
in institutional transformation. Plus, it is often challenging for one person to relay their content and excitement when returning to their site.
SOLUTION
Cohort- & inquiry-based learning leads to buy-in and impact
Catapult provides individual, team, or institutional site licenses for each masterclass, without travel costs. For institutional plans, each hybrid-flexible PD program is not limited to select individuals; everyone at the institution may participate. The shared experience with all teachers, faculty (full-time and part-time), staff, and administrators results in broader buy-in and commitment immediately.
A focus on programs
Too often, our conference sessions and professional development topics focus on “best practices” and “effective practices” with a programmatic focus, not systemic solutions.
SOLUTION
A focus on systems
Each Catapult program focuses on true systemic change, institutionalization of approaches, paradigm shifts, and cultural advancement, not mere programmatics alone. Catapult speakers provide the "Why" and the "How" at scale.
Irrelevant
Most webinars don’t keep us engaged and don’t provide local, actionable solutions. Corporate trainers and “motivational speakers” don’t understand the unique challenges of public education, career development, CTE, and workforce development. We might be entertained, but we don’t often see the clear path forward in implementing anything locally that would actually help our students.
SOLUTION
Relevant
Catapult masterclass speakers and coaches are not generic but truly understand our world, our issues, and challenges, and our opportunities. The coupling of a follow-up coaching/Q&A call elevates the information and motivation to true institutional transformation. Additionally, the custom Catapult Playbook facilitates engagement with each speaker’s content, encouraging meaningful reflection and providing tactical implementation support.
Drinking from the firehose
1-4 day conferences pack too much content in a short duration. With multiple pages of notes and an overflowing inbox awaiting our return, inaction and paralysis is the familiar result.
SOLUTION
Time to reflect, dialogue, and process information
With masterclasses on-demand and coaching calls scheduled throughout the term, along with an interactive Playbook provided, there is ample time to digest the content, reflect on local application, convene and debrief with key stakeholders, and take sequential steps forward with intentionality.
Drinking from the Firehose
1-4 day conferences pack too much content in a short duration. With multiple pages of notes and an overflowing Inbox awaiting our return, inaction and paralysis is the familiar result.
SOLUTION
Time for Reflection and meaningful dialog
With one keynote and one coaching call monthly, along with an interactive Playbook provided, there is ample time to digest the content, reflect on local application, convene key stakeholders, and take one sequential step forward with intentionality.
Inflexible schedules with
logistical hassles
The burden of finding, vetting, and contracting with multiple, high-quality speakers annually is daunting, expensive, and cumbersome.
SOLUTION
Hybrid-Flexible format with simple & effective coordination
One contract. One procurement cycle. Live sessions scheduled in advance, internal marketing assistance provided, and recordings made available. All of this together results in a deeper impact with fewer logistics to manage.
Equipping you with the Best Partners
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Through ACTE, Catapult provides impactful professional development Masterclasses for individuals, teams, or your entire institution.
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ACTE Members receive a 10% discount
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UCM offers you undergraduate and graduate credit for completing Catapult requirements.
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You can earn 1 credit hour for every 3 masterclasses that you complete, up to 12 units.
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UCM course credit is only $142.50/credit hour!
