I'm a Special Education Expert and founder of the Master IEP Coach® Mentorship.

I  believe in building IEPs different than you've ever seen before. 

hey, I'm Catherine

The school system was broken on the inside. I didn't find that out until I got my Bachelors and Masters degrees in Special Education and walked into my first classroom. With the exception of a stack of IEPs 18 inches high, in a bright green milk crate, sitting on a teacher's desk that wobbled... it was empty. 

I had no idea at the time... 

Eavesdropping on my Mom's never ending phone calls with our district's Special Education Director was common during my elementary school years.  While my mom negotiated for hours on the phone (and burned dinner), I wondered why teaching my brother (who has Down syndrome) was so hard. 


My story really began the moment I realized IEPs were a hot mess...

It started by helping a few families learn the right words and strategies at their own IEP table. I taught by day and coached parents by night.

Soon after I left the classroom (and filled my calendar with families desperate for help), an administrator chased me into the parking lot.

I had just attended an IEP meeting at her school (hired by parents) and she begged me to help her teachers build IEPs like I did in that meeting.

After teaching for a few years, I left the classroom. I had accidentally built a full Time career fixing ieps.

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We can work together a few different ways... maybe you'll join the Master IEP Coach® Mentorship (100% online). This is how I teach you to do what I've been doing for almost 3 decades AND you can call yourself a Master IEP Coach® when you're done.

Or maybe you need an IEP workshop (virtual or in-person) to help you and your fellow IEP team members level up your meetings and more.  I'll bring my trademarked IEP Development Wheel™ and you'll bring your stack of IEP papers. Together, we'll find you the solutions you need!

And now i'm going to help you FIX IEPS.

From that day forward I refused to only help "one side of the table". Every program I've created and workshop I deliver has been built for everyone at the IEP table. 

That was the exact moment it all changed for me. When I started building Master IEP Coach® programs... for you.

HOPE

can't live without

STRATEGY

MASTER IEP COACH®

LEADERSHIP

CHANGE MAKING

DETERMINED

SOLUTION FOCUSED

not about

Random opinions,
IEP drama,
doing things "old school"

I'M NOT ABOUT

Straight talk,
strong data,
short emails, 
helping you find
your solutions

all about

I'm ALL ABOUT

Creating Change

“Breaking old school habits in Special Education is necessary. Showing parents and teachers how to break the habits together... makes it possible.”

CATHERINE WHITCHER, M.ED

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