LAST UPDATE: AUGUST 3, 2025

Special Education Teachers, Parents, Admins, and Therapists… you’ve got IEP experience, and thousands of parents need help. But being a traditional advocate is NOT exactly what you want to do. That’s okay – being a Master IEP Coach® is different!

Start your Master IEP Coach® journey here.

What Is a Master IEP Coach®?

Let me get this straight: We are not traditional advocates. We are not lawyers. We are not about conflict and sides of the table. We are the idea-bringers, solution-finders, and team-builders. The ones who know that collaboration—not confrontation—is where real progress happens.

A Master IEP Coach® helps families and schools simplify the IEP process and create outcomes that actually prepare students for further education, employment, and independent living (yes, IDEA law says that—and yes, most people forget it).

This movement started back in 2017 when people kept asking me, “Catherine, can you just teach me to do what you do?” So I built the system I had used for decades—the same one that helped me raise my daughters as a single mom while building a business that put food on our table and allowed me to stop counting pennies at the grocery store.

Now, we have an entire community of Master IEP Coaches across the country (yes, it works in all 50 states) helping families, speaking on stages, blogging, and building online courses to impact others and create sustainable income.

How Much Do IEP Coaches Make?

Great question. Let’s address the elephant in the room: YES, you can get paid for this work.

Some coaches use their training to replace their full-time income. Others use it to cover therapy bills, car payments, or create breathing room in the monthly budget.

One coach said it best: “I wanted slow mornings. I didn’t want a boss. I just didn’t want to panic every time I opened my bank app. Becoming a Master IEP Coach® changed that.”

You can start small, helping a few families one-on-one. You can grow big, developing courses and getting paid to speak. You decide the pace and the income stream that fits your life.

Income is not guaranteed when you decide to become a Master IEP Coach®. As with any online program, your experience, efforts, and individual abilities will impact your outcomes.

4 Ways to Turn Your IEP Experience Into Income

Inside the Master IEP Coach® Mentorship, you have access to learn how to create four core income streams:

1. One-on-One Coaching

You support parents before and after IEP meetings, helping them feel confident, prepared, and calm. Often, you’re behind the scenes—reading documents, ghostwriting communication, giving them the words they wish someone would have handed them sooner.

Maybe you’ll attend meetings or maybe you won’t. You get to decide!

2. Speaking Engagements

Whether it’s a local parent group, national conference, or virtual panel, your expertise is valuable. Coaches get paid to speak about everything from AAC devices to inclusion strategies to decoding accommodations. You don’t need to memorize the law. You speak from experience.

3. Blogging and Writing

Yes, you can turn your insights into income by writing about what you know. You may write to connect with potential 1:1 clients or you’d love to have Amazon send you a check for sharing your favorite sensory tools. You choose what you write about and how you want to get paid.

Your voice and IEP experience matters. Writing gives it reach.

4. Creating Courses or Memberships

Love the idea of helping more people without hopping on more Zoom calls? This one’s for you. From transition skills to IEP goal setting, Master IEP Coaches® create digital supports for parents and IEP teams that generate income while they sleep (or drink their latte in peace).

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Next Steps to Becoming a Master IEP Coach®

Your mentorship program provides comprehensive support, including:

• One-on-one coaching support to develop your unique approach to support families
• Weekly group coaching sessions for ongoing learning (with replays)
• Ready-to-use client tools and templates that streamline your practice
• Complete business starter kit with everything you need to launch
• Access to a supportive community of like-minded professionals
• Listing in the Master IEP Coach® Directory
• Simple and effective marketing and business growth strategies

Is This Path Right for You?

You’re perfect to become a Master IEP Coach® if:

• You have experience with the IEP process
• You believe in collaborative solutions over confrontation
• You’re passionate about improving special education outcomes

IF YOU’RE FEELING:

FRUSTRATED BY Broken IEPs…

Your heart breaks when you see parents and teachers struggling through Special Education.

OVERWHELMED BY Negativity…

You’re tired of all the drama in Special Education.

NOT SURE HOW TO….

You’re stumped at how to get paid to help others, and you definitely don’t want to be a cranky advocate.

HOW DOES THIS SOUND?

• Learn to use your own experience to create income by helping others
  
• Choose where you want to work and design your own schedule
  
• Decide how you want to help families.
  
• Kick that impostor syndrome and self-doubt in the booty and feel confident.
  
• Explore several streams of income through coaching, speaking, and working online!

Become a Master IEP Coach® and Earn Your First Certificate in 30 Days!

GET STARTED – ENROLLMENT IS OPEN

You Don’t Have to Keep Googling “How to Become an IEP Advocate”

You don’t need to memorize laws or take on legal cases.

You do need structure, support, and a proven system to help others and create income on your terms.

That’s what happens when you decide to become a Master IEP Coach®