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Professional Development that Empowers Special Education Teachers

Since 2021, Catapult Learning has partnered with a public high school program in Illinois designed to provide targeted academic and behavioral support for students with behavioral challenges.
October 29, 2025
Professional development session with educators reviewing materials in a training room

School Snapshot

Location: Illinois

Grades: 9-12

Funding: IDEA

Since 2021, Catapult Learning has partnered with a public high school program in Illinois designed to provide targeted academic and behavioral support for students with behavioral challenges.

This partnership focuses on strengthening special education instruction, with a particular emphasis on the school’s behavior program. Through ongoing professional development and job-embedded coaching, Catapult supports educators in implementing evidence-based instructional strategies and behavior interventions tailored to the needs of their students.

Focused Professional Development

Special education teachers receive ongoing support through:

Hands-on professional development workshops

Job-embedded coaching in real classroom settings

A focus on engagement strategies and positive behavior supports

Leadership collaboration to ensure alignment with school goals

“Their team brings not only expertise in instructional strategies and behavior intervention, but also a deep understanding of the unique challenges our staff and students face.”

Director,

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“Our teachers feel more confident and equipped with evidence-based tools that make a real difference in student engagement and behavior management. The ongoing instructional coaching has been especially impactful—fostering growth, collaboration, and a renewed sense of purpose among our educators.”

Measurable Improvements in Practice

  • Increased student participation through active learning strategies like Think-Pair-Share
  • Lesson planning now consistently integrates engagement strategies
  • School leaders report a stronger, unified instructional focus and improved classroom culture.

Catapult has been a true partner in supporting our mission to provide high-quality, individualized education for all learners.

Director,

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