Mockingbird Education
Mockingbird Education

Teaching, Coaching, and Mentoring that Transforms the Disconnected Learner

Professional Development that Meets the Moment. 

Strategies that Stick. Tools that Translate. Change that Lasts.

What We Do...

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Mission
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We Train Practitioners to Create Transformational Learning for Disconnected Learners

Mockingbird delivers professional development, coaching, and implementation support that prepares practitioners to teach, coach, and mentor with clarity and confidence—especially in high-need learning environments.

We train and equip practitioners to create transformational learning experiences for disconnected learners—those who are often overlooked by traditional systems but deserve instruction that works.

 

What is the Mockingbird Methodology?

The Mockingbird Methodology is a research-informed, relational framework of strategies and tools.
The Mockingbird Methodology tools and strategies are organized into Playbooks.

building Relational Trust

Relational Trust-Building

Help learners feel safe, seen, and significant in spaces where they’ve learned to expect the opposite. Develop the relational trust that turns resistance into engagement.

Directing Attention

Directing Attention

Guide focus. Reduce chaos. Bring the mind back to learning while avoiding power struggles. These neuroscience-backed strategies help practitioners redirect behavior and sustain attention with clarity and calm.

Productive Engagement

Engagement

Spark curiosity. Sustain participation. These strategies help practitioners move beyond compliance and into meaningful learning—by connecting content to relevance and building cognitive and relational hooks that pull learners in.
Read more

Practitioner Mindset

Practitioner Mindset

Lead with high standards and even higher support. These strategies help you set the bar, stay steady through the ups and downs, and show up as the kind of guide learners trust to push and support them.
Read more

Coaching Behaviors

Coaching Behaviors

Don’t let behavior derail the learning. These strategies support co-regulation and show practitioners how to stay in teaching mode while helping learners manage their minds, emotions, and actions.

Culture-Building

Developing Culture

Create learning cultures where safety, support, and community are the norm. These strategies help teams establish consistent expectations, clear norms, and relational policies that help learners—and the adults who serve them—thrive.

Each Playbook is a collection of practical strategies designed to work together—making implementation easier and amplifying impact. When these strategies are developed into habits, they empower practitioners to teach, coach, and mentor with greater clarity, consistency, and care.

Who We Serve...

Designed for the Front Lines of Learning...

Mockingbird works with programs that serve learners often labeled “hard to reach.” Our work supports:

  • Alternative and nontraditional schools

  • Workforce and adult education programs

  • Reentry and vocational training

  • Mentoring and instructional leadership

  • Trauma-informed, high-stakes learning environments

Whether you’re supporting a first job, a second chance, or a final option—Mockingbird helps practitioners show up and deliver.

 

How We Deliver Training that Sticks...

Our Approach to Training and Support...

You don’t need another one-and-done workshop. You need a system that helps your staff implement with confidence and stay consistent under pressure.

Our work doesn’t end when the workshop does. We walk alongside your team through the highs and lows of real implementation.

Here’s what that looks like:

  • Live or virtual training sessions that are practical and interactive

  • Strategy coaching to reinforce new habits

  • Tools and templates for everyday use

  • Access to ECHO Online Community Platform for continued support

We meet you where you are—and help you build a system that  lasts.

Results that Matter...

Built for Real Impact. Backed by Data.

Practitioners using the Mockingbird Methodology report:

  • Increased learner engagement

  • More consistent behavior and focus

  • Higher staff confidence and morale

  • Stronger relationships between learners and staff

We don’t just teach the “what”—we share the “why” so you understand the science behind the strategies.  We also teach the “how” for turning strategies into daily habits. 

Are You Ready?

Empower the People Who Empower the Learners

We help programs grow the people doing the difficult work—the ones holding the line, showing up for learners, and making their learning experience count.

Let’s get your team the training, coaching, and clarity they deserve.

Train your team. Support your mission. 

 

Book a call. Join a training. Or bring Mockingbird into your space.

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Teaching, Coaching, and Mentoring that Transforms the Disconnected Learner

Professional Development that Meets the Moment. 

Strategies that Stick. Tools that Translate. Change that Lasts.

What We Do...

Years Experience
Practitioners Trained
0
Mission
0

We Train Practitioners to Create Transformational Learning for Disconnected Learners

Mockingbird delivers professional development, coaching, and implementation support that prepares practitioners to teach, coach, and mentor with clarity and confidence—especially in high-need learning environments.

We train and equip practitioners to create transformational learning experiences for disconnected learners—those who are often overlooked by traditional systems but deserve instruction that works.

 

What is the Mockingbird Methodology?

The Mockingbird Methodology is a research-informed, relational framework of strategies and tools.
The Mockingbird Methodology tools and strategies are organized into Playbooks.

building Relational Trust

Relational Trust-Building

Help learners feel safe, seen, and significant in spaces where they’ve learned to expect the opposite. Develop the relational trust that turns resistance into engagement.

Directing Attention

Directing Attention

Guide focus. Reduce chaos. Bring the mind back to learning while avoiding power struggles. These neuroscience-backed strategies help practitioners redirect behavior and sustain attention with clarity and calm.

Productive Engagement

Engagement

Spark curiosity. Sustain participation. These strategies help practitioners move beyond compliance and into meaningful learning—by connecting content to relevance and building cognitive and relational hooks that pull learners in.
Read more

Practitioner Mindset

Practitioner Mindset

Lead with high standards and even higher support. These strategies help you set the bar, stay steady through the ups and downs, and show up as the kind of guide learners trust to push and support them.
Read more

Coaching Behaviors

Coaching Behaviors

Don’t let behavior derail the learning. These strategies support co-regulation and show practitioners how to stay in teaching mode while helping learners manage their minds, emotions, and actions.

Culture-Building

Developing Culture

Create learning cultures where safety, support, and community are the norm. These strategies help teams establish consistent expectations, clear norms, and relational policies that help learners—and the adults who serve them—thrive.

Each Playbook is a collection of practical strategies designed to work together—making implementation easier and amplifying impact. When these strategies are developed into habits, they empower practitioners to teach, coach, and mentor with greater clarity, consistency, and care.

Who We Serve...

Designed for the Front Lines of Learning...

Mockingbird works with programs that serve learners often labeled “hard to reach.” Our work supports:

  • Alternative and nontraditional schools

  • Workforce and adult education programs

  • Reentry and vocational training

  • Mentoring and instructional leadership

  • Trauma-informed, high-stakes learning environments

Whether you’re supporting a first job, a second chance, or a final option—Mockingbird helps practitioners show up and deliver.

 

How We Deliver Training that Sticks...

Our Approach to Training and Support...

You don’t need another one-and-done workshop. You need a system that helps your staff implement with confidence and stay consistent under pressure.

Our work doesn’t end when the workshop does. We walk alongside your team through the highs and lows of real implementation.

Here’s what that looks like:

  • Live or virtual training sessions that are practical and interactive

  • Strategy coaching to reinforce new habits

  • Tools and templates for everyday use

  • Access to ECHO Online Community Platform for continued support

We meet you where you are—and help you build a system that  lasts.

Results that Matter...

Built for Real Impact. Backed by Data.

Practitioners using the Mockingbird Methodology report:

  • Increased learner engagement

  • More consistent behavior and focus

  • Higher staff confidence and morale

  • Stronger relationships between learners and staff

We don’t just teach the “what”—we share the “why” so you understand the science behind the strategies.  We also teach the “how” for turning strategies into daily habits. 

Are You Ready?

Empower the People Who Empower the Learners

We help programs grow the people doing the difficult work—the ones holding the line, showing up for learners, and making their learning experience count.

Let’s get your team the training, coaching, and clarity they deserve.

Train your team. Support your mission. 

 

Book a call. Join a training. Or bring Mockingbird into your space.

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