Mockingbird Monday: YouthBuild Event

Mockingbird Monday Sandbox Sessions!

Elevate your coaching, mentoring, and leadership skills!  Attend a Mockingbird Monday Sandbox Session.

🌟 What to Expect in the Monday Sandbox:

• Hands-On Learning: Dive into practical exercises and real-world scenarios that act as the building blocks for your facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skill development.
• Skill Sculpting: Mold your abilities, experiment with new techniques, and refine your approach with the guidance of a Mockingbird Coach.
• Collaborative Innovation: Share insights, swap success stories, and collaborate with like-minded individuals as we collectively elevate our skills to new heights.
• Safe Experimentation: Our sandbox is a judgment-free zone, encouraging you to push boundaries, take risks, and discover innovative approaches to facilitation, coaching, and mentoring.

• Unlock New Perspectives: Embrace a fresh perspective on teaching (facilitation) coaching and mentoring vulnerable learners that goes beyond the conventional, guided by experienced mentors.
• Connect with Community: Connect with a community of practitioners and professionals who share your passion for transformational leadership, creating a network of support and collaboration.
• Empower Your Practice: Leave each session with newfound confidence, armed with transformative tools and strategies to implement in your professional journey.

🎓 Who Should Attend:

• Practitioners
• Current Coaches and Mentors
• Aspiring Leaders
• Anyone eager to enhance their facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills

Tamara Thompson

Tamara is an award winning educator with over 20 years teaching experience. She is a former Teacher of the Year Award Recipient for Austin Area Alternative Schools, a Michael Jordan Foundation’s Innovation Grant Award recipient, and a Southern Poverty Law’s Teaching for Tolerance Grant Award recipient. She was a YBUSA Teacher Fellows in 2010 and was awarded a Research Doctoral Fellows at the University of North Texas in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2010. She is CEO and Founder of Mockingbird Education.

Tamara lives in Dallas, Texas. When not at Mockingbird, she can be found in her garden yelling at weeds, or on a boat begging fish to bite. Her children and husband hope she grows up one day to learn how to cook, sit still and watch a movie, and find her keys.