Talent and Development
Methodology Curriculums
What is Mockingbird's Talent and Development Program
Our Talent and Development program helps programs create in-house expertise to train, develop, and support staff in the Mockingbird Methodology.
How does the Talent and Development program work?
The Talent Develop Program includes a combination of training, coaching, and mentoring.
The resources for the three elements of the program are organized into three curriculums to make implementation easier and to maintain quality control.
Each curriculum is a different element of the Talent and Development model.
- Practitioner Curriculum: Prepare Practitioners in the Mockingbird Methodology
- Coaching Curriculum: Prepare coaches to coach staff in the Mockingbird Methodology
- Facilitator Curriculum: Prepare Facilitators to Lead Methodology Workshops and serve as demonstration teachers
The Methodology Coach Curriculum is designed for staff developers that coach staff in the Methodology Practitioner Curriculum. The curriculum is also appropriate for staff that want to learn a collaborative coaching approach for coaching practitioners in behavior-based strategies.
The Coaching Curriculum (Level One) is 16 units
8 units are dedicated to the knowledge and skills for understanding and using the collaborative coaching process. These units include:
- Unit 1: Understanding The Practitioner Curriculum
- Unit 2: Coaching for Talent Development
- Unit 3: Program Culture
- Unit 4: Elements of Improvement (Coaching Plan)
- Unit 5: Collaborative Coaching and Feedback
Stages of Growth - Unit 6: Respect the Gradient Maps
- Unit 7: Deliberate Practice as a Coaching Tool
- Unit 8: Tiny Habits as a Coaching Tools
8 units are dedicated to coaching staff in the Practitioner Curriculum strategies in the following units:
- Unit 1: Understanding a Biopsychosocial Approach
- Unit 2: Doors of Trust and Trust-Building
- Unit 3: Engagement Strategies
- Unit 4: Productive Participation
- Unit 5: Coaching Strategies
- Unit 6: Mentor Care Model
- Unit 7: Classroom Culture
- Unit 8: Program Consistency
Coaches provide support and mentoring through collaborative coaching conversations and feedback through classroom observations. Coaches are knowledgeable in the Practitioner curriculum strategies and experts in the collaborative coaching process for behavioral change.
The goal of curriculum is to help coaches…
- Coach practitioners in teaching, coaching, and mentoring strategies for working with vulnerable learners as identified in the Mockingbird Practitioner curriculum
- Develop staff talent in the Mockingbird Methodology
- Learn how to coach staff in behavior-based strategies
Our coaching approach helps coaches develop the talent and skills for coaching staff in the Mockingbird Practitioner curriculum and in adopting general behavioral-based teaching, coaching, and mentoring strategies.
Resources include:
- Training Manuals
- Strategy Guides
- Strategy Cues
- Strategy Videos
- Classroom Lessons
- Strategy Learning Workbooks
- RTG Maps
- Online Courses
- Research
Curriculum is informed by research in adult learning theory, behavioral change, professional coaching, and talent development.
Mockingbird Methodology
Facilitator Curriculum
The Methodology Facilitator Curriculum is designed for workshop facilitators that deliver Mockingbird Methodology workshops and other workshops that use the Mockingbird workshop design approach.
The Facilitator Curriculum (Level One) is 16 units
8 units are dedicated to the knowledge and skills for understanding and using transformative facilitation skills
- Unit 1: Understanding The Practitioner Curriculum
- Unit 2: Facilitation for Experiential and Therapeutic Learning
- Unit 3: Environment Strategies
- Unit 4: Facilitation Cues
- Unit 5: Group Dynamics
- Unit 6: Presentation Formula
- Unit 7: Relationship Connections
- Unit 8: Visible Values and Visible Goals
8 units are dedicated to learning how to facilitate workshops in the following Practitioner Curriculum units
- Unit 1: Understanding a Biopsychosocial Approach
- Unit 2: Doors of Trust and Trust-Building
- Unit 3: Engagement Strategies
- Unit 4: Productive Participation
- Unit 5: Coaching Strategies
- Unit 6: Mentor Care Model
- Unit 7: Classroom Culture
- Unit 8: Program Consistency
In this curriculum, workshop facilitators are mentors, coaches, and teachers. The facilitator teaches the research and rationale behind strategies and then models and teaches the strategies in the practitioner curriculum. The facilitators are experts in the strategies in the practitioner curriculum and models of what the behavior-based strategies look like in implementation.
The goal of curriculum is to help facilitators…
- Successfully facilitate Mockingbird Methodology workshops in the Practitioner Curriculum Unit topics
- Develop facilitation skills that model the Mockingbird approach
- Explore facilitation and workshop design strategies for behavioral-based strategies
Our Talent Development approach provides the resources and education you need to understand facilitation through an experiential and therapeutic approach and learn the fundamental facilitation strategies to create transformative workshops
Resources include:
Workshop Resources:
- Facilitation manuals
- Facilitation scripts
- Unit Slide Decks for the Practitioner Curriculum
- Learner Workbooks
Facilitation Skills and Development Resources:
- Workshop activity and resource guides
- Facilitation Guides
- Facilitation Videos
- Facilitation Workbooks
Curriculum is informed by research in adult learning theory, behavioral change, and talent development.