What is the ECHO Community?
ECHO is Mockingbird Education's dynamic and resourceful community committed to empowering programs and professionals that serve vulnerable learners.
In biological nomenclature, an "echo" is a group of mockingbirds. Our ECHO is a group of committed practitioners and programs that share Mockingbird's commitment to creating transformational learning experiences for vulnerable learners.
Welcome to Our Ecosystem.
Immerse yourself in a learning ecosystem packed with professional growth opportunities, classroom and program resources, and challenges that develop staff expertise, improve program quality, and amplify program impact.
Busy Life... Bite-Sized Learning.
We understand the demands of a busy life. That's why our online learning community is special. ECHO specializes in delivering professional development through bite-sized learning experiences, ensuring that development fits into your hectic schedule.
Join us to access a wealth of resources, connect with like-minded professionals, and engage in learning that respects your time constraints.
Our Public Community is FREE.
And When You Join...
You will have access to Mockingbird's Public Learning Space. Here are a few of the things you can do:
- Attend Live Workshops, Chat, and Coaching Sessions.
- Participate in Weekly Strategy Challenges.
- Access Spotlight and Featured On-Demand Webinars.
- Connect with like-minded peers and professionals to forge supportive relationships.
- Leverage collective wisdom to maximize your teaching abilities and your impact on learners.
Our Client Community is an EXCLUSIVE FLOCK.
And by exclusive, we mean INCLUSIVE. With a CLIENT membership, your staff will have all-inclusive access to our public learning space plus professional development opportunities and resources reserved for our Mockingbird Clients in private learning spaces.
Here are a few exclusive things our Client Community Members can do:
- Access the Mockingbird Methodology Playbook Learning Space. We have curated 25 years of strategies and tools grounded in research into over 10 playbooks of strategies. Each playbook learning space contains 5-10 strategies organized into bite-sized professional development lessons designed to help you understand the why, what, how, and when of strategy implementation.
- Access the Mockingbird Streaking Challenge Library. Don't like the weekly streaking challenge in our public forum? No problem! Explore our library of streaking challenges and choose the challenge that matches your needs and interests.
- Access the Mockingbird Webinar Library. We record our webinars and add them to our On-Demand Webinar Library. Plus, you will have access to our short strategy explainers that explain Mockingbird Methodology strategies in videos that are less than three minutes in length.
- Attend Live Workshops and Chat Sessions. Yeah, we like the live events too! We offer a variety of live workshops and chat sessions for client members. These real-time interactions will enhance your skills and help you find new and creative ways to create transformational learning experiences for vulnerable learners.
- Participate in Staff Coaching Sessions. Work with a Mockingbird Mentor to develop staff talent and potential. Learn how to improve program performance metrics such as engagement, retention, and attendance using transformational tools in teaching, coaching, and mentoring.
- Collaborate, Innovate, and Interact. Through our discussion forums and discovery learning spaces, you will have the opportunity to meet and work with an online body of like-minded professionals. Find support, ideas, and community through our interactive forums.
