I need to be able to bind similar to:

  <%= Html.Telerik().TreeView()
                .Name("TreeView")
                .DragAndDrop(settings => settings
                    .DropTargets(".drop-container")
                )
                .ClientEvents(events => events
                    .OnNodeDrop("onNodeDrop")
                )
                .BindTo(Model, mappings =>
                {
                    mappings.For<Employee>(binding => binding
                            .ItemDataBound((item, employee) =>
                            {
                                item.Text = String.Format("{0} {1}", employee.FirstName, employee.LastName);
                                item.ImageUrl = Url.Content("~/Content/TreeView/Common/contact.png");
                                item.Expanded = true;
                            })
                            .Children(employee => employee.Employees));
                })
                .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "t-group" })
        %>


and have the functionality of sorting, filtering