Academic architecture in mentoring

Nature

An introductory, cross-cutting training space that brings mentoring in as a humanistic discipline within undergraduate or postgraduate degrees. It does not qualify participants to practise professionally: it develops judgement, awareness and conceptual understanding.

Learning objectives

• Understands the historical and philosophical origin of mentoring.
• Distinguishes mentoring from coaching, consulting, psychotherapy and other disciplines.
• Brings an ethical and reflective outlook to their future professional practice.
• Takes on mentoring as a cross-cutting lens in any profession.

Format and fit

In person or synchronous online. It can be included as an elective or compulsory course, a cross-cutting humanities subject or a module within professional degrees.

Nature and audience

Specialised certification for professionals who already have experience in human accompaniment: psychologists, coaches, consultants, teachers, therapists and anyone who already knows how to lead one-to-one sessions. Purpose: to organise, reframe and professionalise their practice within the framework of mentoring.

Key features

• 100% asynchronous online.
• No supervised practice (previous experience is assumed).
• Integrative final assessment.
• Based on the Guía Esencial de la Mentoría.

Competences and fit

Graduates distinguish mentoring from other disciplines, bring the role of Mentor into their practice and position themselves professionally from their experience. It fits as a postgraduate course, a university professional certification or a continuing-education programme.

Nature and audience

A journey through the history of mentoring, the thresholds of life and their reflection, and the generation of transferable Wisdom, culminating in Applied Mentoring with 60 hours of practice supervised by the Teacher Mentor.

Purpose and structure

• Understand mentoring as a distinct professional discipline.
• Build ethical and methodological judgement and an initial identity as a Mentor.
• Design and lead basic structured accompaniment processes.
• Core bibliography: Mentoring as a Human Path.

Format and graduate profile

In person or synchronous online. Intensive format of 6 months or regular format of 9 to 12 months. Graduates practise mentoring from a solid initial level, lead basic structured processes and act with ethical judgement. It is the bridge programme of the ecosystem: stand-alone training, an entry point to the Comprehensive Programme and a basis for the niche diplomas.

Nature and audience

Complete, structural training in professional mentoring for people with no previous training in human accompaniment who wish to train from scratch with academic rigour.

Structure

• Level 1 – Practitioner Mentor
• Level 2 – Professional Mentor
• Level 3 – Expert Mentor

Methodology and fit

Structured theory classes, experiential training, supervised practice, assessments at each level and the building of a professional identity. It can be framed as a higher technical diploma, professional specialisation, extended diploma or postgraduate pathway not leading to a degree.

Nature and audience

Advanced specialisation by area of application, for already trained mentors who want to specialise in a particular field.

Areas of application

• Human Development
• Business and Enterprises
• Education
• Sport and Entertainment
• Technology and Science
• Public Administration
• Society and Family
• Culture and Arts
• Health
• Environment
• Expert Workers
• Trades and Technical Skills

Structure and fit

• Level 1 – Practitioner Mentor
• Level 2 – Professional Mentor
• Level 3 – Expert Mentor
• Level 4 – Speciality (Niche)

General mentoring training (if not previously taken), area-specific training and supervised professional practice. It is framed as a university specialisation diploma, an expert postgraduate programme or an advanced professional pathway.