The Mentoring Masterclass™ · Develop your mentoring practice
Become the mentor you wish you’d had.
Perhaps you’re trying to work out what you want to do next, and you keep coming back to the young people you could help. Maybe you remember what it would have meant to have someone listen, see your potential and stay in your corner. That can be a meaningful place to begin.
The Mentoring Masterclass is a programme for personal development and self-discovery as well as practical mentor training. You’ll reflect on what has shaped you, recognise what you bring and learn how to build trust and support a young person responsibly.
Register your interestRegister your interest → explore the right experience → agree your next step.
The full Masterclass / Four connected modules
Good mentoring starts with being willing to learn and receive support yourself. When you’ve had space to reflect, be listened to and receive feedback, you’re better placed to offer that space to someone else. The four modules connect that personal growth to practical skills, professional boundaries and safeguarding.
Explore how your experiences, beliefs and strengths shape the way you listen, respond and build trust. Develop self-awareness through reflection.
Look beyond labels. Explore a young person’s perspective, interests and aspirations, and ways to build rapport and recognise their strengths.
Explore Asset-Based Mentoring, purposeful conversations, session structure and professional boundaries. Connect learning with mentoring scenarios and practice.
Understand the responsibilities that come with trust: recognising concerns, seeking support and following the safeguarding and reporting procedures of the setting.
The learning and support included in each experience, and any applicable assessment or certification, will be explained before you enrol.
Your facilitator / The people who have experienced the learning
Herman brings his mentoring experience into the Masterclass: how you see yourself, how you understand a young person and how you approach the responsibility of mentoring.
Meet Herman Stewart“Made me look into myself and I realised that mentoring is definitely for me.”
Shaun Gordon · Masterclass participant · 2023
Read Shaun’s original reviewAn individual account of an earlier course experience. Explore the participant accounts on Impact.
A considered next step
You don’t need to have your next chapter worked out. Tell us a little about what draws you to mentoring and what you’d like to learn about yourself and the role. We’ll help you explore which learning experience might suit you.
Registering your interest does not reserve a place. Programme scope, availability, any financial commitment, access, completion requirements and terms will be explained before you decide to enrol.
The introduction to mentoring comes before the Masterclass. The three Masterclass options are online self-led learning, live virtual group learning and limited one-to-one learning with Herman. Any accreditation or certificate applicable to your chosen experience will be confirmed before enrolment.
Completing The Mentoring Masterclass™ is the first step for anyone who wants to become an ECNM associate. Course completion does not confer associate status or guarantee a placement or paid work. ECNM considers applicants through separate screening and safer recruitment.