Two years, eight sessions each. This is your teenager's month:
Once a month, for realGroup mentoring: one session with their friends and a facilitator. theMark provides the theme and the material.
A mentor, not a teacherOne-to-one conversations, at the pace your organisation sets. Their mentor neither marks them nor decides their future, so they can be asked who they want to become.
And work of their own in betweenWhatever they decide to do with what they talked about. That is the part that makes it theirs.
What the sessions look like
Eight sessions a year, each with its own deck, its activity and an action for the month.
Syllabus
Year 1 · Identity and self-knowledge
theMark's Purpose
I Am Within My Relationships
Temperament
Virtues for Growth
Emotions as Allies to Your Goals
Your Values, Your Commitments
Your Identity, Your Strength
Bridges Between Stories
Year 2 · Purpose and meaning
The Meaning of theMark 2.0
Purpose Mode: On
Your Friends
Work Shapes You
Future Family
Great Ideals
In Search of Happiness
Bridges Between Stories 2.0
What your teenager takes away
1They know themselves better.They find out who they are and what actually makes them grow, not what they are supposed to be.
2They leave with their purpose written down.The second year ends with their goals on paper, in front of them.
3They are not doing it alone.A trained mentor walks both years with them, and they grow alongside their friends.
What it asks of the family
From your teenager: the group session each month, their conversation with the mentor when it comes round, and the action they set themselves. From you: asking what they worked on, and little else.
One certificate per year, awarded by Universidad Villanueva.
Happiness has to do with the capacity to love and be loved: what Harvard calls meaningful relationships. And character traits (self-control, perseverance, integrity) are consistently associated with better outcomes, at school and at work.
