PLEASE NOTE: The public version of the curriculum has been simplified to protect some material reserved for paying trainees only.
The Juniper Professional Mentor Level 1 Training Curriculum is designed to equip women with the knowledge, skills, perspective, and tools necessary to be effective Christian mentors in their places and/or to prepare to work for Juniper as a professional mentor. This training empowers women to take their valuable life experience, spiritual maturity, and love for intentional one-on-one care to the next level while enjoying fresh personal growth along the way.
Week 1 –Introduction to Christian Mentoring and Mindset Shifts For Highly Effective Mentoring
Definitions
Understanding the difference between mentorship, coaching, counseling, discipleship and other helping relationships.
Ethical Practice
Understanding and applying Biblical & professional ethics in mentoring.
Embodying a Mindset that Produces Excellence in Mentoring (The Shifts)
Develop and maintain an open, curious, flexible, confident, Christ-centered, and client-centered mindset.
- You are Not Better Than Your Client
- You Are Not the Holder of All Wisdom
- The First Answer is Rarely the Right Answer
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
Week 2 – The Skills Needed to Co-Create a Helping Relationship
Skill 1) Maintaining Presence
Definition: Is fully conscious and present with the client, employing a style that is open, flexible, grounded and confident
Skill 2) Establish and Maintain Agreements
Partners with the mentee to create clear agreements about their needs, expectations, the relationship in general, process, plans and goals.
Skill 3) Active Listening
Focuses on what the client is and is not saying to fully understand what is being communicated in the context of the client systems and to support client self-expression
Skill 4) Question Asking to Evoke Awareness
Facilitates client insight and learning by using tools and techniques such as powerful questioning, silence, metaphor or analogy
The Spiritual Reality: Giving Up Rank
In this teaching, Rebekah brings awareness to what creates a safe, supportive environment that allows the client to share freely.
Week 3 – Mentoring Models & Frameworks
Teaching 1 - When to Put on Your Mentoring Hat & When to Take it Off
Teaching 2 - The 6 Stages Model
Teaching 3 - The 4'c Model
Teaching 4 - The Close-to-Coaching Model
Week 4 –Identifying and Using Your Unique Wisdom & Experiences
- Identifying & Assimulating Your Areas of Wisdom and Expertise
- Offering Specific Advice - How to frame it, when to offer it
Assimilation Exercise: This week includes a unique guided exercise to help you draw out what God has taught you and what you have to offer as a mentor/leader to other women.
Week 5 – Sneaky Reasons Helping Relationships Fail
- Low EQ
- Performance-Based Operating System
- Working on a Goal that isn't Serving Them
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
Week 6 – Juniper Exclusive Roadmap & Practice Week
- Taking Thoughts Captive Much has been said about the power of the mind, but it was God's idea first. This one skill, learning to notice our thoughts and choose better ones, changes everything. It makes us feel better, respond better, and feel more in control. The mind is our enemy's favorite battlefield, learn how to help mentees win the war.
- Letting God Love Us (Identity) Many women struggle because they exist in a world where they are still seeking approval. They may not even know it, but this mind space creates many problems that cause shame and will feel unsolvable. A great mentor can detect this and help a mentee let God's love settle her heart and mind.
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
Week 7 – Review & Role Playing
Review & Reflection
Readdress any concepts that were not fully grasped the first time around and highlight the most critical parts of the training.
Role-Playing
Pai up trainees to allow them to practice the skills they have learned, ask questions, and build their confidence. Ques, prompts, and feedback will be given in real-time. Role-playing will take no longer than 1 hour in total and will take place over Zoom.
Week 8 – Role Playing, Commissioning & Next Steps
Privoed trainees with a paper certificate, and access to free resources in their portal to use as they see fit and discuss next step options.
Free Resouces
- Relationship Roadmaps
- Meet & Greet Template
- Referral List
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
- RESERVED FOR PAYING TRAINEES ONLY
Next Step Options
- What if you want to use training in your Church?
- How to apply to be a Juniper Mentor
- Information about Level II Training and Coach Training
