Tracks and assignment

After a pairing is active, walk your mentee through ordered curriculum on a track, with optional intro and checkup studies at the boundaries.

Open a mentee from Mentorship → Manage (/mentorship/[id]).

Typical flow

intro study (optional) → assign track → module studies in order → phase checkup → promote

Not every mentee needs every step — if you already know each other, skip the intro and assign a track directly.

Intro pairing study

When a mentee has no track and no studies yet, Garrison may promote a getting-to-know intro study at the top of the mentee page.

1. Read the template title and description.
2. Choose Start getting-to-know study to assign it to the mentee.
3. Work through the study together — the final step asks you to assign a track (see Reviewing studies).

You can skip the intro and pick a track from the browse list below instead.

Assigning a discipleship track

The Discipleship track section lists published tracks that match the mentee’s spiritual phase.

1. Browse tracks — filter by tags when many paths exist (for example new-believer, funnel, specialization).
2. Read each track’s description and plan count.
3. Choose Assign track on the track that fits your mentee’s background and goals.

Tracks are the preferred way to walk someone through study plans in order. Designers publish tracks in admin; you only see published tracks.

Track module progress

Once a track is assigned, the mentee page shows an ordered module list:

Status	Meaning
Upcoming	Not yet reached
Current	Ready for you to assign or skip
In progress	A study is open — finish it before assigning the next module
Completed	Module satisfied
Skipped	Optional module you chose to skip

For each current required plan:

• Assign this plan — creates the next mentored study on the track.
• Skip this plan — available when the module is optional (skippable).

When the open study finishes, use Assign next study on track or assign the next current module manually.

Per-module Mentor guidance text (when present) is designer-authored coaching — read it before assigning.

Elective groups

Some track positions are elective pools — the mentee must complete a set number of plans from a list.

Selector	Who picks
Mentor	You assign each chosen plan from the pool
Mentee	The mentee picks; you wait until their choices are recorded

Elective progress shows how many picks are complete versus required. Optional skip entries may appear in the pool.

Changing tracks

Change track lets you browse and assign a different published track. Use this sparingly — in-progress work stays on the mentee’s account, but track progress resets to the new path.

Studies outside the track

Expand Assign outside track on the mentee page to create a one-off mentored study (book, topical, guided, and so on) that is not part of the current track.

Assigned ad-hoc studies appear under Studies outside track with links to open them in mentor view.

Use ad-hoc assignment for supplemental reading or topics not covered by the track. The main discipleship path should still flow through the track when possible.

Learning outcomes panel

When a track is assigned, an outcomes summary may show how many required learning outcomes the mentee has met across track studies. This feeds into phase promotion — see below.

Phase checkup and promotion

When the mentee finishes every required module on the track (no open track study), Garrison may surface a Ready for phase promotion panel.

1. Review the checkup template description and the required outcomes for promotion list.
2. Choose Assign phase checkup study.
3. Open the checkup study and guide the mentee through:
   • Knowledge quiz (mentee)
   • Outcome attestation (you)
   • Meet / conversation step (pair)
   • Promote phase (you — advances the mentee’s spiritual phase when gates pass)

If a checkup study is already open, use Open checkup study instead of assigning again.

After promotion, the mentee’s spiritual phase may lock on their profile until a future checkup. They become eligible for new methods, tracks, and templates at the higher phase.

Local dev accounts

In the development seed, mentor@garrison.test (meat) mentors user@garrison.test (milk). Use these accounts to exercise the full intro → track → study flow locally.

Next: Reviewing studies for step-by-step mentor actions inside a study.