This official course, which grants the official diploma of Leisure Time Coordinator from the Community of Madrid, prepares students to organize, coordinate, and evaluate leisure projects aimed at children and youth. Future coordinators will learn to lead monitor teams, manage resources, resolve incidents, and ensure activities are safe, inclusive, and educationally focused.
The role of the coordinator is fundamental in the development of leisure and free time projects, assuming leadership, planning, and evaluation functions. The course aims to train professionals with pedagogical criteria, responsibility, and social commitment, capable of intervening effectively in contexts involving children and adolescents.
The general objective is to enable attendees to plan, organize, manage, coordinate, and evaluate educational leisure projects, leading monitor teams and ensuring a coherent and safe intervention, in accordance with current regulations. Content covers from the contextualization of free time to the prevention of violence and inclusive leisure, including a practical phase in educational leisure entities.
The methodology will be active and experiential, combining group dynamics, simulations, case studies, and cooperative work. The course will consist of 176 in-person hours and 24 online hours (8 synchronous and 16 asynchronous). The teaching staff will be composed of professionals with experience in the educational leisure sector.
As this is an official diploma course, a selection process through interviews will be conducted, taking place from September 15, 2026, at the Espacio Joven 14-30. The registration period will be from August 24 until all places are filled.
The program includes two mandatory weekend training excursions, on October 24 and 25, and November 21 and 22, 2026, to apply planning and management in natural environments. The course will run from October 1 to December 10, 2026, with hours from Monday to Thursday, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Admission requirements include being of legal age, holding a Leisure Time Monitor diploma or equivalent experience, and passing a selection process that assesses profile, motivation, experience, and availability. If applications exceed available places, criteria such as age (between 18 and 35 years) and interview results will be considered.
