You have been coaching
for years. It is time to make
it official.
Kintana Institute’s Founding Cohort is a 12-month ICF Level 1 aligned coach education program for mission-driven professionals who already use coaching skills in their work and want the formation, the credential, and the community to go deeper.
People who were already the person
others came to. Before they had a name for it.
You ask better questions than most. You know how to hold a hard conversation without it falling apart. You have been creating safe spaces for people to think — in your NGO, your team, your community — without ever calling it coaching. This program gives that instinct a rigorous foundation and a credential to match.
MEAL leads, program coordinators, facilitators, educators, and social impact leaders who already work reflectively with people and want to formalize and deepen that practice.
Founders, directors, and senior managers who want to develop a genuine coaching presence — not just management techniques dressed up as coaching.
People who are ready to build coaching into their professional identity — as a core service, a complement to consulting or facilitation, or the beginning of a new direction.
This program is designed for people working in Madagascar, across Africa, and in other complex, under-resourced, and culturally specific contexts where generic coaching frameworks often miss the mark.
This is a founding cohort.
Which means it is not for everyone.
- You already coach people informally — friends, colleagues, clients, community members
- You want the ICF ACC credential and are ready to commit 12 months to earning it properly
- You can attend two training sessions per month, online
- You are ready to be coached yourself, record your coaching, and receive honest feedback
- You want a small, serious cohort — not a large course with little personal attention
- You are drawn to culturally grounded coaching that doesn’t flatten context
- You have never had a coaching conversation and are starting completely from scratch
- You are looking for a short course or a certification you can get quickly
- You cannot commit to 12 months of consistent engagement
- You want a large cohort with a well-known institution’s name on the certificate
- You need something that starts before September 2026
Everything you need to complete
your ACC application. And more.
Live training sessions, practice labs, and group coaching across 12 months — meeting the ICF Level 1 minimum requirement.
Individual and group mentor coaching across at least three months, with a PCC-credentialed mentor coach.
Regular practice sessions, recorded coaching with feedback, and peer practice between sessions.
Every module explicitly mapped to ICF Core Competencies. You will know exactly where you are in relation to ACC requirements throughout the year.
Documentation guidance, coaching log templates, and review of your ACC application materials before submission.
Certificate of completion from Kintana Institute on successful completion of the program and all requirements.
Four phases. Twelve months.
One credential.
The program runs September 2026 through September 2027, with two 2-hour training sessions and one 2-hour practice lab per month. Mentor coaching is scheduled across the second half of the year.
Phase One
What coaching is and is not. The ICF framework. Ethics and professional standards. The coaching mindset. Presence, listening, and agreement-setting.
- What coaching is and is not
- Ethics and boundaries
- Coaching presence
- Agreement and goal setting
- Listening deeply
- Asking useful questions
Phase Two
Building the specific competencies the ICF measures. Working with values, emotions, identity, and culture. Direct communication and evoking insight.
- Awareness and values
- Emotions in coaching
- Identity and culture
- Power and context
- Direct communication
- Evoking insight
Phase Three
Intensive coaching labs, recorded sessions with feedback, and mentor coaching. Your strengths and growth edges become clear. ACC-level skill development.
- Coaching labs
- Recorded sessions
- Structured feedback
- Mentor coaching
- ACC skill development
Phase Four
Integrating your coaching model. Final recordings and observed sessions. ACC documentation support. Practice positioning and ethical business building.
- Model integration
- Final observed session
- ACC documentation
- Practice building
- Certificate completion
Supported pricing for
the founding cohort.
Comparable ICF Level 1 coach training programs range from $3,000 to $5,500+ USD. Because this is Kintana Institute’s first cohort, I am offering supported pricing — making serious, ICF-aligned coach education more accessible while building a strong founding community. Future cohorts will be priced at full rate.
The range most participants are invited to contribute. Monthly installments available. A deposit of $150–$250 holds your place.
Available for participants whose context makes the suggested contribution genuinely inaccessible. Discussed openly in your fit conversation.
The minimum contribution for the founding cohort. Monthly payment plans available upon request.
Sponsor contributions can directly support another participant’s access. For organizations that want to invest in coaching capacity in their teams or networks.
This begins with
a conversation, not a form.
With only 4–6 places in the founding cohort, fit matters more than speed. The process is straightforward and personal.
A short form to share your background, your interest, and which contribution range feels possible.
A 30-minute conversation to explore whether this is the right program for where you are right now.
If we both agree it’s a fit, a deposit holds your place and onboarding begins in August 2026.
First session September 2026. Documentation and coaching logs start from day one.
Rakotonirina
Fort Dauphin, Madagascar
I am a PCC-accredited coach and coach trainer with over 1,000 coaching hours in the last three years. My clients include senior leaders at Bloomberg, Autodesk, and the World Food Program, as well as founders, nonprofit directors, and social impact professionals working across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
I design and facilitate leadership and coach training for organizations including Projet Jeune Leader and Tekfutura, and I am the founder of Sekoly Kintana, a Montessori school in Madagascar. I understand what it takes to build a coaching practice when the infrastructure, the peer community, and the cultural fit are not given — because I built mine without them.
This program is built for the kind of practitioner I wish I had had access to when I was formalizing my own training. Rigorous. Intimate. Grounded in the real complexity of the contexts where you work.
September 2026.
Four to six people.
One founding cohort.
Applications close when the cohort is full — not on a fixed date. If this is on your mind, the right time to reach out is now.
Apply for a conversationHave a question before applying? Write to alison@alisonrakoto.com