Certification Curriculum Overview — Mayine Development Institute™
Scholarship Candidate Resource

Certification Curriculum
& Delivery Map

Everything you are learning, when you learn it, and how delivery works — across all three certification tracks. Use this to understand your journey and to speak confidently about what you do when recruiting clients.

Shared Foundation — All Tracks

Months 1–6 —
Every candidate, every track.

Regardless of which certification you are pursuing, your first six months are shared with your full cohort. You enter together and you declare your track at Month 6. This is where your practice is born.

Month 1
Foundation & Identity
Orientation to Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™ methodology. The Five Pillars framework. Indigenous identity as a coaching foundation. Ethics, duty of care, what it means to work with young people. One live orientation session with Nomveliso. Your cohort covenant signed.
Online modules Live orientation session Checkpoint: written reflection submitted
Month 2
Coaching Skills & the Coaching Conversation
Listening, questioning, facilitating insight. Goal setting and session structure. Managing resistance and disengagement in young people. Self-management for the coach: EQ, triggers, personal boundaries. Documentation, confidentiality, and referral protocols.
Online modules Bi-weekly virtual sessions Checkpoint: written coaching case submitted
Month 3
Adolescent Development + Client Recruitment Begins
Indigenous theories of adolescent development. Applied coaching for pre-teens (9–12) and teenagers (13–19). Family systems. Recognising limits — when to refer. MAE™ framework introduction. You begin actively recruiting your 10 clients this month. Clients activate and begin paying in Month 4.
Online modules + bi-weekly sessions Client recruitment begins End of Month 3: written case study assessment gate
Months 4–6
Teen Practicum Bridge — Live Client Work Begins
Your 10 teen clients activate. Minimum 40 hours coaching pre-teens and teenagers. Monthly practicum log submissions. Bi-weekly group supervision with your cohort. Revenue share activates — your clients pay you, you remit 70% to Mayine monthly. Around Month 6: practitioners' retreat or in-person immersion. At Month 6 you formally declare your certification track.
10 clients active · R9,500/month gross Practitioners' retreat · Month 6 window Practicum portfolio + track declaration gate
Certification Tracks — Month 7 Onwards

After Month 6 —
your track opens.

Once your practicum portfolio is approved and you declare your track, the three paths diverge. Each one deepens a specialist area of practice. All three produce a certified, licensed Mayine practitioner.

Track A · 12 Months Total
Certified Identity-Anchored Teencoach™
CIAT™
Months 7–12 · Specialist phase
Advanced teen coaching methodology. You deepen your practice with the clients already in your caseload while completing specialist theory and business modules.
Months 7–9 — Advanced Theory
  • Advanced teen coaching methodology and deepened Five Pillars application
  • Mindset of Academic Excellence™ (MAE™) — full framework
  • Working with school systems, teachers, and school environments
  • Complex teen presentations — family breakdown, academic crisis, identity disruption
  • Business of Coaching modules — practice setup, pricing, marketing
Month 9 — Midpoint
  • Mandatory midpoint check-in with Nomveliso or Supervision Lead
Months 10–11 — Refinement
  • Supervision deepens to assessor-level review
  • Practicum log finalisation — portfolio review
  • Business practice refinement and caseload management
Month 12 — Final Assessment
  • Written case study (minimum 4 teen clients documented)
  • Live coaching demonstration
  • Programme presentation to assessor
Track B · 15 Months Total
Certified Identity-Anchored Career Coach™
CIAT™ + CIAC™
Months 7–15 · Teen + Young Adult
Extends your practice to young adults (18–25). From Month 9 you recruit 5 additional young adult clients alongside your 10 teen clients. You coach both cohorts simultaneously.
Months 7–9 — Young Adult Theory
  • Ethics and autonomy in coaching independent young adults
  • Young adult psychology — the "figuring it out" years
  • Self-discovery coaching — family history, identity gaps, calling vs career
  • Indigenous intelligence and career direction
  • Coaching through ambiguity, systems navigation, early career transitions
Month 9 — Practicum Expands
  • 5 young adult clients (18–25) enter your practice alongside your 10 teen clients
  • Mandatory midpoint check-in
Months 10–12 — Applied Mastery
  • Indi-Career Coaching™ — full methodology
  • Indi-Career Design™, Indi-Performance Coaching™, Indi-Career Reset™
  • MAE™ at Tertiary — supporting young adults still in higher education
  • Abundance Reclamation™ — coaching the colonial scarcity wound
Months 13–15 — Signature Delivery & Assessment
  • Self-Discovery Coaching Programme™ delivery framework
  • Business modules for young adult coaching practice
  • Written case study (young adult) + live demo + programme presentation
Track C · 15 Months Total
Certified Instinct-Anchored Parenting Coach™
CIAT™ + CIAP™
Months 7–15 · Teen + Parent
Extends your practice to coaching parents of the teenagers you already work with. From Month 9 you recruit 5 parent clients. You coach the teen and the parent — separately — within the same family system.
Months 7–9 — Parent Coaching Theory
  • Ethics and boundaries in parent coaching vs family therapy
  • Instinct-Based Parenting™ — the foundational philosophy
  • Family systems — coaching the parent's role within it
  • Indigenous family formation and ancestral parenting wisdom
  • Coaching through parental resistance, defensiveness, and fear
Month 9 — Practicum Expands
  • 5 parent clients enter your practice alongside your 10 teen clients
  • Mandatory midpoint check-in
Months 10–12 — Signature Programmes
  • Instinct-Based Parenting Coaching Programme™ — full delivery
  • Yibalikhaya™ — Be the Home: the Parenting Reconnection Programme
  • Parenting Intellectual Growth™ — raising the whole intelligence of your child
  • MAE™ Parenting Edition — supporting academic excellence from the parent side
Months 13–15 — Delivery Frameworks & Assessment
  • Parenting Circles™ group facilitation model
  • Business modules for parent coaching practice
  • Written case study (parent) + live demo + programme presentation
Assessment Gates

What you must pass
to progress.

Every gate is a non-negotiable checkpoint. The programme does not move forward without each one being met. These are not tests — they are evidence of practice.

Gate What Is Required Tracks
Month 3 Written case study. Pass to open the practicum bridge. All tracks
Month 6 Full practicum portfolio approved (40 hours teen coaching logged). Formal track declaration submitted. All tracks
Month 9 Mandatory midpoint check-in with Nomveliso or Supervision Lead. Specialisation practicum opens for Tracks B and C. All tracks
Month 12 Written case study + live coaching demonstration + programme presentation. CIAT™ awarded on pass. Track A
Month 12 Second midpoint check-in with Supervision Lead. Specialisation portfolio review. Track B Track C
Month 15 Written case study (specialisation clients) + live coaching demonstration + programme presentation. CIAC™ or CIAP™ awarded on pass. Track B Track C
All three certifications (CIAT™, CIAC™, CIAP™) are issued under the Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™ trademark.
Upon certification all practitioners join MaGICA™ and operate as Licensed Associates under the 60/40 revenue model for Mayine-referred clients.
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