Foundation Track
Ages 13–15
First cohort
Agency, communication, courage, first mentor relationships and foundational missions.
Designed with
- Short missions
- Supervised settings
- Weekly parent visibility
- No unsupervised one-to-one time with adults
The Founding Lab
We are preparing the first founding cohort: 12 weeks on the Foundation Track, for ages 13–15. A lab is where you practice. One capability a week, rehearsed live and then used for real.
The program at a glance.
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Ages
- 13–15 for the first cohort
- Each week
- One 60-minute live session
- Between sessions
- One real-world mission
- Feedback
- A mentor check-in on every mission
- For parents
- A weekly parent translation
- Group
- A small founding cohort
Dates, format and tuition are still being finalized. Families on the Founding List hear first.
Every week has five parts
- 1
A 60-minute facilitated session
Review last week’s mission, hear one real leadership story, practice the new behavior live, and agree the next mission.
- 2
One outside mission
A single real action in a setting the student already belongs to: school, a sport, a club, family, or an approved community setting.
- 3
A mentor check-in
Three questions, every time. What was agreed? What happened? What changes next?
- 4
A parent translation
A short note on the capability to look for at home that week, and how to notice it without doing the mission for them.
- 5
An evidence log
Finished work, confirmations from the people involved, honest misses, and commitments that were repaired.
Confidence is useful. Follow-through is better.
Every mission ends with evidence: the finished work, a confirmation from the person on the other side, or an honest miss that was repaired. Growth becomes something you can point to.
What a parent may start to notice
- More initiative
- Clearer communication
- Stronger follow-through
- More comfort with adults
- More confidence in real situations
These are directions, not guarantees. GOING makes no clinical or academic promises, and no promise about any individual student.
GOING Day.
Three hours where leadership is practiced, not watched. It is the fastest way for a family to see how GOING works before the 12 weeks.
This is a sample run of the day. Dates are announced to the Founding List first.
- 0:00
Would you pass the GOING Test?
The opening sets the tone: leadership here is practiced, not watched.
- 0:15
Listening challenge
Ask, summarize, check you understood.
- 0:45
Recognition challenge
Notice a real contribution and name it.
- 1:15
Break and mentor table
Easy conversation with mentors.
- 1:30
Accountability challenge
Make one clear promise, with evidence.
- 2:00
Courage challenge
Practice a constructive ask and an opening line.
- 2:30
Parent and teen debrief
What parents can look for at home.
Two stages, one direction.
A 13-year-old and an 18-year-old need different things. GOING is built in two tracks that grow with the student.
Launch Track
Ages 16–18
In design
The move to college and work: professional communication, networking, judgment, negotiation, leadership and independent execution.
Missions like
- Write a concise ask to a known, approved adult, and follow up
- Ask one focused question at a supervised event and report what you learned
- Propose a revised plan, with the trade-offs
- Help someone become able to do a task without you
- Commit to one seven-day deliverable and review the evidence with a mentor
Founding families.
The first cohort is intentionally small. The families in it are the first to see GOING up close, and the ones we listen to most.
First in line
Priority access to the first cohort and to GOING Day.
Direct access to the founder
Your questions go to the person building the program.
A say in how it takes shape
Founding families are asked what is working, and it changes what we do.
Feedback sessions
Invitations to parent sessions as the first cohort runs.
Program questions.
What ages is GOING for?
Teenagers aged 13 to 18. The first cohort, the Founding Lab, is for ages 13–15 on the Foundation Track. A Launch Track for ages 16 to 18 is in design.
What does a teenager actually do?
Each week: one 60-minute live session with practice, one real-world mission in a setting they already belong to, and a mentor check-in. In the accountability week, for example, a student promises one thing someone actually needs, delivers it within 72 hours, and reviews what happened with a mentor.
Is it online or in person?
Sessions are live. The format and location for the first cohort are still being finalized. Families on the Founding List hear first.
When will the first cohort begin?
We are preparing the first founding cohort for 2027. The start date is still being finalized. Families on the Founding List hear first.
How much will it cost?
Tuition is still being finalized. Families on the Founding List hear first. Joining the list costs nothing.
How will I know it’s working?
By what your teenager does. Every mission ends with evidence: the finished work, a confirmation from the person involved, or an honest miss that was repaired. Each week you receive a parent translation that says what to look for at home. We do not guarantee outcomes, and we will not show you results we have not earned.
Why coaching, and not a class?
A class transfers information, and teenagers already have unlimited information. Coaching changes behavior. Athletes, executives and entrepreneurs use it because practice, feedback and accountability are how people actually improve. GOING gives teenagers the same structure, sized for their age.
How are teenagers kept safe?
By design. No adult is ever alone with a student. Missions happen in settings the student already belongs to, or in supervised GOING sessions. Nothing has to be posted publicly. There are no leaderboards or personality scores. Every adult who works with students passes a background check and completes child-safety training before their first session, and the full safeguarding policy is shared with every family before the Founding Lab begins.
Can I join the Founding List without committing?
Yes. Joining the list is not an application and not a commitment. It tells us you are interested, and it means you hear about GOING Day, parent briefings and the first cohort before anyone else.
Don’t wait until adulthood to learn how adulthood works.
We are preparing the first founding cohort. Joining the list is not a commitment. It means you hear first.