How To Explain COE
In Any Context
The 10-second version, the 2-minute version, and the one-liner for every room you walk into.
Dr. Izzy Kiver · 3 min read
The 10-Second Version
We help teenagers discover their purpose before the world convinces them they don’t have one.
The 30-Second Version
Every teenager already has something extraordinary in them. The problem is that nobody builds infrastructure to help them see it. We created the 7 Teachings — a system of physical cards, digital mentorship, and structured experiences that reveal people to themselves. We start with teens, but the method works for anyone at any age who is searching for their purpose.
The 2-Minute Version
For Donors and Partners
When I was a kid, I had fire inside me but no one to fan it. The system had programs for kids falling behind, but nothing for the kid reaching upward with empty hands. Two experiences changed my life: a volunteer tutor who showed up three times a week, and a structured system that made my effort visible. Neither told me what to become. They created conditions where I could not help but become more of who I already was.
My brother did not have that. He took his own life. It took me a decade to process the grief and find my way to purpose. I started Covenant of Education so that the distance between lost and aimed would never be that far for anyone again.
We built the 7 Teachings — a philosophy and methodology that creates the conditions for self-discovery. We deliver it through physical NFC cards teenagers can scan for mentorship content, digital courses, facilitated group experiences, and eventually certified practitioners and institutional licensing. Our moonshot is 100 million people discovering their purpose by 2040.
Right now we are proving the model works at small scale. We need partners who believe that purpose-finding should not be an accident of privilege. If you want to be part of building the infrastructure that catches people before they fall through the cracks, this is the moment.
The One-Liner for Every Context
We build the infrastructure that catches teenagers before they fall through the cracks of purposelessness.
A turnkey purpose-discovery program your students actually want to engage with — cards they scan, content that meets them where they are.
Your kid has something extraordinary inside them. We help them see it before the world tells them otherwise.
You are not lost. You just have not had the right mirror yet. Scan the card.
We reduce youth mental health crisis at the root by giving teenagers purpose before anxiety fills the void.
We provide the purpose-discovery layer that makes every youth-serving program more effective.
Now You Have the Words
Use them. Share them. Say them at the dinner table, in a pitch meeting, or to the teenager who needs to hear it most.
Get Involved →Continue Your Journey
- Captain’s Log #001: The Manifesto – Where everything began
- Captain’s Log #002: The Flywheel Nobody Talks About – Why purpose programs fail
- Captain’s Log #003: Nafthali + The Palo Alto Parent – The kid nobody is listening to
- Captain’s Log #004: What We’re Doing (And Why It Matters) – Making purpose-finding convenient
Covenant of Education is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to purpose discovery for teenagers through the 7 Teachings framework. Learn more at coveofedu.org.