Pedagogy Grounded in Practice
SAL Consulting is an education consulting and professional learning company that designs research-grounded instructional resources, professional learning, and digital learning experiences for educators, schools, and educational organizations.
We specialize in inquiry-driven teaching, literacy development, critical thinking, and responsible AI-integrated instructional practices.
We build instructional systems that help educators turn research into classroom practice.
The Research Behind the Work
SAL Consulting's instructional frameworks have been developed and refined through sustained collaboration with educators, classroom implementation, research, and grant-funded professional learning.
Our work with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program has contributed to the pedagogical foundation of the Inquiry Tools Library and our broader approach to inquiry-driven, literacy-rich instruction.
The result is not another collection of disconnected activities. It is an instructional approach designed to help educators strengthen literacy, critical reading, evidence use, inquiry, and problem-solving within the curriculum they already teach.
Explore Our ResearchInstructional Products Designed for Real Classroom Problems
We develop tools and implementation pathways that help educators strengthen instruction without replacing the curriculum they already use.
Implementation Guides & Accelerators
Ready-to-use instructional pathways organized around specific classroom problems and goals, with curated tools that help educators move from planning to implementation.
Explore Products →TeachConnect Global
Our educator-facing platform helps teachers identify instructional needs, find appropriate tools, and build inquiry-driven, literacy-rich pathways for their students.
Explore Membership →Inquiry Tools Library
SAL's proprietary instructional infrastructure provides classroom-ready inquiry routines and scaffolds designed to strengthen literacy, critical reading, thinking, and problem-solving across content areas.
Access the ITL →Professional Learning & Implementation
Schools and organizations can extend the tools through professional learning, coaching, PLC facilitation, implementation support, and licensing.
Partner With SAL →Professional Learning & Inquiry Labs
Our Inquiry Labs bring educators together to investigate instructional problems, redesign curriculum, experiment with inquiry-based approaches, and document what happens when those ideas move into classrooms.
These professional learning environments also help SAL refine its instructional tools through educator feedback, classroom implementation, teacher reflection, and student evidence.
Our Teaching with Primary Sources Inquiry Labs document grant-funded work developed in collaboration with educators and supported through the Library of Congress TPS program.
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From Classroom Tools to System-Level Support
SAL Consulting works with educators, schools, districts, universities, and organizations to strengthen inquiry-driven, literacy-rich teaching and learning.
Our work includes instructional products, professional learning, curriculum design, coaching, inquiry labs, implementation support, licensing, and collaborative educational initiatives.
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Teaching Through Inquiry
Leading educators discuss the intersection of research, classroom practice, and instructional innovation. Every episode is a conversation about what inquiry-based teaching actually looks like in real classrooms.