What we do
Safal provides clients with deep expertise and customized solutions to improve student outcomes by:
High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Services
Safal Partners helps states and districts design, implement, and manage comprehensive high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) review systems that drive evidence-based adoption decisions. We bring the operational expertise, reviewer management infrastructure, and data systems needed to power transparent, credible materials evaluations at scale.
With experience leading multiple large-scale review cycles, recruiting and training thousands of qualified reviewers, coordinating hundreds of review teams, and producing comprehensive quality reports, Safal delivers turnkey HQIM solutions that education agencies can trust from day one.
Local Curriculum Review Services
Safal Partners supports districts and education service centers in conducting rigorous, transparent reviews of locally adopted curriculum and instructional materials. We help answer the critical question every district faces: Are our materials truly meeting the needs of our students and teachers?
Drawing on our experience leading large-scale state HQIM reviews, we bring proven operational systems, expert reviewer management, and strong data infrastructure—scaled and customized for local contexts. Our approach ensures curriculum decisions are evidence-based, standards-aligned, and informed by the educators who use the materials every day.
Educator Effectiveness & Professional Learning Evaluation
Safal Partners helps states, districts, and education organizations determine whether investments in professional learning are translating into stronger educator practice and improved student outcomes. We design and implement comprehensive evaluation frameworks that move beyond satisfaction surveys to measure meaningful changes in knowledge, instructional practice, and impact.
Our approach combines rigorous methodology with practical implementation. With experience leading large-scale training initiatives, coordinating hundreds of educator teams, supporting systemwide HQIM implementation across hundreds of local education agencies, and delivering national technical assistance, we bring field-tested strategies that drive accountability, inform decision-making, and fuel continuous improvement.
Student Engagement & Retention
Safal Partners helps states, districts, and education organizations strengthen student engagement, improve attendance, and increase retention across the K–12 continuum. We work with education leaders to identify the root causes of disengagement and design data-informed strategies that reconnect students to learning and keep them on track to graduate.
Our approach integrates rigorous analysis with practical implementation. With experience supporting vulnerable student populations, leading national technical assistance initiatives, addressing chronic absenteeism, and advancing supports for students experiencing homelessness and other risk factors, we bring both national perspective and local execution expertise. Safal partners with systems to build sustainable engagement strategies that improve outcomes for all students—especially those most at risk.
School Improvement
Safal Partners supports states, districts, and schools in designing and implementing comprehensive school improvement strategies that drive measurable gains in student outcomes. We bring a systems-level perspective informed by deep experience advancing state-led turnaround initiatives, college and career readiness models, and performance evaluation efforts—combined with expertise in federal education program implementation across the K–12 continuum.
Our approach integrates diagnostic assessment, evidence-based planning, implementation support, and continuous monitoring to help low-performing and struggling schools build the capacity, systems, and culture needed for sustainable improvement. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, we partner alongside education leaders to develop strategies grounded in local data, context, and community priorities—ensuring change that is both effective and lasting.
Demonstrated Success
What We Do
Safal provides clients with deep expertise and customized solutions to improve student outcomes by:
Ensuring students have high-quality materials in every subject, in every classroom – Safal helps states execute systems for evaluating and adopting high-quality instructional materials to drive student success.
Expanding and strengthening support for parents – We support states in strategic planning and development of targeted resources for outreach and engagement with parents and families.
Improving teacher recruitment and retention – We leverage unique education and workforce expertise to help state and local education systems create and implement strategies to build a strong teacher pipeline, reduce turnover, and support teacher development.
Expanding Career and Technical Education (CTE) & Career Pathways – Safal leverages its deep workforce expertise to help state and local K-12, CTE, and post-secondary leaders create and expand programs to provide students with the industry-required skills and knowledge for high-growth careers.
Managing Grants, Supporting Grantees – We support new or expanded grant programs through streamlining grant applications, performance monitoring and compliance, and ensuring efficient, transparent, and accountable use of funds.
Facilitating Data-Driven Decision Making – Safal creates customized data tools to evaluate programs, analyzes data to inform policy and program decisions, and produces data visuals and reports to disseminate findings to a variety of audiences and scale application.
Supports Integration of Technology-Enabled Learning – We help clients create and implement responsible plans for tech and AI-enabled tools that accelerate student learning and improve operational efficiency.
Demonstrated Success
Safal has executed innovative, efficient solutions for state, local, and federal clients including:
Efficiently executed a transparent process to support Texas State Board of Education and Texas Education Agency in the Instructional Materials Review and Approval initiative
Safal, in partnership with Texas’s State Board of Education (SBOE) and the Texas Education Agency (TEA), facilitated implementation of the state’s instructional materials review and adoption process to meet state-mandated requirements that districts have access to high-quality instructional materials.
Result – Recruited and trained over 1,500 qualified Texas educators to serve as reviewers, facilitated the use of SBOE approved rubrics, and managed multiple review cycles to evaluate instructional materials.
Result – Developed more than 80 comprehensive reports detailing the quality of materials reviewed, accessible through a web portal, to guide districts in selecting high-quality instructional materials.
Developed guidance for districts on school improvement strategies through the Center for School Actions
In partnership with TEA's Region 13 Education Service Center, Safal developed resources, workshops, and guidance materials for districts implementing school improvement strategies, focusing on enhancing educational outcomes.
Result – Raised awareness and expanded use of materials across regional education service centers and school districts.
Result – Increased district adoption of resources by coordinating efforts with technical assistance providers to provide consistent support.
Serving children and youth experiencing homelessness
Safal leads the National Center for Homeless Education to support the consistent interpretation of federal requirements and implement homeless education programs effectively across states through tailored services, training, and sustainable program management.
Result – Customized support to 53 grantees across the nation with training and assistance to ensure consistent interpretation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
Result – Support program compliance through collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting data and improve the quality of data submissions for homeless education programs.
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