For schools & institutions
Guidance built for the whole building — not one student at a time.
Education Consultation Group began with one-hour consultations for students and families. This page is the same practice, at program level: we work with schools, school districts, nonprofits, and colleges to build guidance that reaches every student — with the same rule we use in a one-on-one session: every honest path on the table, from four-year degrees to service, skilled pathways, and first jobs.
What we do
College & career readiness programming
Workshop series and student sessions that go past the brochure: how to choose a path, read the debt math, and take the options seriously that nobody at school mentions — gap years, military service, Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, government service, and direct-to-career routes. Family information sessions included, because parents are half the decision.
Advising program design & review
An outside read on your counseling and advising program: where students fall through, which touchpoints actually change decisions, and what to fix first. You get a written assessment and a prioritized plan — not a binder that gathers dust.
Counselor & advisor training
Professional development for the people students already trust: pathway advising beyond the four-year default, career-launch strategy from the hiring side of the table, and honest-outcomes communication with families.
Sponsored consultation seats
Fund one-hour consultations for your students — scholarship seats with plain, anonymized impact reporting. See the Partner page for sponsorship models, or fold seats into a larger engagement.
Who brings us in
- Public and private high schools — readiness programming and counselor support.
- School districts — consistent pathway advising across buildings.
- Youth-serving nonprofits & foundations — guidance programming and sponsored seats for the students you serve.
- Colleges & workforce programs — career-launch programming for students nearing the job market.
How an engagement runs
1. A short discovery conversation. Tell us your students, your constraints, and what isn’t working. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so and point you somewhere better.
2. A written proposal. Scope, deliverables, timeline, and a flat quoted fee — in writing, before anything starts. Institutional work is scoped individually; there is no rate card, because no two schools need the same thing.
3. Delivery and follow-up. Sessions, materials, and a written summary your team keeps. What we promised, in writing, is what you get.
The honest fine print
- New practice, said plainly. Education Consultation Group was founded in 2026. Institutional work is led personally by founder Puru Gaur (MPH, MBA; director-level mentor) — we don’t claim institutional clients we don’t have.
- No guaranteed outcomes. We improve how students decide; we cannot guarantee admissions, placements, or employment — for institutions any more than for families.
- Quoted in writing, always. Every engagement is scoped and priced in a written proposal before we start. No hourly surprises.