Move Toward

Fewer students in intervention.

Data meetings that lead somewhere.

A compliant reading system that works.

The science of reading tells you what good instruction looks like. Move Toward diagnoses why your system isn't there yet — and builds the response that fits.

Sound Familiar?

Students are below benchmark and the same interventions keep producing the same results.
Data gets reviewed in meetings but nothing changes in classrooms the following week.
Students are on Personal Reading Plans and their scores aren't moving.
The same students show up in every data meeting — and the conversation is the same every time.
Your Act 20 compliance processes exist on paper but aren't running the way they should
Your district adopted a science of reading curriculum — but classroom practice hasn't changed.
Staff are working hard. The problem keeps coming back.

A compliant system that isn't producing reading growth is still a failing system — it just has better paperwork.

The two things that break down

Most small district principals are dealing with one or both of these:

The compliance process is collapsing. Screening windows slip. Diagnostic timelines get missed. PRPs get created on paper but not practice.

The intervention is not working. Students have reading plans but not making expected growth. The same names come up in every data meeting.

What Move Toward does

Act 20 + Reading System Assessment

$1,500

A full diagnostic of your PK–3 reading system. Maps every Act 20 requirement against current practice, examines how data is being discussed and how decisions are being made, and identifies the root cause of what isn't working. You leave with a clear picture of where the system stands and what to do first.

Implementation Engagement

$4,000–$6,000

Follows the assessment. Root cause in hand, Move Toward builds the response your system needs — by role, with 30–60–90 day indicators so the work holds after the engagement ends. Scope is determined by what the assessment found, not a predetermined program.

What sets Move Toward apart

Diagnosis before prescription

Most support arrives with a program already chosen. Move Toward starts by finding the actual problem — then builds the response that fits it.

Built from the inside out

Jaye Barbeau has built and run compliant PK–3 reading systems from inside real Wisconsin schools. He holds both a Wisconsin Reading License and an Administrative License — and has spent two decades years in the work, not observing it.

Built for small districts

The advice fits the reality of a sole administrator managing compliance, curriculum, and instruction simultaneously. No generic frameworks. No recommendations that assume staff you don't have.

Science of Reading credentials and system-level diagnosis.

Wisconsin Reading License grounded in structured literacy. Administrative License for compliance credibility. The rare combination that lets Move Toward assess both what should be happening in classrooms and why it isn't.

Find out what is getting in the way of your reading system.

A free 14-question self-assessment for principals. No data needed. Takes about five minutes. You get a written report that names what is most likely blocking progress in your building and what it means for next steps.

Or reach Jaye directly: jaye@movetoward.net · 608.358.2281

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