About Step By Step Learning®

Step By Step Learning® (SBSL), now a part of MGT’s Education Solutions Group, is a K-12 educational consulting company that is focused on implementing Structured Literacy and evidenced-based practices to accelerate children's reading at grade level. 
  
SBSL's unique instructional methodology integrates all educators as stakeholders, including administrators, teachers, instructional coaches, and reading specialists, to create a team-based solution for fostering reading, writing, and spelling instruction that promotes the success of all students.
Our team is certified by a variety of organizations including the Center for Effective Reading Instruction (CERI), the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA) and Orton-Gillingham.
Our Impact
With over 20+ years of experience in teaching educators to implement the elements of Structured Literacy and Multi-Tiered System of Support Frameworks, we have supported hundreds of districts in obtaining increases of 35-75% in students reading on grade level, often in as little as 3-5 months. 
Our Comprehensive Approach

Products & Services

Online Learning Library

Everything you need to know about teaching reading skills, available at your fingertips.

Small Group Automation Tool

Effeciently and effectively collect data and group students by skill level with lessons available for each targeted skill.

Connecting to the Classroom®

A series of training sessions that have been carefully designed to help teachers connect their knowledge about how students learn to read and transfer that knowledge directly into the classroom.

Additional Offerings:

• Professional Learning in the Science of Reading (SOR)
• Data Analysis and Data-Driven Decision Making
• Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
• Consulting and Educational Leadership
• Coaching and Modeling
• Teach Me to Read / Learn at Home (Parent Engagement)
• Structured Literacy Courses

Upcoming Webinars

March 25, 2024

4:30 - 5:30EST

No Time to Waste: Structured Literacy with Young Adults

Julie Burtscher Brown 

What does “literacy” mean to struggling adolescent readers? Can foundational skill instruction respect the dignity of young adults? What does such a program actually look like and where could my high school begin? 

April 29, 2024

4:30 - 5:30EST

Building Stronger Readers 
through Spelling

Dr. Pam Kastner

 This session highlights the reciprocal relationship between reading and spelling and its benefits to both essential language skills. Student spelling samples will be analyzed through the language lenses of phonology, orthography, and morphology to inform targeted instruction and intervention using effective instructional practices and routines.     

Past Webinars

What is the Science of Reading 
and Why Does it Matter?

Learn more about the Science of Reading practices, legislation, and how your school can implement these evidence-based practices.

Using Data to Drive Instruction

Dr. Stephanie Stollar and Sherry Hushen

How to collect and interpret data more efficiently so that you can get back to teaching effectively.

Building & Making Connections 
with Secondary Students

Charlie Lyons and Kim Hamilton

This webinar explores effective strategies for fostering and sustaining positive relationships with secondary students to support their academic and personal growth.

Dyslexia: A 30,000ft View
 Dr. Jan Hasbrouck and Amy Gulley
Join us as we discuss dyslexia and various methodologies that can help readers during National Dyslexia Month.
Planning Sustained Professional Learning for One Skill or Strategy: Student-Focused Coaching  
Dr. Daryl Michel

Join this webinar to learn how to design and implement ongoing, student-centered coaching strategies for sustained professional learning focused on a specific skill or strategy.

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