Christie Welsby
For nearly 30 years, Christie Welsby has taught elemen tary students as an elementary school reading special ist. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Reading, Language Arts, and Literature. A life-long learner, she also obtained a C.A.S. in Educational Tech nology and New Literacies. She’s been trained in and taught with .... more
For nearly 30 years, Christie Welsby has taught elemen tary students as an elementary school reading special ist. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in Reading, Language Arts, and Literature. A life-long learner, she also obtained a C.A.S. in Educational Tech nology and New Literacies. She’s been trained in and taught with many reading approaches, including Read ing Recovery and Orton-Gillingham. Concerned with the small number of truly decodable books available at book stores and libraries, Christie wrote Forward Motion Readers for all readers to experience reading success. In addition to reading and writing, she enjoys music, the ater, hiking and traveling with her family. Learn more about Christie at www.forwardmotionteaching.com.