Pati Montgomery

Pati Montgomery

Pati Montgomery is the founder of Schools Cubed, a school consulting firm that specializes in collaborating with school and district leadership to increase reading and educational outcomes for all students. Schools Cubed’s focus is coaching and mentoring school and district leadership to implement evidence-based practices in literacy. Pati has served as a classroom teacher, elementary and middle school principal, district leader, and executive director of literacy for the state of Colorado, where she led the implementation of one of the first evidence-based literacy legislations in the country.

She has been recognized by the International Dyslexia Association, The Arc disability rights organization, and ExcelEd for her outstanding leadership in the area of literacy. She speaks nationally about leadership and literacy and specifically on the systems and structures that should be implemented in schools to increase literacy outcomes for students. She serves as an expert and advisor on several literacy panels for states and school districts. Pati was the lead author for the book A Principal’s Primer for Raising Reading Achievement, a Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) module for administrators.

Pati received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in special education from the University of Northern Colorado, and a specialized certificate in administration from the University of Denver.