Professor Emeritus
Phone: 860.832.2152
Fax: 860.832.2109
Email: readdamit@cox.net
Office: HB 221.0000
Dr. David A. Monti is Professor Emeritus in the Reading and Language Arts Department at Central Connecticut State University. He is presently on the doctoral faculty at the university. Two of his students have completed their doctoral degree and he is presently working with two other students. Dr. Monti’s work as a consultant to many school districts across the nation allows him to teach and influence children every week. A former classroom teacher, he was named Connecticut Educator of the Year by the Connecticut Council of Teachers of English.
As an active member of the international Reading Association, Dr. Monti served on the Evaluation, Parents and Reading, Communicating with the Public, Outstanding Educator, and Citations of Merit committees. He has chaired the Legislative, LEADER, involving the Private Sector, and Communications committees, was President of the Connecticut Reading Association, and served two terms as Connecticut state coordinator for IRA.
Dr. Monti is co-author of The Aloud Reading Assessment (TARA). He has published a number of professional papers and currently researches reading comprehension during reading, alternative assessments, and flexible grouping.
Dr. Monti is a literacy consultant for Harcourt School Publishers. He recently contributed his expertise in flexible grouping, technology, and family involvement to Harcourt’s new K-6 reading and language arts program, Trophies.
Dr. Monti received his B.S. in Elementary Education and M.A. in Reading from Central Connecticut University and his Ed.D. in Reading from Hofstra University.