Mark Montgomery

Current

President at Montgomery Educational Consulting

Past

Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies at University of Denver
Executive Director at Center for Teaching International Relations, Univ of Denver
Assistant Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

High School French Teacher at Saint Mary's Academy

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Education

Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
University of Northern Colorado
Dartmouth College

Cherry Creek High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

Mark Montgomery’s Summary

Mark Montgomery is a caring, compassionate educator with deep experience in higher education, classroom teaching, and college administration. He is a college insider who uses his knowledge of schools and empathy for students to help young people decide for themselves their educational journey.

Mark Montgomery’s Specialties:

College counseling, admissions consulting, higher education administration, curriculum development, instructional design, project planning, creation of foreign exchange programs, teaching, education policy, textbook analysis.

Mark Montgomery’s Experience

President

Montgomery Educational Consulting

(Higher Education industry)

January 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

We empower students with affordable, expert advice as they navigate the college selection and admissions process.

We assist students in finding colleges that best fit their abilities, interests, and aspirations.

From the first meeting through the final college choice, we guide you as you map your college journey.

We work with clients from Colorado and around the country. Clients include students who are academically gifted, average, underachieving, with learning differences, athletes, and artists.
Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies

University of Denver

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 2001 — June 2005 (4 years)

Administrative Associate Dean; part of a small management team in a division of the school that had both a graduate and undergraduate program. In charge of community outreach, internal assessment, relations with foreign universities, and special projects.

Also taught courses in the undergraduate program in US Foreign Policy, History of Foreign Relations, and the Model United Nations.
Executive Director

Center for Teaching International Relations, Univ of Denver

(Higher Education industry)

1997 — May 2005 (8 years)
Assistant Professor

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

February 1993 — June 1996 (3 years 5 months)

Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of Social Science. Taught courses in International Relations, US Foreign Policy, US History, and International Environmental Politics.

Nominated for a university-wide teaching award by my students and by my peers.
High School French Teacher

Saint Mary's Academy

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

February 1987 — June 1988 (1 year 5 months)

Mark Montgomery’s Education

Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

PhD & MALD, International Relations, 1988 — 1993
University of Northern Colorado

Teaching Cert., Secondary Education, 1986 — 1987

Activities and Societies:

Awarded full tuition scholarship by the Colorado Department of Education to pursue a Professional Teaching Credential in Secondary Education (French). Also completed coursework in Educational Leadership.
Dartmouth College

AB, Religion, 1980 — 1984

Activities and Societies:

Casque and Gauntlet, Dartmouth Aires, Dartmouth Players
Cherry Creek High School

1976 — 1980

Additional Information

Mark Montgomery’s Websites:

Mark Montgomery’s Interests:

College planning, college admission, higher education policy, K-12 education policy, international politics, international travel, foreign languaged (French, Spanish), local music, theater arts, skiing, hiking, reading, films.

Mark Montgomery’s Groups:

National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC), Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), Rocky Mountain Association of College Admissions Counselors (RMACAC), Colorado Council of High School / College Relations (CCHS/CR), Colorado Council for the Social Studies, Leadership Denver, Challenge School Parents