Scott Abbott

Institute for Public Administration

Policy Scientist, IPA

Assistant Director, Delaware Center for Civics Education

University of Delaware

177 H Graham Hall
Newark, DE 19716
704-650-5636

sabbott@udel.edu

Biography

Scott Abbott is a Policy Scientist and Assistant Director of the Delaware Center for Civics Education at the Institute for Public Administration (IPA) in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration. Scott supports civics and social studies education throughout the state of Delaware and beyond by designing curriculum, providing professional development to educators, consulting on statewide assessments, and managing partnerships and initiatives in support of civics education. He also teaches pre-service educators as an adjunct instructor at the University of Delaware. Scott serves as the higher education representative on the Delaware Professional Standards Board, as Executive Secretary of the Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4), and as a Delaware representative on the Board of Directors for the Middle States Council for the Social Studies.

Previously, Scott worked for over 10 years as Director of K-12 Social Studies at the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). He began his career as a high school social studies teacher at Myers Park High School in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (NC), spent time as a Program Director for Teach For America, and instructional coach for Friendship Public Charter Schools, and taught as an adjunct instructor at Wingate University (NC) and American University (DC).

Degrees

Executive Masters in Leadership, Georgetown University (2015)
M.Ed., Social Studies Education, Wake Forest University (2004)
BA, History with minors in classical studies and international studies, Wake Forest University (2003)