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Francis J. O’Malley

DIRECTOR, DELAWARE SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION PROJECT AND POLICY SPECIALIST II
(Curriculum Specialist, The Democracy Project)

fomalley@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-8443 phone/voice-mail, 302-831-4271 phone
302-831-3488 fax

181 Graham Hall | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380

 
Fran O'Malley began working at the Institute for Public Administration after teaching in Delaware schools for 22 years. During that time, Fran served on the Frameworks Commission that developed the Delaware Social Studies Standards and chaired the committee that initiated the development of the State social studies assessment. More recently, Fran has served as the Curriculum Specialist for The Democracy Project since its inception in 1999 and spent the 1999-2000 school year as a Teacher in Residence at the newly formed Delaware Social Studies Education Project. Fran brings extensive training in civics education and leadership in social studies education to the Institute.
 

 
MI, University of Delaware, 2000, Constitutional Studies (James Madison Fellow)

BS, St. Joseph's University 1977, Secondary Social Studies Education
 

 
Delaware State Teacher of the Year, 1997

"Order of Excellence" recognition by the Delaware State Board of Education, 1997

Delaware State Superintendent’s "Merit Award," 1997

Brandywine School District Teacher of the Year, 1996

Teacher to Teacher Award (Middle States Council for the Social Studies) for sharing "Imaginative and Creative Classroom Projects," 1996

Delaware History Teacher of the Year, awarded by the University of Delaware, 1995

James Madison Memorial Fellowship, 1995

Distinguished Service Award, Social Studies Curriculum Frameworks Commission (Delaware Department of Public Instruction), 1995

Fullbright-Hays Summer Seminar Abroad Fellowship: China, Hong Kong & Taiwan, 1993

Harry J. Carman Gold Medal Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies Research, Teaching and Other Recent Professional Excellence," awarded by the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1991
 

 

2001 - present		Director, Delaware Social Studies Education Project, Delaware Center for Teacher Education, CHEP; Curriculum Specialist for the Democracy Project, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
1991 - 2001		Social Studies Teacher/Coordinator, Brandywine School District
1996 - 1997		Chairperson, Social Studies Assessment Committee – Delaware State Testing Program, "Teacher on Loan" to Department of Education
1995		Adjunct Professor, Wilmington College
1990, 1991		Teaching Fellow ("Introduction to Law") University of Delaware Summer College
1979 - 1991		Social Studies Teacher/Department Chair, Padua Academy

 
UAPP667--The Democracy Project

EDUC 346--Social Studies Methods

HIST 667--Integrated Social Studies/Reading Summer Institute for Teachers

ARSC667--Delaware Social Studies Summer Institute for Teachers
 

 
"The Role of the First Congress in Our Federal Government," The Democracy Project, funded by the Dirksen Congressional Center, 2002.

"Hidden in Plain View: History Standard Two and The Underground Railroad Quilt Code," Trade Secrets, Vol. 20, No. 2, spring 2001.

"Switching Social Studies to the Frontburner of the Elementary Curriculum," Trade Secrets, Vol. 19, No. 3, spring 2000.

"Thursdays with Yoshida," Trade Secrets, Vol. 19, No. 3, spring 2000.

"The Case of the Bloody Massacre: Rex v. Preston 1770," Delaware Department of Public Instruction, 1996.

"Writing History: Delmarva’s Underground Railroad," Delaware Department of Public Instruction, 1995.

"Delaware and the First Federal Elections," Teacher Resource Packet, 1989.

"Woodrow Wilson: Should Disability Have Been Declared?," In Order to From a More Perfect Lesson Plan, Center for Research and Development in Law-Related Education, Wake Forest University, N.C., 1988
 

 
"Teaching About the Role of the First Congress in our Federal Government," Middle States Council for the Social Studies Conference, Lancaster, Pa., March 2002.

"Teaching About the Role of the First Congress in our Federal Government," Delaware Teacher Center, March 2002.

"Teaching About the United States Constitution," Delaware Teacher Center, February 2002.

"Integrating Social Studies and Reading," Indian River School District, January 2002.

"Simulating Civics: Mock Constitutional Convention," Delaware Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Smyrna, Del., October 2001.

"Interpreting History: Using the Columbian Encounter as Context," Delaware Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Smyrna, Del., October 2000.

"Lessons from James Madison Fellow," National Council for the Social Studies, Orlando, Fla., November 1999.

"The Professional Teacher," University of Delaware’s History Education Classes, 1995-1999.

"The Case of the Bloody Massacre," Delaware Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, October 1995; Middle School Interdisciplinary Workshop, Rehoboth, Del., February 1998.

"Social Studies Methods in Middle Schools," Wilmington College Education Classes, March 1996.

"Writing History: Delmarva’s Underground Railroad" and "The Case of the Bloody Massacre," Middle States Council for the Social Studies Annual Regional Conference, March 7-8, 1996.

"The Storm Over the Standards," University of Delaware’s History Department Symposium, February 1996.