Scholarship

My Master's degree is in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Early Childhood Development and Inclusive Education. During my time as a graduate student at the University of Delaware, I completed several projects as part of my coursework, including an independent project in which I developed literacy lesson plans for multi-language learners in international schools as part of my thesis credits. The attached documents are a selection of these papers.

The document named "Grant proposal_preschool expulsion" is a project I completed for my program planning, assessment, and evaluation course. It is a grant proposal I wrote for a professional development program to lower the incidence of preschool expulsion by supporting teachers' abilities to effectively manage children's challenging behaviors and diverse needs.

The document titled "SRE" is a project completed for my literacy instruction for English language learners course. It includes before, during, and after reading activities specifically designed to support the language and literacy development of preschool-aged English language learners.

The document named "Supporting Multiple Language Learners’ Language And Literacy Development In A Global Context: Picture Book Lesson Plans For International Schools" is my final Master's project. It contains a literature review discussing international early education as well as language and literacy development for preschool-aged multi-language learners, and six interdisciplinary bilingual and wordless picture book reading lesson plans based on an international curriculum and preschool-level Common Core standards. These lesson plans are intended to be a resource for international educators and educators of MLLs in supporting their students' language and literacy development.

The document named "Tumulty_research proposal" is a research proposal I wrote for my research methods course which describes a research project involving an intervention for supporting English language learners' language and literacy skills in international schools through both home and school settings.

The document named "Tumulty_theoretical paper" compares two theoretical frameworks and their ability to explain how young English language learners develop language and literacy skills. This paper was written for my theories of human development course.

The document named "attachment research paper" is a policy paper I wrote for my inclusive curriculum and assessment for infants and toddlers course. It discusses attachment in infants and toddlers and its implications for caregivers and programs.

The document named "literature review-1" is a literature review I wrote for my family studies course. It discusses the current body of literature on family involvement in English language learners' language and literacy development as well as future directions for research in this area.

The document named "play project" is a project developed for my play in development and education course. It contains a brief literature review discussing the connections between play and literacy and the benefits of creating a literacy-enriched dramatic play environment, as well as two preschool lesson plans combining picture book reading and dramatic play.