PATRICIA SCULLY
Ph.D. - University of Maryland, College Park (1997)
Coordinator, Early Childhood Education
Associate Professor, Department of Education
UMBC,
1000 Hilltop Circle,
Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-2307
Fax: 410-455-3986
Email: pscull1@umbc.edu
Biography
Dr. Pat Scully has been an early childhood educator for more than 35 years. Over the course of her career, she has been a classroom teacher of children from 2-12 years old, directed a child care center, and established a training and professional development institute for teachers working in a variety of early childhood settings. Before coming to UMBC in 1991, Dr. Scully was an adjunct faculty member at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. She is currently an Associate Professor of Education and serves as the coordinator of the Early Childhood Program.

Dr. Scully received her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Maryland College Park in 1997. Her current research focuses on the experiences of student teaching interns in the Professional Development School and how these experiences have contributed to their subsequent teaching performance. She is also collaborating with a teacher on an article and book focused on how rituals and traditions help build classroom community. Dr. Scully is a co-author of the textbook, Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 4th Edition. Her other publications focus on early childhood curriculum, teacher and child stress, and inquiry approaches to teacher education.

Dr. Scully teaches courses in literacy development and curriculum in the Early Childhood Education Program. She advises prospective and current students in the program and supervises teacher candidates in field placements and internships.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Curriculum and Instruction
M.A.   Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, Early Childhood Education
B.S.   Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ, Elementary Education

BOOKS

Barbour, C., Barbour, N., & Scully, P. Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 4th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall (2008).

Barbour, C., Barbour, N., & Scully, P. Families, Schools, and Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, 3rd Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall (2005).

Scully, P., Barbour, N., & Seefeldt, C. Developmental Continuity across Preschool and Primary Grades, 2nd Ed. Olney, MD: Association for Childhood Education International (2003).

ARTICLES

Helping Infants and Toddlers Reduce Stress. TOP: Tips on Parenting, 5(2), 1-2, 2003.

Time Out from Tension: Teaching Young Children How to Relax. The Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 10(4), 22-29, 2003.

Scully, P., & Roberts, H., Phonics, Expository Writing, and Reading Aloud: Playful Literacy in the Primary Grades. Early Childhood Education Journal, 30(2), 93-99, 2002.

Scully, P., & Rivkin, M. "Greening" Early Childhood Teacher Education. Proceedings of the North American Association for Environmental Education, USA, 29, 2000.

Scully, P., Howell, J., & Scullen, L., From a Bean Cake to a Classroom Kingdom: An Idea Becomes a Topic. Young Children, 55(3), 28-35, 2000.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

From the Editor. Educating Children for Democracy 1(1), 2-4, 2000. Children's Books Focusing on Baby Animals. Clearing: Environmental Resources for Teachers 111, 40-41, 2002.

Children's Picture Books about Water. Clearing: Environmental Resources for Teachers 110, 40-41, 2001.

Children's Picture Books. Clearing: Environmental Resources for Teachers 109, 40-41, 2001.

Scully, P., Isenberg, J., Jolongo, M., & Davis, J., Child-Centered Curriculum: A Course for Early Childhood Faculty. Washington, D.C.: Children's Resources International, 1999.

Leipzig, J., & Scully, P., Creating Child- Centered Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers: Training modules. Washington, D.C.: Children's Resources International, 1997.

Scully, P., Fitzpatrick, K., & Taylor, L., Teacher's Guide: The Colored Cyclone (winner of the WMAR-TV2 13th Annual Drama Competition for Black Writers). Baltimore, MD, 1996.

"Portfolios in Teacher Education: A Maryland Perspective," in Portfolios in Teacher Education: A Maryland Perspective, a newsletter jointly published by UMBC Education Department, Mount St. Mary's College Education Department, and Maryland State Department of Education, Issue 2, February 1996.

Saul, W., & Scully, P., Instructor's Guide: Thinking Science. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995.

Scully, P., Antani, P., Nicholas, D., Fries, M, Reese, D., & Schlitzer, D., Teacher's Guide: The Jook Joint (winner of the WMAR-TV2 11th Annual Drama Competition for Black Writers). Baltimore, MD, 1993.

Scully, P., & delCarmen, S., Teacher's Guide: A Gift from the Hunters (winner of the WMAR-TV2 10th Annual Drama Competition for Black Writers). Baltimore, MD, 1993.

Seefeldt, C., Barbour, N., & Scully, P., Instructor's Guide: Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 3rd Edition. New York: Merrill, 1994.

Scully, P., Outdoor Play. Maryland Child Care Newsletter, Spring, 1991.

Scully, P., & Ross, H., Helping Young Children Relax," Video Tape, Mt. Rainer, MD: Gryphon House Books, 1984.

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