Stephanie G. Davis
500 Hobbs Road
Greensboro, North Carolina 27403
Phone (336) 549-5098
Education
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 2009
Teacher Education and Development, Major field: Literacy
Research interests: professional development, adaptive teaching, literacy, metacognition
Dissertation: Case Studies of Two Teachers: The Knowledge Teachers Draw Upon to Adapt. (2009)
Committee: Gerald G. Duffy (chair), Colleen M. Fairbanks, Samuel D. Miller, Ann Harrington
M.Ed. Reading Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 2005
B.S. Elementary Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, May 1999
Professional Work Experience
Lecturer 2009-Present
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Teacher Education and Higher Education
School of Education
Teaching Assistant and Team Leader 2006-2009
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Teacher Education and Higher Education
School of Education
Curriculum Facilitator 2004-2006
Guilford Primary
Guilford County Schools
Greensboro, North Carolina
Second Grade Teacher 2001-2004
Falkener International Baccalaureate World School
Guilford County Schools
Greensboro, North Carolina
Third Grade Teacher 1999-2001
Northwood Elementary School
Guilford County Schools
High Point, North Carolina
Refereed Articles
Parsons, S. A., Davis, S. G., Scales, R. Q., Williams, J. B., & Kear, K. (2010). How and why teachers adapt their literacy instruction. The 31st Yearbook of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 221-236.
Parsons, S. A., Gray, E. S., Moore, N., & Davis, S. G. (2009). Distinguished scholars’ insights into
obtaining funding for literacy research. 58th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 197-204.
Duffy, G. G., Miller, S. D., Kear, K. A., Parsons, S. A., Davis, S. G., & Williams, J. B. (2008). Teachers’ instructional adaptations during literacy instruction, 57th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 160-171.
Davis, S. G. & Gray, E. S. (2007). Going beyond test taking strategies: Building self-regulated students and teachers. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction. Vol. 1, 1.
Book Chapters
Duffy, G.G., Webb, S. M., & Davis, S. G. (2009). Literacy education at a crossroad: Can we counter the trend to marginalize quality teacher education? In J.V. Hoffman & Goodman, Y. M. (Eds.), Changing literacies for changing times: An Historical perspective on the future of reading research, public policy, and classroom practice (pp.189-197). New York, NY: Routledge.
Duffy, G. G., Israel, S. E., Davis, S. G., Doyle, K., Gavigan, K. Gray, E. S., Jones, A., Kear, K., Qualls, R., Mason, P., Parsons, S. A., & Williams, B. (2009). Where to from here? An afterword. In S. E.
Israel & G. G. Duffy (Eds.), Handbook of research on reading comprehension (pp. 668-675). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Referreed International and National Presentations
Davis, S. G. (2015, March). Transforming read alouds through transcripts. Presentation at the North Carolina Reading Association Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Davis, S. G. (2014, December). The Knowledge teachers access to adapt instruction. Round Table Session presented at the meeting of the Literacy Research Association, Marco Island, FL.
Parsons, S. A., Williams, J. B., Kear, K. A., Davis, S. G., Scales, R. Q., Allen, M., Lawson, M., & Cohen, S. (2010, May). Navigating the complexity of classroom instruction: A longitudinal study of thoughtfully adaptive teaching. A roundtable paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
Scales, R. Q., Parsons, S. A., Kear, K., Davis, S. G., Williams, J. B., & Gray, E. S. (2009, November).
Literacy teachers’ instructional adaptations and how they relate to student tasks, motivation, and teacher knowledge. Symposium presented at the meeting of the Association for Literacy Educators Researchers, Charlotte, NC.
Parsons, S. A., Scales, R., Williams, J. B., Davis, S., & Kear, K. (2009, May). Thoughtfully adaptive literacy
instruction: Twenty-six case studies exploring a construct. Poster session presented at the meeting of
the International Reading Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Parsons, S. A., Williams, B., Scales, R., Kear, K., & Davis, S. (2009, April). Thoughtfully adaptive literacy
instruction: The influence of tasks and teacher knowledge. Paper presented at the meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Parsons, S. A., Gray, E. S., Davis, S. G., Moore, N. S., & Najera, K. (chairs) with Allington, R. L.,Almasi, J., Moje, E, & Palincsar, A. (2008, December). Putting the fun in funding: Experienced
literacy researchers discuss grant writing. Alternative format presented at the meeting of the
National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
Parsons, S. A., Qualls, R., Kear, K. A., Williams, J. B., & Davis, S. G. (2008, November). Teachers’
thoughtfully adaptive teaching during literacy instruction. Symposium presented at the meeting of
the College Reading Association, Sarasota, FL.
Najera, K., Meyer, C. K., Blamey, K. L., McCraw, S. B., Parsons, S. A., & Davis, S. G with Smith, A.,
Reinking, D. & Coiro, J. (2007, November). Graduate students as researchers: From proposal to
dissertation. Study group at the meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.
Blamey, K. L., Davis, S. G., McCraw, S. B., Meyer, C. K., Najera, K., & Parsons, S. A. (2007, November).
NRC – The next generation. Alternative session presented at the meeting of the National Reading
Conference, Austin, TX. (invited)
Davis, S. & Durham, C. (2003, March). Literacy Centers in the K-2 Classroom. North Carolina Reading Conference.
University Teaching
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
TED/CUI 320 Language Arts Methods (Spring, 2007, Fall 2009 – 2 sections, Spring 2010, Fall 2010 – 2 sections, Spring 2011 – 2 sections, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015 - 2 sections)
TED/CUI 346 Children’s Literature (Spring 2008, Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
TED/CUI 350 Inquiry into Teaching & Learning I (classroom management, Fall, 2007)
TED/CUI 375 Inquiry into Teaching & Learning II (exceptional learners, Spring 2008)
TED/CUI 400 Inquiry into Teaching & Learning III (diversity in education, Fall 2008)
TED 402 Student Engagement in the Classroom - Online (Spring 2013)
TED 403 Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities - Online (Spring 2013 – Two sections, Spring 2014)
TED/CUI 420 Reading Methods (Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Spring 2012 – 3 sections, Fall 2014)
TED/CUI 461 Inquiry into Teaching & Learning IV (student teaching, Spring 2009)
TED 516 Emergent Literacy (Summer 2013, Spring 2015, Summer 2015)
TED/CUI 535 Reading in the Content Areas – Online (Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2014)
TED/CUI 521 Graduate Course Literacy in the Intermediate Grades (Fall 2011)
TED/CUI 614 Graduate Course Word Study for Enhancing Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2015)
TED 615 Graduate Course Literacy in the Early Years (Fall 2015)
East Carolina University
READ 5317 Teaching Reading in the Junior/Senior High School (Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Summer 2014 - Two sections)
Professional Development Presentations
Word Study Training - Falkener Elementary School, Fall 2015, Four days of support
Word Study Training - Guilford County Schools, 4th and 5th grade teachers, Two Days Summer 2015
Word Study Training - Guilford County Schools Curriculum and Instruction Department 2014/2015 school year - 12 days of training across the year
Word Study Training - Washington Montessori School - Two days of professional development across the year 2014
Word Study Training - Wiley Elementary School - Five days of development across the year 2013/2014, 2014/2015
Word Study Training - Claxton Elementary School - Two days Spring 2013
Word Study Training - Guilford County Schools - Eight days professional development sessions for Advanced users of Words Their Way with Teachers in 4th and 5th Grades, Summer 2013
Participant in the Early Literacy Teacher Education Project(ELTEP), US Department of Education Grant through the University of Albany, Summer 2013
Extended Learning Coordinator - Guilford Primary School 2004-2006
Guided Reading Professional Development, Pre Eminent Charter School, Raleigh, NC Mar 2003
Qualitative Reading Inventory Training - Falkener Elementary School, March 2003
Professional Affiliations
Literacy Research Association/National Reading Conference (2007-2015)
American Educational Research Association (2005-2010)
International Reading Association (2001-present)
Greater Greensboro Reading Council (2012-present)
North Carolina Reading Association (2012-present)
North Carolina College Professors Council (2012-present)
North Carolina Association for Educators (1997-2006)
Awards
Summer Research Assistantship, recipient, UNCG, 2007 & 2008
Teacher of the Year - Falkener Elementary School, Guilford County Schools 2002-2003
News and Record Teacher of the Week, April 15, 2001
Guilford County Excellence in Beginning Teaching Award, 1999-2000
Teaching Certificates
K-6 Elementary Education
K-12 Reading Specialist