Phone: 828-227-7108
Email:  rqscales@email.wcu.edu
Office Address:  249 Killian

Education

• Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Teacher Education and Development with a specialty in literacy, 2009
• National Board Certified Teacher, Early Childhood Generalist, 2001
• M.A., Gardner-Webb University, Elementary Education, 1999
• B.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Elementary Education, 1993

Licensure

• K-6 Elementary Education
• ESL certification, 2009

Research Interests

• Teachers’ adaptations made while teaching
• The development of teachers’ visions and the enactment of visions in teaching
• Tasks teachers assign during literacy instruction and the associated student engagement
• Kinds of knowledge teachers use when teaching and reflecting on their lessons

Publications and Presentations - Selected List

Publications

• Scales, R.Q. (2009). Teaching adaptations as they are related to academic task and student engagement. ProQuest/UMI.
• Duffy, G. G., Israel, S.E., Davis, S.G., Doyle, K.K., Gavigan, K.H., Gray, E.S., Jones, A., Kear, K.A., Qualls, R., Mason, P., Parsons, S.A., & Williams, B. (2009). Where to from here? Themes, trends, and questions. To appear in S.E. Israel & G.G. Duffy (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Presentations (from 2008 & 2009)

• Parsons, S.A. & Scales, R.Q. (chairs). (2009, December). Elaborations on thoughtfully adaptive teaching: Preplanned adaptations, the knowledge teachers access to adapt, what teachers learn from adapting, exemplary teachers’ adaptations, and adaptations when working with older struggling readers. A symposium to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference.  
• Parsons, S.A. & Scales, R.Q. (2009, December). Overview of adaptive teaching. In Developing Thoughtfully Adaptive Teachers of Reading in Face-to-Face and Online Teacher Education Courses. An alternative format to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference.  
• Faircloth, B., Parsons, S.A., Scales, R.Q., Howerton, W.S., & Vaughn, M. (2009, December). Adaptive teaching: Learning from preservice teachers in face-to-face setting. In Developing Thoughtfully Adaptive Teachers of Reading in Face-to-Face and Online Teacher Education Courses. An alternative format to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference.  
• Avalos, M.A., Ankrum, J.W., Scales, W.D., Morewood, A., Qualls, R., Cuevas, P.D., Pole, K., Rosenthal, J., Bergeron, B., & Barnyak, N.C. (2009, December). Pathways to Exemplary Literacy Practices. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference in Albuquerque, NM.
• Scales, R.Q., Parsons, S.A., Kear, K.A., Davis, S., Williams, J.B., & Gray, E.S. (2009, November). Literacy Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations and How They Relate to Student Tasks, Motivation, and Teacher Knowledge. A symposium paper to be presented at the meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers, Charlotte, NC.
• Scales, R.Q. & Nichols, W.D. (2009, Novemer). The kinds of knowledge pre-service teachers access when reflecting on their literacy instruction. Paper submitted for review. Paper to be presented at the meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers, Charlotte, NC.
• Pole, K., Ankrum, J.W., Avalos, M., Scales, R.Q., Morewood, A.L., & Scales, W.D. (2009, November). Novice teachers and their literacy teaching practices: Does pre-service preparation make a difference? Paper to be presented at the meeting of the Association of Literacy Educators & Researchers, Charlotte, NC.
• Parsons, S.A., Scales, R., Williams, J.B., Davis, S.G., & Kear, K.A. (2009, May). Thoughtfully adaptive literacy instruction: Twenty-six case studies exploring a construct. Research poster presented at the 54th Annual Convention North Central of the International Reading Association, Minneapolis, MN.
• Scales, R. (2009, April). Teaching adaptations as they are related to academic task and student engagement. Poster presented at the third annual graduate research symposium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
• Parsons, S.A., Williams, J.B., Scales, R., Kear, K.A., & Davis, S.G. (2009, April). Thoughtfully adaptive literacy instruction: The influence of task and teacher knowledge. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
• Scales, R.Q. (2009, March). Six teachers’ adaptations during literacy instruction as they relate to tasks and student engagement. Research poster presented at the meeting of the North Carolina Reading Association, Greensboro, NC.
• Qualls, R. (2008, December). Six elementary teachers’ adaptations during literacy instruction. In S. Miller & G. Duffy (Chairs), Literacy teachers’ adaptive instructional actions as they relate to student tasks and motivation, and to teacher knowledge. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Ankrum, J., Avalos, M.A., Morewood, A.L., Qualls, R., Bergeron, B.S., Conrad, N., Pole, K., Rosenthal, J., & Cuevas, P. (2008, December). Framework of “Better Practices” for Comprehensive Literacy Teaching. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
• Ankrum, J.W., Avalos, M.A., Scales, W.D., Barnyak, N.C., Cuevas, P., Morewood, A.L., Pole, K., & Scales, R. (2008, November). Framework development and validation for a literacy teacher preparation study: Process and product. Paper presented at the meeting of the College Reading Association, Sarasota, FL.
• Parsons, S.A., Qualls, R., Kear, K.A., Williams, J.B., & Davis, S.G. (2008, November). Teachers’ thoughtfully adaptive teaching during literacy instruction. A symposium paper presented at the meeting of the College Reading Association, Sarasota, FL.
• Scales, W.D., Qualls, R., & Kear, K.A. (2008, March). Students’ perceptions of the text environment and their engagement during text use. Research poster presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Kear, K.A. & Qualls, R. (2008, March). Teacher effects on multiple simultaneous text use by students. Paper discussion session at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.