<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">Greetings,</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">I am Lindsay Barnhart, a doctoral candidate in the Ed.D. program at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. I am reaching out to you to inquire if you have connections to four year old preschool classrooms (child care or public school) that may be willing to participate in my research study investigating preschool children’s social skills development in various preschool settings.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt">This setting is of particular interest given the unique teacher-child learning environment of direct instruction education.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">I am asking participates to complete a questionnaire that collects social emotional skills data related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making along with three academic skills related to motivation to learn, reading, and mathematics. The questionnaire should take 45 minutes or less to complete for a classroom.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">May I ask you to please response to this email with possible research locations I could contact? </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(85,85,85);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:ljbarn12@smumn.edu" target="_blank">ljbarn12@smumn.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) or my dissertation advisor Dr. Sue Hines (<a href="mailto:shines@smumn.edu" target="_blank">shines@smumn.edu</a>).</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you so much for your consideration.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sincerely,</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:11pt">Lindsay Barnhart, EdD Doctoral Candidate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Susan Hines, Dissertation Chair</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script","sans-serif";color:#8064a2">Lindsay Barnhart</span></b></p><br></div></div></div>