1. by Mindy Dobrinski and Dawn Bullen
Baby Steps: Research in the Secondary Classroom
by Mindy Dobrinski and Dawn Bullen
PRESENTATION PURPOSE
To encourage the development of research skills
that are foundational to effective critical thinking and responsible use of information necessary for success in future post-secondary education and
workplace environments.

2. Integrated Research Instruction
PRESENTERS' PHILOSOPHY
We believe that the best instruction successfully integrates all four strands of the 2017 English Standards of Learning:
Communication and Multi-Modal Literacies
Reading
Writing
Research

3. PRESENTER (1 of 2)
MINDY DOBRINSKI A graduate of Salisbury University and the University of Delaware, Mindy has been teaching middle school English for 20 years. She was Henrico County's 2009 Tuckahoe District Teacher of the Year and 2011 Three Chopt District Teacher of the Year. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and a recent recipient of the REB Award for Teaching Excellence from The Community Foundation of Richmond. Mindy currently teaches eighth grade English at Holman Middle School in Henrico County.

4. PRESENTER (2 of 2)
DAWN BULLEN A twenty-year veteran, Dawn began her career in elementary school then dove head first into middle school, where she devoted 13 years to language arts instruction. Most recently, she survived her first year as a high school English teacher. She received the H.F. Byrd Middle School Teacher of the Year Award in 2010 and 2013.