CVSD holds Principal for a Day event
Author: Neil Nisperos Staff Writer
Andy Ronquillo took off his cap as Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director and put on an education cap as the school district held its annual Principal For a Day.
Ronquillo, and Barb Sisneros, an employee of the school employee credit union Schools First, visited Rhodes Elementary School in Chino last week to serve as honorary school administrators.
"The success of a school is based on what a principal does," Ronquillo said. "He confronts various situations throughout the whole day. Facing those decisions and how he handles them is going to reflect on the credibility of the school."
Ronquillo, and Barb Sisneros, an employee of the school employee credit union Schools First, visited Rhodes Elementary School in Chino last week to serve as honorary school administrators.
"The success of a school is based on what a principal does," Ronquillo said. "He confronts various situations throughout the whole day. Facing those decisions and how he handles them is going to reflect on the credibility of the school."
School district officials said the event as a way for residents and business people to see how its schools operate.
"It's a great way to open our doors to the community and let them see what it is we do," Ronquillo said. "We've all had school experiences, not only as students, but to come back and see the inner workings, it really is a real joy for us to show off our schools and how hard people on our team work a whole. School is only as successful as the sum of our parts."
The two "principals" visited classrooms and monitored school issues in real time as they arose with Rhodes principal Adam Bailey.
"We already had a conference with one of the parents who had a problem and the principal took notes and so forth and he's going to meet with the parent and the teacher to resolve this particular problem," Ronquillo said.
The event is also a way for the district to foster opportunities for partnership toward student success.
"I know I've been to other schools in the past," Ronquillo said.
"The principal will ask, gosh if we only had this, we could do this type of project with this particular type of fund or donation, and that's where I step in representing the business community. I could reach out into the community and say, hey there's this particular school that has a great program and a great project that they could really use some help and I steer them that way."
Sisneros agreed. In particular, she said she liked the computerized white boards students have been using in the classroom.
"It's important for us to know what really goes on in this school," she said. "We are partners. I've picked up a few things. I saw the whiteboards and I thought, maybe we could use those."
Bailey said the event is also interesting for the students.
"We talked about this event at our Monday morning assembly; about what it's going to look like, and the kids said, 'cool, it's gonna mean another person"' Bailey said.
"The kids would ask, 'Can he give detentions and can he get people in trouble?' and I said absolutely, now there's two of us here. Really, the kids are excited. They like to see different people come in in the classroom. They see people come into the rooms. It's exciting. It's novel and it shows people care about us."
"It's a great way to open our doors to the community and let them see what it is we do," Ronquillo said. "We've all had school experiences, not only as students, but to come back and see the inner workings, it really is a real joy for us to show off our schools and how hard people on our team work a whole. School is only as successful as the sum of our parts."
The two "principals" visited classrooms and monitored school issues in real time as they arose with Rhodes principal Adam Bailey.
"We already had a conference with one of the parents who had a problem and the principal took notes and so forth and he's going to meet with the parent and the teacher to resolve this particular problem," Ronquillo said.
The event is also a way for the district to foster opportunities for partnership toward student success.
"I know I've been to other schools in the past," Ronquillo said.
"The principal will ask, gosh if we only had this, we could do this type of project with this particular type of fund or donation, and that's where I step in representing the business community. I could reach out into the community and say, hey there's this particular school that has a great program and a great project that they could really use some help and I steer them that way."
Sisneros agreed. In particular, she said she liked the computerized white boards students have been using in the classroom.
"It's important for us to know what really goes on in this school," she said. "We are partners. I've picked up a few things. I saw the whiteboards and I thought, maybe we could use those."
Bailey said the event is also interesting for the students.
"We talked about this event at our Monday morning assembly; about what it's going to look like, and the kids said, 'cool, it's gonna mean another person"' Bailey said.
"The kids would ask, 'Can he give detentions and can he get people in trouble?' and I said absolutely, now there's two of us here. Really, the kids are excited. They like to see different people come in in the classroom. They see people come into the rooms. It's exciting. It's novel and it shows people care about us."
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