ACTION NEWS REPORTER -- SHAYLA
GIRARDIN -- MET WITH DR.
SUZANNE 
RODRIGUEZ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 
HER GROUNDBREAKING
RESEARCH -- AND THE IMPACT IT 
COULD HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS...
IT WAS SUZANNES YEARS OF WORKING
IN EDUCATION THAT GOT HER BACK
IN THE CLASSROOM... 
WHILE IN THE DOCTORAL 
PROGRAM AT FRESNO STATE SUZANNE 
WAS A FULL TIME PRINCIPAL 
HERSELF.. 
OVERSEEING HER STUDENTS,
MANAGING ASSIGNMENTS AND
WORKING ON HER DISSERTATION...
THROUGH HER RESEARCH -
SUZANNE FOUND THAT NEXT TO
TEACHERS PRINCIPALS HAVE A
HIGH IMPACT ON STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT BUT THEY NEED TO
SUPPORTED AND DEVELOPED.. 
SO SHE CAME UP WITH A 
SOLUTION... 
WORKING WITH A TEAM FROM FRESNO 
STATE - SUZANNE COMPLETED HER 
DISSERTATION... 
AND WAS THE FIRST CSU STUDENT 
TO WIN DISSERTATION IN PRACTICE 
OF THE
YEAR... 
SUZANNE IS CURRENTLY A
SCHOOL SUPERVISION AND SOCIAL 
WORK EXPERT AT ROBSON 
FORENSIC... 
HER NEXT GOAL IS TO PUT HER 
RESEARCH TO USE.. IMPLEMENTING
AND 
EVALUATING RESULTS AT LOCAL 
SCHOOLS.. 
SHAYLA GIRARDION ABC30 ACTION 
NEWS..
