About
About
From Lille to Caracas to Maui. Three decades of educational practice.
Yann was born in Lille, France, and did most of his formal schooling in Colorado. After college he served in the Peace Corps in the Central African Republic. That experience pulled him toward education as a vocation rather than a job.
What followed was a career across four continents: international schools in Caracas and Istanbul, an elementary principalship in New Mexico, the head-of-school role at Desert Academy in Santa Fe, and four years as Po‘o Kumu (lower-division head) at Kamehameha Schools Maui, a community that taught him as much as he taught it.
He is currently back in New Mexico, teaching graduate students in Educational Leadership at the University of New Mexico and serving as Middle School Principal at Santa Fe Indian School.
His doctoral work examined the relationship between empathy, transformational leadership, and teacher efficacy. He speaks French (native), English, and a little ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. He runs marathons. He is a father.
What followed was a career across four continents: international schools in Caracas and Istanbul, an elementary principalship in New Mexico, the head-of-school role at Desert Academy in Santa Fe, and four years as Po‘o Kumu (lower-division head) at Kamehameha Schools Maui, a community that taught him as much as he taught it.
He is currently back in New Mexico, teaching graduate students in Educational Leadership at the University of New Mexico and serving as Middle School Principal at Santa Fe Indian School.
His doctoral work examined the relationship between empathy, transformational leadership, and teacher efficacy. He speaks French (native), English, and a little ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. He runs marathons. He is a father.