Who We Are

The Joyful Learning Network
info_at_joyfullearningnetwork.org     *     @JLN_Joyful     *     #JLNjoy

     The Joyful Learning Network is a community bound together by our passionate commitment to bringing joy to learning in classrooms, schools, and homes. We envision this being an umbrella network - uniting people and organizations across the world to enact joyful learning and restructure the tone and message of education. 

     "Joining" means signing up for our email newsletter and periodic mailings - and we promise to never sell or use your information for anything other than to send you JLN related information. So go ahead ... join us. Let's get this movement moving!

Dr. Jason Lustig Yamashiro
  @JasonYamashiro    *      jason_at_joyfullearningnetwork.org

     Dr. Jason Lustig Yamashiro loves creating joyful learning communities built around curiosity, laughter, challenge, and play. 
     Jason was a teacher and principal for 21 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz, received his Master's degree from Chapman University, received his Doctor of Education Leadership degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is currently the Superintendent of Old Adobe Union School District in Petaluma, CA. 

What does he want?           Joyful Learning! 
When does he want it?       Now!

Amy Yamashiro
amy_at_joyfullearningnetwork.org     *     @AmyYamashiro

     Amy Yamashiro was inspired by her sons' experiences in schools, her husband's education work, and her own involvement with schools and youth organizations to champion the concepts that learning is fun, curiosity and energy can be channeled, and challenge is rewarding. 
     Some of the hats Amy has worn: industry speaker, workshop leader, sales trainer, employee educator, president of an elementary school PTA, chair of the board of trustees for a community-building youth-centered organization, director of a Japanese American summer school,  homeschooling teacher for two of her three children (grades 1-2 and 4-5), and middle school PTA Treasurer. The common thread to all these roles is that they gave Amy first-hand experience with the need to bring joy and fun to learning - and how hard that can be to actually achieve. 
     Amy graduated from Wellesley College and received her CEP designation from the Certified Equity Professional Institute at Santa Clara University. 
Special thanks to Brynn Breuner of Talewind Media for working through our input to create the amazing JLN logo (it's so much better than what we thought we wanted)!
Please send any questions, concerns, or comments on how to improve our website to "Webmaster" Amy. No promises that we'll actually be able to implement, but thanks in advance for your input!