EDUCATION 

Doctor of Education

Organizational Leadership 

Northcentral University

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Master of Public Administration 

Metropolitan College of New York

Bachelor of Fine Arts

The New School University

Mentoring Supervisor Certificate 

Big Brothers Big Sisters NY/Fordham University

Graduate School of Social Service

As an educator, Dr. Jaz Sawyer has conducted and designed music education programs through Clinics, Master Classes, and Workshops. Below are some schools, institutions, and organizations he has worked with:

Stanford Jazz Workshop | drum faculty

Jazz Camp West | drum faculty

Museum of African Diaspora | guest lecturer

California Jazz Conservatory | drum faculty

Sam Ash Music | guest clinician

Yale University | guest clinician

Harmony Project | percussion instructor 

KIPP Charter Schools | former percussion director

Oakland School For the Arts | former percussion instructor

SF School of the Arts | guest clinician

Saint Ignatius High School | guest clinician

Jazz & Democracy | guest clinician

Long Island City College | guest clinician/lecturer 

Oakland Public Conservatory of Music | music instructor

Stanford University | guest clinician/lecturer 

University of California Berkeley | guest clinician/lecturer 

SFJAZZ Education Programs | guest clinician

University of New Orleans | guest clinician/lecturer 

Chandler Arizona Public Schools | guest clinician

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Nocca | guest clinician/lecturer 

Archbishop James P. Lyke Conference | guest clinician/lecturer 

U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa Ethiopia | jazz community programming 

Glide Memorial Church - Music Residency Program | guest clinician