Mandarin Teachers Institute Webinars

Shaz Lawrence is an experienced teacher trainer and consultant. She has a Bachelor of Education, (University of Adelaide, Australia) Masters in Linguistics (University of Adelaide, Australia) and Montessori Certificate (Australian Center of Montessori Studies) and Language degrees from Beijing University, Nanjing University (China) and National Taiwan Normal University (Taiwan). She is also an artist who has had her artwork featured at a number of gallery art shows in San Francisco. Her artwork is also featured at Saatchi online website and is the founder of 'Art in the Park' - fun art sessions for kids in Queens, New York City.She currently provides training and is a consultant to schools in the US, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, China, Australia and Hong Kong. She has been a speaker at Chinese teacher conferences in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Shanghai, Adelaide, San Francisco, New York, Dublin, and Malaysia.Webinars and in-person workshops/conferences provided by Shaz are innovative and focus on the use of PBL and Inquiry-based learning to engage students in the language learning process. She also has experience and advanced skills in technology and has been a Technology trainer and Tech. Coordinator for many years.