David Travis Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

As Director of Khan Academy’s US Content team, I'm honored to serve the learners of the world alongside this incredible, inspiring team as we pursue our ambitious mission to offer a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.The need to boost students’ confidence and engagement in the classroom couldn’t be greater. Every day, our team works to make our courses even more motivating and engaging, even more rigorous, and even more aligned to state and national standards, while striving to make teachers’ lives easier and students’ learning experiences more joyful.

As Group Manager and Acting Head of US Content, I coordinate the production and improvement of our content to align to the org's greater strategic priorities.As leader of the Math, Science, and Test Prep teams, I support the development of domain-specific road maps to optimize our learners' outcomes through engaging and efficacious standards-aligned courses and other instructional content.I collaborate with leads in the philanthropy, marketing, product management, design, learning science, efficacy, data insights, and engineering teams to deliver a world class education for anyone, anywhere.

Mountain View, Ca

Leading a team of content creators to create the world's best test prep curricula - available to everyone, everywhere, for free!Represent Khan Academy in conversations with partners College Board (SAT), Law School Admission Council (LSAT), and ETS (Praxis)Key attributes:* Cross-functional collaborator comfortable driving complex high-stakes projects* Proactive, flexible problem-solver * Experienced manager of remote teamsRemote team leadership and development* Hire and lead team of educators and content creators* Build team capacity through coaching and professional development* Cultivate supportive and accountable remote team culture* Lead development and implementation of style guides and processesContent and Curriculum Design, Development, and Implementation * Drive overall content strategy for our test prep offerings, including curriculum design, development and implementation * Apply insights from pedagogy, learning science, and user research to develop supportive, engaging, and efficacious standards-aligned articles, videos, and exercises Cross-functional leadership and collaboration* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Partnerships, Engineering, Product Management, Design) to develop engaging and efficacious learner experience* Consult with the district team to support classroom implementation of SAT curriculum Project Execution* Scope and drive project plans end-to-end* Improve processes, strategies, and product through user research * Iterative design thinking = design, build, measure, learn, repeat. * Work independently in a remote environment

Journey of Hope - National Tour * Script Development and Direction of ACC's Singing, Dancing and Drumming cultural show* 2007-2010 touring through 1000+ seat venues in North America* Production and Personnel ManagementOur African Dream - International Tour - Ubuntu Choir* Script Development* Stage and Music Direction New Choir Training* Work with new choirs (children aged 7-12) to polish the staging and improve the professionalism of their concertsSpecial Events and Development* Fundraising strategy, Auctions, Event Design and Production* Write development materials and individual appeals

Europe, Asia, North America

Online tutoring in every time zone with proprietary materials developed over 20 years of teachingIn-Person Classes in New York City and Great Barrington, MAPersonalized curriculum planning for SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test prep to maximize score increases in the shortest possible timeStudents routinely achieve 100+ score increases in each section of the SAT, 5+ score increases in ACT

Greater New York City Area

* Expert standardized test prep - SAT, ACT, GRE, ISEE, SSAT, SHSAT, Subject Tests and AP: Sciences, Math through Calculus, History, Languages * Essay-writing assistance and editing support * Online SAT and ACT tutoring and essay coaching available worldwide* Coaching through the college application process* Organizational strategies and techniques * Motivation and mentorship* Curriculum development and implementation* Tutor recruitment and training* Students aged 8-18 have attended Dalton, Chapin, Horace Mann, Friends Seminary, Phillips Academy, St. Paul's, Berkshire School, Hotchkiss, Benedict, Spence, Nightingale, Trinity, Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brearly, Columbia Prep, Fieldston, St. Ann's, Packer, Berkeley Carroll, and others * Colleges attended by past students include: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Brown, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Amherst, Williams, Cornell, Wellesley and others. * Comprehensive knowledge of available test-prep materials* Students routinely achieve 300+ points increases on SATs and 5+ points increases on ACT

Andover, Ma

SAT Prep Program* Co-wrote and revised the Course Handbook * Co-designed curriculum for SAT Prep Program* Trained classroom teachers in the SAT Prep curriculum * Coordinated nightly SAT Prep CenterDramatic Literature and Acting* Designed and implemented eight-week course* Managed and mentored intern teachers* Final fully-produced presentation of student work Residential Advisor* Lived in dormitory with students* Mentorship, in loco parentis counseling and crisis managementCoordinator and Director of All-Campus Talent Show

Producer* Regularly created and managed seasonal ($250,000) and production ($50,000) budgets for operations of company* Created contracts with collaborators* Oversaw ticketing systems* Coordinated and managed sub-contractorsDirector* Staged plays, musicals, and special events* Led rehearsals and technical rehearsalsBusiness Management* Obtained and maintained insurance policies * Maintained books of the company* Communicated with state and federal agenciesPersonnel Management* Produced IGNITE Festival including a combined company of over 150 artists, administrative staff, and technicians* Created and implemented internship programFundraising/Development* Designed and Produced Events raising over $500,000 * Created appeals and coordinated campaigns directed at corporations, foundations, and individualsBoard Development and Management* Recruited volunteer directors* Ongoing communication and quarterly meetings* Created By-Laws in collaboration with Directors

Bronx, New York, United States

* Collaborated with classroom teachers to bring a more art-based approach to their curricula* High school: student-generated issues-based playwriting workshops and play production * High school: Off-broadway production of Macbeth * Middle school: Social studies original historical-based role-playing and playwriting, arts journal* Middle school: acting and direction (e.g. The Crucible with 50 7th graders, Romeo & Juliet with 50 8th graders)

Ba, Cum Laude, English, Math, Design, Theater, Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Theater - Acting, Producing, Directing, Digamma Club, Opportunes a cappella group - Music Director, Hasty.

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