Alison Travers, Ed.D., is Assistant Director of the Delaware Academy for School Leadership Department in the School Success Center. She has served in multiple roles at DASL since 2008, specializing in program design and principal preparation, and she has designed and facilitated multiple ongoing professional development programs for aspiring and practicing education leaders and school teams.

Currently, in addition to leading the team in the DASL Department, Alison leads the University of Delaware “PPP”: Principal Preparation Program, a leadership certification pathway for educators in the State of Delaware. She also leads a national partnership with the Wallace Foundation, as well as the School Success Center’s women in education leadership offerings.

Alison completed her doctoral studies in K-12 Educational Leadership. Her doctoral research focused on support for novice school leaders in developing their emotional intelligence to foster their effective leadership. She also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration, concentrating on education policy and organizational leadership.