Vladimir Kuskovski
Head of School
Leading Trinity Private School in New York, Vladimir Kuskovski draws on more than two decades directing international schools across four continents, from Basel to Mumbai to Hamburg. He teaches as adjunct faculty at two U.S. universities and sits on boards shaping standards for international education worldwide.
The Journey
Running a school today means drawing on what came before: classrooms in Minnesota, a principal's office in St. Paul, and directorships that moved from Switzerland to India to Germany before landing in New York. Each posting added a layer, from IB coordination to full school leadership, and each one is why Trinity Private School operates the way it does now.
The grounding was academic as much as practical. A degree in English and German from Minsk Linguistics University came first, followed by graduate study at Manchester University and a Specialist Education degree in K-12 Administration from St. Mary's University. A Ph.D. from Capella University and a fellowship at the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University, rounded out the formal training behind the job titles.
Recognition has followed the work rather than preceded it: a Silver Apple Award for Teacher of the Year in Minnesota, a Distinguished Apple Educator honor, and induction into the Hall of Fame of the Association for the Advancement of International Education. Brainz Magazine profiled the career for the same reason the boards keep asking him to serve: a working knowledge of what international schools need, built school by school, country by country.
Outside the office, the pace barely slows. Long distance running, rowing, and swimming fill the hours not spent on charity work, travel, or reading.