Brian Couch, Jr. Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

As the incoming Head of School, I am honored and excited to have the opportunity to lead the IST community during this exciting time in its history. The passionate, dedicated, resilient, and talented community of students, educators, parents and administrators are the DNA behind the Trailblazer spirit that makes IST special. I'm ever-so-eager to get down to work as we build upon the first ten years of success in order to continue realizing the founding dream of the school!

Hamburg Area, Germany

Responsible for school turnaround and development after turbulent start that threatened school’s closure. Recruited and led a diverse team of educators that turned a vision of Project-Based and Social-Emotional Learning into a quality, well-respected program. Aligned board, parent, staff, and student interests and needs through clear, effective communication and strategy. Major Contributions: - Successful financial turnaround of a ~2M€ annual operating loss. - Development of an annual fund with average contributions of ~1.500€ per student - Increased student enrollment and diversity from ~80 students in year 2 to 240 students from 47 nationalities in year 7 while increasing tuition to sustainable levels.- Directed a comprehensive re-branding process that better aligned with mission and can drive future enrollment. - Building and refinement of whole-school curriculum (Gr. 1-12) that successfully incorporates progressive pedagogy into German, International, and IBDP frameworks. - Guided the school through two years of pandemic related complications and regulations, including three separate mandated transitions to and returns from remote learning. - Secured school membership in Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Caring School Network- Successful accreditation as IB World School (2019)- NEASC Accreditation Process (anticipated completion in 2023-24)

Hamburg Area, Germany

- Lead the advancement and admissions team in the design and implementation of all admissions and fundraising processes from the ground up, including the creation of parent and student ambassador groups, admissions criteria and testing, marketing and communications, yearly budgets and calendars, and annual goals. - Serve as a member of the Curriculum and Teaching Leadership Team, including the implementation of a new teacher evaluation process, participation in classroom evaluations and feedback, and a curriculum gap analysis and improvement plan with emphasis on standards compliance and performance. - Assist the head of school and board members in the creation of a parent fundraising association, including the recruitment and selection of founding members and research on the giving capacity of school constituents. - Serve as a member of the executive partnership & network expansion team, meeting with potential investor groups interested in founding new ISC school sites around the globe, presenting the ISC mission and vision, and designing contractual relationships. - Research possible governance structures for our growing network and present proposals to the board.- Consult on general operational systems improvements as needed by Head of School.

Belmont, Ma

Consulted on various projects including:- A curricular and assessment review to ensure that practice was consistent with the strategy and vision of the school.- Designing and implementing a senior exit interview and data/results analysis to inform the evaluation of the student career and experience.

Dedham, Ma

- Consulted on a school-wide initiative to research and implement applied learning pedagogy to the upper school curricular program.- Led a comprehensive examination of the social and emotional environment in the middle school and created a results-based proposal for improvement.- Analyzed 10 years of middle school student academic data to identify areas of success and difficulty to guide curricular improvement.

South Bend, Indiana, United States

I was responsible for the recruitment and enrollment of all new students. This involves: - Communicating the mission, vision, and culture of the school to all prospective families and parents. - Identifying and discovering prospective families and students. - Helping create marketing strategies to increase public interest and recognition. - Fostering personal relationships with all prospective families and students. - Administering requisite entrance exams and interviews. - Processing all paperwork associated with the application and admission. - Identifying top candidates and weighing relative academic qualities of applicants.

I taught both middle school and high school classes in multiple subject areas: - American History and Literature- Ancient History- Literature & Composition- PreAlgebra- Scripture: Both Old and New Testaments- SpanishI was formerly the Master Teacher for the Spanish courses taught at Greenlawn.I created substantial portions of the specific material taught within each course under the direction of a supervising teacher.

Windows, Doors and More Outlet; - Managed three employees and all store operations, sales, customer accounts, finances and product delivery.

Windows, Doors and More Outlet; - Responsible for customer relations and sales as well as framing and filling custom orders.

Montrose, Mn

Ed.M School Leadership, Education

Bachelor Of Arts With Distinction, History

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, inducted April 2010. Math/Science Coursework: Physics I, Calculus I, Chemistry I, Economics.

Architecture Studies