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WELLBEING LEARNING DESIGNER Lower Loop EY - Grade 4 Designed as a future model for international schooling, VERSO will open in Bangkok in August 2020. About the Job Learning Designers are inspired networkers, researchers and are strong believers in helping others be successful whether they are collaborating within a teaching team or supporting students with their learning pathways. Learning Designers are multi-faceted educators. They draw on empathy for the learner and their needs in pursuit of agency. They act as student advocates, role models, and supporters of diversity. Learning Designers specialize in building relationships based on trust, thoughtfulness and are reflective. As a start-up school, we require individuals possessing an entrepreneurial spirit who view ambiguity as an opportunity. A desire to create a dynamic experience for our learners, with a future ready focus is essential. Learning Designers bring to life the VERSO vision and our unique DNA of Identity, Engagement and Confidence. “Learning is messy, our VERSO Learning Designers understand that deeply. They’re up for anything and make magic happen.” VERSO Project Studio Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4 Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school

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WELLBEING LEARNING DESIGNER  

Lower Loop EY - Grade 4 Designed as a future model for international schooling,  

VERSO will open in Bangkok in August 2020. 

About the Job  

Learning Designers are inspired networkers, researchers and are strong believers in helping others be successful whether they are collaborating within a teaching team or supporting students with their learning pathways. Learning Designers are multi-faceted educators. They draw on empathy for the learner and their needs in pursuit of agency. They act as student advocates, role models, and supporters of diversity. Learning Designers specialize in building relationships based on trust, thoughtfulness and are reflective. As a start-up school, we require individuals possessing an entrepreneurial spirit who view ambiguity as an opportunity. A desire to create a dynamic experience for our learners, with a future ready focus is essential.   Learning Designers bring to life the VERSO vision and our unique DNA of Identity, Engagement and Confidence.   

“Learning is messy, our VERSO Learning 

Designers understand that deeply. They’re up 

for anything and make magic happen.” 

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school 

 

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Why is this role important for Verso’s work? 

Key to our success as a new school is the impact that the opening year has with our first cohort of students and with the broader community. Verso’s opening year will be a positive and creative experience. These teams will be supported by the Loop Cohort Leaders.  We pride ourselves on being the first international school to engage IDEO in designing a school. IDEO is a world leading design and innovation company and they helped shape our project. We started from a design question, “How might we design a school for the future?” Design thinking is paramount to our success in building a team of Learning Designers who believe wholeheartedly in the VERSO model. They need to be agile, courageous and collaborative, take ownership of their work and willing to share their ideas. They are aware of the drivers of change that are shaping the future.  As advocates for the school, Learning Designers will be adept at narrative creation and confidence building within the Bangkok community that VERSO is a leading international school. Our unique mindsets for Verso empower all of us to be critical and creative thinkers. As a Learning Designer you will also need to demonstrate and model our mindsets when tackling problems, designing and collaborating with others. How we gel as a team is incredibly important. How we learn, work and grow together means a lot to us. As a Learning Designer you too will live our 3 pillars, 4 learner mindsets and 5 key learning experiences, we understand that we are better together. 

 

Our global and local connection provides a strong context for our work and learning. We are seeking Learning Designers who appreciate our community and immerse themselves in the abundant experiences Thailand has to offer. In doing so, we enrich our own lives and our host country. Learning Designers are ‘always on’ to make connections to new learning opportunities. Walking the talk is something we live by at Verso and with our mindsets we’re always on the lookout for new adventures. Through self-discovery we learn more about who we are and who we want to become. That’s VERSO! 

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school 

 

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Once you are here you will... 

● Immerse yourself in the VERSO Vision and develop an understanding of the concept of the school.  

● Identify partnerships and prepare for opportunities relating to Verso’s 5 learning experiences and their connection with the 3 pillars and 4 mindsets.  

● Adopt a collective approach to support the growth and needs of all learners at VERSO. This may include regular collaborative meetings with colleagues to discuss  individual learner progress.  

● Engage in ongoing documentation of learning.  ● Foster an open learning culture including 

working in flexible shared spaces, adopting co-teaching models, learning in multi-age situations and supporting mentoring relationships within the school, our community and online.  

● Build and nurture meaningful relationships with learners and their families. 

 ● Conference with learners to support them: 

— to make decisions about their own learning, including helping identify learning goals  — developing their plans for growth — track progress and provide feedback 

 ● Work in a multi-age environment.  ● Facilitate learners to become more 

independent decision makers and foster ownership of their future. 

  You will have an opportunity to...  

● Challenge the status quo: You will collaboratively design learning experiences with students that align and reflect their interests and addresses the changing nature of work and that reflects our growing understanding of how we learn.  

● Contribute your point of view: You will be asked to bring your experience and passions to help shape the work we do. We are looking for people who have experiences and beliefs that support a point of view of the changing nature of education and the world at large and can respond intuitively to this in the way we shape our learners.  

● Design and deliver a forward thinking learning program aligned to the VERSO Philosophy: You will be open to accepting the VERSO ethos as your design constraints and also as a significant creative influence to foster something new, engaging and inspiring for our learners.  

● Support learners to channel their unique selves in developmentally appropriate practices: You will encompass a holistic approach that focuses on the social-emotional, cognitive and physical wellbeing of the child. Learning Designers will model self-regulation and must have a strong sense of compassion and empathy in order to embolden these values in our learners.  

 

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school 

 

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Relevant Experience 

● A strong believer and advocate for learner agency and the development of a learner centered environment - willing to engage parents as partners  

● Professional experience in a dynamic and perhaps challenging educational environment, preferably in a change leadership context  

● A designer’s mindset - evidenced through the application of design thinking  

● Fluency in working with teams, as well as familiarity with the process of designing, building and launching educational programs  

● Deep empathy for people demonstrated through cultural competence   

● The ability to multi-task and work efficiently and effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment  

● Self-starter who is open, curious, optimistic and passionate about engaging with new challenges  

● Natural problem solver, with curiosity and passion for continual improvement  

● A sense of humour  

● Registered teaching qualification - Post Graduate Educational qualification preferred  

● Excellent written and verbal communication skills  

● Demonstrated capacity to build partnerships within the community to support the learners in their journey   

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school 

 

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About VERSO 

In a first of its kind partnership with the global design firm IDEO, VERSO is uniquely designed for Bangkok. Using a human-centered design process, a global team of designers and educators have produced a powerful and compelling vision of what a school of the future would look like. Nestled in the green spaces around the Thana City Country Club, VERSO has a blend of architectural and environmental inspiration that uniquely comes together to influence new and dynamic student centered learning spaces. The architecture itself reflects learning as a pathway of spirals and loops that are continuous and challenging, adventurous and inspiring.   The VERSO learning program while inspired and mapped to American Standards will be interdisciplinary in nature, project-based, increasingly personalised, with an emphasis on wellness and enjoyment. We are focussed on developing and strengthening the future-ready skills of Creativity, Collaboration, Communication and Self-Direction. To this end VERSO students will be Curious to Explore the world around them; Inspired to Connect with people locally and globally; Driven to Contribute in whatever capacity they can; and Equipped to Transition to new contexts and new opportunities. VERSO graduates will be ready to engage with a rapidly changing world. 

What does VERSO offer you? 

VERSO is a place unlike any other. You will be joining a groundbreaking team engaged in the complex challenge of building an innovative international school from the ground up. It’s a place where you will work collaboratively to solve complex challenges. You will be part of a dynamic team of thinkers and advocates who share a commitment to delivering a new vision for what an international school needs to deliver, if we are to truly prepare students for their future. At VERSO we lead with curiosity, empathy, and optimism. Sure, we work hard, but we also intentionally craft moments that allow us to pause and connect. We encourage everyone in our community to bring their whole selves to work, respect the need for work-life balance, and allow for autonomy in the design process and your career. Our pace is fast, our processes fluid, and our environment less than traditional.  We are looking for someone who is quick, enthusiastic, and has an extremely high level of empathy for the student experience. Flexibility, curiosity, and multi-tasking are key given the ever-evolving nature and complexity of our work.   

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school 

 

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Application Instructions 

1. Submit a one-minute elevator pitch about yourself in a video. Please submit your video by Friday, October 12 to the following email: [email protected].  

2. Write one example of how you meet each of the criteria for the kind of person we are looking for. (Each example should be no more than 100 words.) 

a. Creative thinker committed to learning and growing professionally  b. Empathy for the learner in a changing context for learning  c. Capacity to design engaging learning experiences that promote deep learning and reflect 

an emphasis on building learner agency d. Deep understanding of the contemporary changes in schools and higher education 

 3. Submit your responses to the three criteria above with: 

a. Your full resume outlining qualifications and work experience b. A link to your Linkedin Profile or professional blog c. Names and contact details of three professional referees 

 

Thank you for your interest in VERSO!  

 

 

VERSO Project Studio  Thana City Golf Resort & Sports Club (2/F Building A) 100-100/1 Moo 4  Bangna-Trad Highway KM 14, Banchalong, Bangphli, Samut Prakarn, Thailand 10540 

E [email protected] T +66 2130 6822 W www.verso.school