Fielding International’s 2025 B Corp Impact Report

Fielding International

OUR IMPACT 2025

ST. Geneviève CaT holic Scho O l

collaboration and long-term growth. We believe that the quality and integrity of our work are closely connected to the well-being,

We also extended our impact beyond the design of physical learning environments and into daily educational practice. This included the launch of FLEx Bootcamp for Educators through the Global , supporting educator teams working hands-on in flexible learning environments and strengthening the connection between space, teaching practice, and student experience. Building on this momentum, we have two FLEx Bootcamps planned for Summer 2026.

preparing to launch a formal Fielding International . This strategically assembled and diverse group of advisors will bring a range of perspectives and expertise to help guide our next phase of impact. The Advisory Board will support our efforts to strengthen B Corp performance, identify high-impact opportunities, align values more closely with school and community

Through this work, we aim to clarify what B Corp excellence looks like within the context of global school design. Our goal is to strengthen our influence across the communities and countries we serve while contributing thoughtfully to the broader conversation about the role of education in

As we move forward, we remain committed to operating with purpose and accountability. We are grateful to the clients, partners, collaborators, and team members who continue to support this

OUR PURPOSE

ONTARIO, CANADA

In 2025, Fielding International's global Learning Commons network connected 420 edUcaTorS anD leAderS through tours, workshops, and knowLedge exChange.

OUR P rOjECTS

Ten Sleep, Wyoming, USA

what happens when a 260-person community refuses to acCept “adequate” as enough for its learners?

At the foot of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, Ten Sleep is a rural ranching town where the school serves the entire community. Roughly 140 students—kindergarten through twelfth grade—learn together under one roof. The school is not just a facility; it is the civic heart of the town, shaped by the belief that geography should never limit opportunity.

When funding was approved for a replacement campus, the community saw more than a construction project. They saw a chance to create a learning environment that reflected their values, honored relationships, and expanded what was possible for every student. They called it Pioneer Pride, a commitment to designing for dignity, access, and belonging.

designing at human

Fielding International led the educational planning and concept design, partnering locally with Arete Design Group to deliver a school flexible enough to serve learners ages five to eighteen, intimate enough to keep relationships central, and robust enough to support everything from early literacy to career and technical education.

The school is organized into age-based learning communities connected by a shared Heart. Instead of corridors lined with closed classrooms, each community offers a range of environments—learning studios, project spaces, commons, and small-group areas—making student-centered, relationshipdriven teaching easier. Space does not dictate practice, but it shapes what is possible.

DesiGNed for PosSibiliTy. A

It is beautiful and perfect for our community.

Community VoIce made VisibLe

The design emerged from deep engagement: educators, students, families, and community members shaped nine Design Drivers that translated shared values into spatial decisions. A welcoming front porch and outdoor gathering areas reinforce the school as a civic anchor. A family-style café supports daily connection and community events. Performance and making spaces allow learning, creativity, and celebration to coexist. Large windows and indooroutdoor connections tie daily learning to the surrounding landscape.

Results that Reflect Values

Today, Ten Sleep K–12 posts the highest test scores in Wyoming for the second consecutive year, with proficiency rates of 77% in English language arts, 81% in math, and 84% in science, compared to statewide averages near 50%. These outcomes reflect aligned leadership, individualized instruction, and environments designed to support how learning actually happens.

The building did not create the culture, but it gave a valuesdriven culture room to flourish.

chool with Big Lessons

Ten Sleep proves that scale is not destiny. Through deep community engagement and intentional design, a rural district a school where every learner is known, every voice matters, and opportunity is built into place

For Fielding International, Ten Sleep embodies our B Corp commitment: impact is not measured by size, but by how deeply our work serves people, place, and purpose.

OUR P rOjECTS

a global model for the Future of Learning

Opened to students in April 2025, the new Elementary at Singapore American School represents a significant step forward in how large-scale learning environments can serve both individual learners and the broader educational landscape. Conceived in response to increasing enrollment, urban density, and rising expectations for student well-being, the project reframes what school can be when scale and human experience are addressed together. From the outset, the goal was not simply to build a new facility, but to create a model that could inform the future of learning worldwide.

This work emerged from a long-term partnership between Fielding International and Singapore American School, which began with the development of a comprehensive campus Master Plan aligned with the school’s 2020 Strategic Plan. Known as The Connected Campus, the initiative established a clear vision for the sustainable renewal of SAS’s entire campus—supporting student-centered, project-based learning while strengthening connections to nature and outdoor learning at every level. The Elementary School, is one of several interconnected projects within this broader transformation, alongside a new Middle School, renovated High School learning communities, and reimagined dining and athletics facilities.

Within this larger campus framework, the Elementary School was intentionally designed around the student experience. Decisions were guided by conditions proven to support learning, including belonging, autonomy, movement, connection, and wellness. The resulting environment reflects how children learn today while remaining adaptable for the future, demonstrating how thoughtful design can support whole-child development even at significant scale.

As schools across the globe grapple with limited land, vertical construction, and the need for well-being centered environments, the SAS Elementary School offers a clear, adaptable approach. The project challenges long-standing assumptions that large or vertical schools must feel institutional or impersonal, showing instead how values-driven design can create environments that are nurturing, flexible, and deeply connected to student needs.

Left: Take a closer look at how space, movement, and nature come together to support each child’s journey, from first arrival to the end of the day.

SINGAPORE AMERICAN SchOoL

Fielding is committed to using this work as a force for good by sharing its lessons widely so that its impact extends far beyond a single campus

Through professional learning and global dialogue, Fielding International will continue to share this model as part of its broader mission to advance more human-centered, equitable, and future-ready learning environments. In doing so, the Singapore American School Elementary School becomes not only a place for learning, but a shared resource helping shape the future of education worldwide.

and stakeholder engagement process grounded in community voices.

OUR P rOjECTS

F le x BootC amp: a ctivating Flexib L e Learning e n V ironments

A Program Bridging Design and Practice to Transform Learning

In 2025, Fielding International expanded its impact beyond the design of physical learning environments and into daily educational practice through the launch of its inaugural FLEx Bootcamp for Educators, hosted by the Global Learning Commons. Designed for educator teams working in shared, flexible learning environments, FLEx Bootcamp was created to address a growing need in schools worldwide: supporting educators in translating innovative spaces into meaningful, student-centered learning experiences. Hosted at Token Springs Elementary School in Wisconsin, the three-day summer bootcamp brought together teams to build shared language, strengthen collaboration, and explore how learning environments can actively support teaching and learning

Unlike traditional professional development, FLEx Bootcamp is intentionally immersive and practice-based. Educators worked within a functioning flexible learning environment, engaging in hands-on, team-centered sessions focused on adaptable teaching strategies, co-planning, team teaching, learnercentered pedagogy, and the effective use of space to support engagement and student agency. Rather than discussing flexibility in theory, participants experienced how space, movement, and collaboration shape daily learning.

The impact was immediate and tangible. Educator teams left with practical tools, shared strategies, and renewed confidence to implement change in their own schools. Strong participation and enthusiastic feedback affirmed a clear message: educators are seeking professional learning grounded in real spaces, real practice, and real collaboration.

Building on this momentum, Fielding International plans to host two FLEx Bootcamps in Summer 2026, expanding access to this practice-based learning experience. Through this initiative, the Global Learning Commons continues its mission to bridge design and practice, using professional learning as a scalable, shareable model to empower educators and improve student experience and wellbeing.

OUR PE

WE ARE EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN

We prioritize our team, adopting an employee-driven mindset that fosters personal growth, professional development, and a culture of empowerment.

OUR PEoPlE

enhanCed employee welLness Benefits

As part of our commitment to employee well-being, we introduced discretionary Paid Time Off to better align our policies with the real needs of our team. This approach reflects our belief that trust, flexibility, and care for the whole person are essential to a healthy workplace and to sustaining meaningful, long-term impact.

ConVersations that shape our work

We continue to hold monthly Whole Team Meetings that bring everyone together around thoughtfully crafted agendas and timely, relevant topics. This year, these sessions created space for meaningful dialogue on the evolving role of AI and its impact on our work, as well as conversations around partnerships, project opportunities, and shared outcomes. Through discussions and breakouts, team members have engaged across disciplines, strengthening alignment, learning, and collective insight.

annual alL-Firm RetReats

Since 2023, Fielding International has gathered each July for an annual All-Firm Retreat—an intentional time for connection, reflection, and charting the path ahead. Hosted each year in a different, meaningful location, the retreat brings our full team together for several days of shared learning, relationship-building, and collective visioning.

At the heart of our retreats is the belief that every team member has a voice in shaping our future Through open dialogue, collaborative workshops, and shared experiences, we create space for ideas to surface, perspectives to be heard, and direction to be shaped together. These moments of alignment help strengthen trust across teams and reinforce a shared sense of purpose.

Our annual retreats also serve as a strategic investment in the health and sustainability By stepping away from day-to-day demands, we are able to focus on strengthening our culture, supporting innovation, and maintaining high levels of employee engagement, factors that directly influence the quality and impact of our

As our team thrives, so does our ability to deliver meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve. Our retreat priorities include supporting employee well-being and job satisfaction, strengthening mission alignment, enhancing collaboration, fostering creativity and innovation, advancing social responsibility, improving operational effectiveness, and creating opportunities for learning, development, and relationship-building across the firm.

3 Days

3 Days dedicated to the growth and well-being of our team

8 Values

Reflection on 8 Core Values

RetReat objectives

Connect & Collaborate Strengthen relationships across teams and disciplines through shared experiences, collaboration, and brainstorming.

Reflect & Refine Engage in honest dialogue and collective reflection to clarify values, assess progress, and identify opportunities for growth.

Re-Energize Create space to recharge, reconnect, and return to our work with renewed focus, motivation, and momentum.

the way of “Fieldo”

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA / July 8-10, 2025

In July, the Fielding International team came together in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for our third Annual All-Firm Retreat. The energizing week centered on connection, reflection, and charting what’s next for our firm, with intentional time set aside to examine the shifting conditions we are seeing, and feeling, in the world and in education

Through facilitated conversations and creative working sessions, we explored how these changing conditions are influencing our practice, our partnerships, and the communities we serve. We reflected on how we tell our stories for impact, considering not only what we share, but why and how those stories can support meaningful change. A key thread throughout the retreat was

“The Way of Fieldo,” our shared mindset and approach to navigating complexity, paired with “Judo” way of thinking that challenged us to look for paths of least resistance. Together, we asked: Where do we see opportunities for “Judo” in response to the challenges we’ve identified? And where can we apply this thinking within our own practices?

During the retreat, we also toured two newly completed Fielding-designed elementary schools—Central and Haverhill—for Portage Public Schools. Alongside our architectural and construction partners at TowerPinkster and Owen-Ames-Kimball Co., We shared insights, stories, and a deep appreciation for the learning environments that will serve the community for years to come. These visits grounded our conversations in real outcomes and reinforced the connection between our values and our built work.

Other highlights included a picnic celebrating new team members, major milestones, and meaningful contributions; time set aside to honor those who have helped shape our journey; and a day of creative strategy graciously hosted at VS America’s Grand Rapids showroom. There, we explored “Stories Worth Telling” as we continued shaping our collective vision for the future.

We are grateful for the chance to gather each year, reconnect, and carry that shared energy into the work ahead.

OUR PEoPlE

2025 arChitectural team Registrations

Danielle Weitzman, AIA, NCARB

SENIOR DESIGNER

Ellen Woodsbie, AIA, NCARB

SENIOR DESIGNER

supporting professional growth & Licensure

Fielding International actively invests in the professional growth and licensure of our team through mentorship, access to resources, flexible study support, and a culture grounded in continuous learning. We believe that making space for both formal advancement and informal exploration is essential to sustaining meaningful careers and advancing the quality and impact of our work.

As team members deepen their expertise, they bring new confidence, leadership, and insight into our projects and partnerships. That growth extends beyond our firm, shaping the learning environments we design and strengthening the schools and communities we serve around the world. By supporting professional development, we are building long-term capacity to use design as a force for good—one rooted in equity, care, and human-centered values.

In 2025, we proudly celebrated the architectural registration of Danielle Weitzman, AIA, NCARB, Senior Designer, and Ellen Woodsbie, AIA, NCARB, Senior Designer. Their achievement reflects years of dedication, learning, and professional rigor, and strengthens our collective ability to lead complex, mission-driven work in partnership with communities.

This commitment is reflected not only in licensure milestones, but also in leadership beyond our firm. In 2025, Fielding International’s Jessica Sticklor-Lipson, AIA, was selected to serve on the inaugural Steering Committee for the Community-Informed Design for Innovative Environments (CIDIE) Standard™. CIDIE transforms community insights into actionable design solutions, helping remove barriers in the built environment and advance socially responsible, inclusive, and enriching spaces.

In the same spirit of service-driven leadership, Allyza Danica Valino, AIA, NCARB and Anna McDevitt were appointed as Board Members of the International Design Clinic, an independent, notfor-profit organization dedicated to realizing much-needed creative work with communities in need around the world.

Through these roles and achievements, our team members are helping shape global conversations around equity, access, and community-informed design, bringing that knowledge, perspective, and responsibility back into our work with clients. We are proud to support our team as they grow as professionals, leaders, and advocates, carrying their learning forward to create thriving learning environments worldwide.

OUR COMMUNITIeS

WE ARE PURPOSE-DRIVEN

We are committed to building strong, vibrant communities through a purpose-driven strategy that emphasizes partnerships, unity, collaboration, and shared success.

OUR COMMUNITIeS

Our work is grounded in a purpose-driven commitment to building strong, vibrant communities. In 2025, we continued to prioritiz relationships, collaboration, and shared success—recognizing that meaningful impact happens when people come together around common goals. Our approach to community is rooted in social responsibility, active engagement, and a belief that progress is

lobal Learning Commons

Where Educators Come Together to Shape the Future of Learning

A central expression of this commitment is the continued growth of the Global Learning Commons (GLC)—a Fielding-created network of schools, districts, educators, designers, architects, and thought partners learning together in a rapidly shifting educational landscape. Free to participants, the GLC exists to bridge ideas and practice, providing space for connection, dialogue, and shared learning around learnercentered design and educational transformation.

Through school tours, virtual events, and small-group engagements, the GLC offers members access to expert perspectives, peer-to-peer learning, and real-world examples of schools in action. In 2025, this included a Fielding-led school tour of Black Rock Middle School and a monthly virtual event series featuring thought leaders such as Joseph South, Ariel Raz, Brent Maddin, and Tyler Thigpen. These experiences created opportunities for educators and leaders to learn from one another, ask hard questions, and explore how learning environments can better support students and communities.

Future-Ready Fund

Supporting Thrive Learning Center

In 2025, Fielding International’s Future-Ready Fund supported a community-centered partnership with Thrive Learning Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a learner-centered school serving students with diverse needs, including neurodiversity, anxiety, learning differences, and school-related trauma. Through this initiative, Fielding provided pro bono visioning and programming services to help Thrive articulate a shared future for their learning environment, one grounded in inclusion, flexibility, belonging, and wholechild support.

Left: Learn more about how Thrive and Fielding are championing student-centered learning together.

At the core of this work was a Visioning & Programming Workshop that elevated the voices of students, families, educators, and school leaders. Through community and student workshops, facilitated discussions, learning walks, and hands-on activities, the process focused on understanding current conditions and imagining what Thrive’s learning environment could become. As a result of this engagement, Fielding delivered a Discovery Report capturing workshop findings to help Thrive hone a shared Vision and Mission, prioritize design pattern feedback, identify barriers, and establish guiding principles to inform future decision-making.

Insights from the Discovery Report directly informed Thrive’s project proposal, which outlines a phased and realistic approach to improving their learning spaces while remaining financially and operationally feasible. In addition,

Fielding International created a vision story video titled “Discover Thrive Learning Center and the Community Shaping Its Future” to support Thrive’s outreach and storytelling efforts. The video helps communicate the school’s mission, values, and community voice—amplifying their vision and building broader understanding and support for their future growth. Together, these efforts reflect the intent of the Future-Ready Fund: to use design, listening, and storytelling as a force for good—empowering schools like Thrive with the clarity, tools, and momentum needed to shape their future with confidence.

2025 ColLaboration with the international design cLinic

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Jefferson-Chalmers Hope Community Hub

Fielding is proud to partner with the International Design Clinic on their latest effort in Detroit, the Jefferson-Chalmers Community Hub. Fielding's contributions are being led by Allyza Danica Valino, with our team donating time and resources to support this vision of reimagining the basement space of Detroit's Hope Community Church. The project goes beyond serving the congregation; it aims to create a shared, welcoming resource for the entire neighborhood, fostering connection, resilience, and opportunity for all who call it home.

As part of this initiative and in alignment with our Volunteer Time Off (VTO) commitment, Allyza and Fielding recently joined an engagement at Detroit Public Schools Community District’s Carstens Elementary/Middle School. There, they met with parents and teachers to better understand the needs and desires of the community to better influence the design of future spaces. Heartfelt conversations revealed the need for design options focused on food, mental health, and wellness education. Fielding continues to actively contribute to the project’s evolving goals as the process moves forward in phases.

OUR COMMUNITIeS

Impact thRough partnerships & engagement

Our community impact in 2025 extended through partnerships, events, and shared platforms that fostered collaboration across the education and design ecosystem. Through speaking engagements, conferences, learning exchanges, and published thought leadership, we engaged with educators, leaders, and partners locally and globally, contributing to conversations shaping the future of learning.

ConFerenCes, speaking & thought Leadership

• VS Germany Headquarters | Learning Environments Gathering

Fielding International presented “The Power of Alignment: Aligning Learning Goals, Activities, and Place,” exploring the concept of an Aligned Learning Ecosystem and how intentional design can amplify student success alongside global thought leaders, educators, and designers.

• Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) LearningSCAPES 2025 – Phoenix

Fielding team members delivered three sessions:

- Deep Dive into Garden City School: Unlocking Lessons for Innovative School Design

- The New Imperative: Communities Designing for Transformation

- A special session where Fielding International’s Cranston Public Schools / Future of Garden City film series was showcased

• Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) Midwest Great Lakes Regional Conference – Detroit

Fielding sponsored and supported keynote speaker Dr. Joseph South, whose insights on AI and evidence-based learning sparked meaningful dialogue. Our team also led sessions with Michigan’s Novi Community School District and Portage Public Schools focused on student voice and hands-on learning environments.

• Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) Fall Conference

Co-presented with Kingscott Associates and Grass Lake Community Schools: “Every Square Inch: The Power of Your Facilities Master Plan.”

• Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) INSPIRE Annual Conference

Sponsors and participants supporting dialogue within independent school communities across the Central States.

• Spiezle Architectural Group | Sketch Sessions

Participants in Rethinking the Schoolhouse with AI, exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping teaching, learning, and the environments that support them.

• AAIE Global Leadership Conversation – Washington, DC

Participants connecting with international school leaders and global education networks.

Left: Featured at A4LE LearningSCAPES 2025 in Phoenix, Fielding International’s Cranston Public Schools: Future of Garden City film series.

Right: Students are the primary stakeholders in any learning space.

Through participatory design, Novi High School’s Student Council helped shape the engagement process and later co-led workshops and presented alongside our team at the A4LE Midwest Detroit Conference.

partnerships, Learning & Community engagement

• Kingscott Curriculum Directors Summit

Annual summit focused on curriculum, education, and design—creating space for fresh perspectives, collaboration, and authentic dialogue.

• What School Could Be – Thought Partnerships

Ongoing collaboration exploring education as a platform for equity, innovation, and human-centered change.

• Arizona State University (ASU) | Next Education Workforce

Engaged in conversations around workforce readiness, education systems, and future-focused learning models.

• Higher Education Exchange | Lawrence Technological University

Hosted leaders from Lawrence Technological University at our Ferndale Design Studio for dialogue around future-ready learning environments and evolving skill sets relating to architectural professionals, an especially meaningful exchange given our strong alumni ties.

global Learning & storytelLing

• A Facilitated Connection for Global School Exchange | Garden City Elementary Educators from Frankfurt International School visited Garden City Elementary in Cranston, Rhode Island, experiencing learner-centered design firsthand. The visit reinforced the global relevance of flexible, student-centered environments and strengthened international connections around shared learning values.

• Thought Leadership Publishing

We expanded our reach through Substack and LinkedIn articles exploring education, design, and leadership in a changing world, including:

- A Michigan District Got School Design Right. Here’s Why.

- School Judo: Leaders Finding Leverage for Impact

- Attentional Design in the Age of Distraction

- Teacher-Centered Design as an Organizational Catalyst

- In a World of AI, Should High School Students Learn to Be Plumbers?

Together, these efforts reflect our belief that community is not a single program or event, but an ongoing practice. By investing time, expertise, and care into the relationships we build, we aim to strengthen the ecosystems around schools and use our platform to support learning, conversation, and positive change, locally and globally.

OUR PATh FORWARd

WHAT'S NEXT? GOALS FOR 2026

As we look ahead, Fielding International remains committed to deepening our impact, strengthening partnerships, and expanding the ways we connect and support learning communities around the world.

Building on the momentum of 2025, our goals for the year ahead focus on shared leadership, meaningful collaboration, and continued learning, building on our foundational work to lead with purpose and integrity.

stRengthening governanCe & Insight

In 2026, Fielding International will launch a formal Advisory Board to support our continued growth and leadership. A diverse group of advisors with unique and critical perspectives, the board will serve as a key sounding board for strategy, accountability, and long-term decision-making.

The purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide strategic guidance on maximizing Fielding International’s social and environmental impact. By leveraging outside expertise, we aim to strengthen our commitment to using business as a force for good in education and architecture.

Advisory Board members will help us set the standard for what B Corp certification means in education design, scale our impact a 50+ countries where we work, integrate social and environmental performance into every aspect of our business, and inspire othe our industry to pursue B Corp certification. The Advisory Board’s first meeting is anticipated in the first quarter of 2026.

amplifyIng stories, Insights, & emerging t

In 2026, we will more intentionally capture and share stories, insights, and perspectives that reflect both our work and the broader issues shaping education today. This includes highlighting real outcomes for learners, educators, and communities, as well as exploring emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities influencing learning environments around the world.

Through these stories, we will elevate diverse voices and lived experiences that demonstrate how design, policy, and practice intersect to support thriving educational ecosystems. In addition to Substack and LinkedIn, we will explore Medium as a new storytelling platform and broaden the range of contributors sharing perspectives from across our network.

InCreasing engagement & Impact within the B Lab Community

We plan to actively participate in and contribute to conversations at the April B Corp Champions Retreat in Milwaukee. This includes collaboration with sustainable furniture designers and B Corp–certified partner Natural Pod. The gathering will provide space for authentic dialogue, peer learning, and collective impact.

deepening educational partnerships

Our continued work with the International Design Clinic and Thrive Learning Center reflects our long-term commitment to supporting educators and organizations advancing equity, innovation, sustainability, and well-being in education. These partnerships allow us to learn alongside others while contributing our talents and knowledge in service of meaningful, systems-level change.

lobal Learning Commons (glC)

In 2026, we will expand Global Learning Commons programming through additional monthly virtual events and in-person experiences, including a Chappaqua Central School District Tour in March, and two FLEx Bootcamp offerings in July. These experiences will further connect educators, leaders, and designers through shared exploration of future-ready learning environments and practices.

ngaging the Broader education Community

We look forward to participating in key conferences and forums that support learning-centered organizations and leaders , including the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE), the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE), the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the American Institute of Architects New York State Education Design Summit, the B Corp Champions Retreat, Kingscott Associates’ Curriculum Directors Summit, and the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA). Through these engagements, we will continue to share insights, learn alongside peers, and contribute to broader conversations shaping the future of education.

Together, these goals reflect our continued dedication to learning, collaboration, and impact—using our work, our voice, and our partnerships to help communities imagine and build better futures for learners everywhere.