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Our Culture
Come work with us! Our Studios are full of creative problem-solvers dedicated to designing inspiring learning environments for visionary clients. Our collaborative process allows us to be both flexible and comprehensive in our workflow, resulting in a positive energy that is contagious. Our culture encourages exploration through challenges, whether it is pushing innovation through design research, or an intense in-house ping pong tournament. We constantly look to evolve our ideas to deliver exceptional learning spaces to our clients, and strive to learn from each project and each other daily.
Available Positions
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Learning Designer / Project Based Learning Coach
Learning Designer / Project Based Learning Coach
Fielding International, a global leader in school design, is looking to hire a part-time Learning Designer and Project Based Learning Coach located near Cranston, Rhode Island.
30 hours per week employee with benefits - $40-50k/year.
OR
15-20 hours per week part-time consultant without benefits - $40/hr.
This is a Hybrid Remote Position that requires on-site work in Cranston, Rhode Island, multiple times per week. This position requires reliable transportation and living near Cranston, Rhode Island, is HIGHLY recommended.
What You Will Be Doing
Your first project will be supporting Cranston Public Schools in their initiative to embed Project Based Learning (PBL) throughout the district. You will:
- Work with teachers in a coaching role who are developing and implementing PBL units across K-12.
- Co-develop and sometimes assist in the implementation of PBL units as a means of modeling for teaching and practicing new PBL skills.
- Coordinate with district leaders to help build internal capacity to scale PBL across all school divisions.
- Coordinate and communicate with other project team members to ensure the design and development of new schools and programs are successfully implemented.
- Work within Cranston Public Schools in-person for these engagements 2-4 days per week.
Beyond this project, you will also work with Fielding’s Learning Designers to shape your own role and expertise that supports firm-wide efforts and adapts to your own capacity, skills, and interests, all in the pursuit of creating schools where learners thrive.
Qualifications and Expertise
You must have experience planning and implementing Project Based Learning.
You may have experience coaching teachers.
Compensation
30 hours per week employee - This position starts with an annual salary of $40,000 - $50,000 commensurate with experience, along with comprehensive benefits that include: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, a wellness reimbursement program, and generous paid time off.
OR
15-20 hours per week part-time consultant without benefits paid at $40 per hour.
How to Apply
Please email us at mike.posthumus@fieldingintl.com and cc: nathan.strenge@fieldingintl.com
In your email, please answer the following:
- Describe your experiences with Project Based Learning.
- Describe your experiences supporting or coaching educators implementing new teaching practices.
Fielding International provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.
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Entry / Intermediate Level Designers
Entry / Intermediate Level Designers
Locations: College Park, Maryland; Ferndale, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Warren, Rhode Island; and Singapore
Opportunity
Fielding International, a global leader in school design, is searching for Architects/Architectural Designers with expertise in either sustainability or interior design, to join us in making the world better by improving environments for learning.
The ideal candidate is curious by nature, passionate about learning, contributes to a collaborative working environment, can handle complexity and chaos, is cool under pressure, and is passionate about how thoughtful design strategies can innovate the learning environment.
We are looking for entry to mid-level designers in all of our locations. Our small informal studios embrace a culture where collaboration is encouraged, ambition is valued, and diverse thought is celebrated. Although these studios will be your home base, we offer flexibility in when and where to work, and offer opportunities to travel to our projects around the country and world. We build international teams across our studios to help schools solve complex learning and space challenges. We are looking for people to join our community and grow with our company.
Qualifications
- Professional degree in Architecture, or Interior Design
- Proficient in Revit at a minimum; other digital modeling tools welcome
- Strong design and graphic communication skills demonstrated in a variety of media
- Flexible, organized, and self-directed individual with the ability to multitask
- Willingness to travel nationally and internationally
Sustainability
- LEED AP or WELL AP preferred
- Experience in using digital modeling software to analyze and refine design for daylighting
- Familiarity with Energy Modeling and coordinating with Sustainability / Environmental Designers
- Experience with at least one certified LEED or WELL project through certification
Interior Design
- Demonstrated ability to create inspiring interior environments for workplace, or learning environments
- Experience with detailed design of casework
- Familiarity with environmental graphics
Responsibilities
- Work as part of a collaborative team to provide planning, design, and coordination of educational projects, with domestic and international travel opportunities provided
- Attend and actively participate in project team and research discussions around the evolution of learning and innovative design
- Make recommendations and consult clients on related project concerns
- Design and prepare deliverables for projects ranging from Visioning to Design Development
- Assist with material and furniture specifications, interior design, and coordination of architectural drawings
- Participate in marketing efforts and client engagement presentations
We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits that include: medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, a wellness reimbursement program, and generous paid time off.
We strive to create a culture that values and reflects each individual’s personal needs. Our goal is to sustain a diverse community of designers and thinkers in a culture that is collaborative, supportive and encouraging—a place where you are pushed to do the best work of your life and enjoy working each day!
Please send your CV and Work Samples to employment@fieldingintl.com. In your email, please indicate the location you are interested in joining and answer the following question:
How can you help us make the world better by improving environments for learning?
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We are a Certified B Corporation
We’re part of a community using business as a force for good. Being a B Corp means that we measure more than our profit. We strive to continually improve our social practices and our environmental impact with every commitment we make. This certification is a recognition of our 20-year mission of providing a social benefit to the world. We founded this firm solely focused on designing schools and transforming educational environments for learners to thrive in the 21st century and beyond. Because of our hyper focus on this work we only take on projects where we provide a benefit and have purpose.
This is also a commitment to the health and wellness of our employees by not only providing meaningful work, but by offering support with a work/life balance and opportunities for personal growth and professional development.
Setting a high standard for ourselves and our work is essential for so many reasons; for our team, our clients, our partners, the communities we serve, and for future generations. We continuously look for new ways to strengthen our volunteer and pro bono work, providing guidance to those who do not have the means to elevate themselves in their communities, as well as closely examine relationships and seek connections of mutual benefits
Internship Opportunities
Fielding International Internships are not tied to any one aspect of architecture, you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in all elements of the professional planning and design process. You’ll collaborate with our studio teams to generate new ideas, explore and research relevant design patterns, aid in the preparation of client materials, work with team members from master planning and concept design, through construction while gaining experience with a host of other tasks.
We seek students who are not only serious about their own education, but who are excited about the opportunities to improve teaching and learning environments for future generations. We approach every client’s school community with curiosity, and we have fun doing it!
Fielding looks for strong academic track records, involvement in student organizations and demonstrated leadership among peers. We encourage students who are enrolled in architectural, or other relevant degree programs to apply.
Our small informal studios embrace a culture where collaboration is encouraged, ambition is valued, and diverse thought is celebrated.
The Fielding Internship Program offers opportunity to research and explore the future of learning. Working with our team, Interns identify goals and lead initiatives that drive the improvement of school design. Read more about our latest project.
Designing for Well-Being
A book of design solutions for holistic well-being in education
Recently, the Fielding International design team worked closely with an Intern to dive deeper into “Designing for Well-Being” as related to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We proudly shared our findings which provide design solutions to challenges that threaten the well-being of learners - ones that either pose as present significance in the field of education or are new themes anticipated from current circumstance. The patterns provided within this book are coupled under three core issues of wellness, security, and environment. They offer spatial design suggestions as well as conceptual guidelines and are a result of emergent, transformative thinking for the educational setting.
Employee Benefits
Fielding International company benefits are available to full-time employees working a minimum of 30 hours per week. Comprehensive major medical insurance is offered through BlueCross BlueShield. Employees have a choice between two plan options: BlueAccess Platinum and BlueAccess Gold.
Fielding offers full-time employees dental and short-term disability insurance (MetLife) and vision coverage (VSP), as well as a 401(k) plan. Also offered is a Flexible Spending Account which allows a fixed amount of pre-tax wages to be set aside for qualified expenses including child care or uncovered medical expenses. Both the 401(k) plan and the FSA are administered by Paychex.
All full-time employees are eligible for 5 weeks (200 hours) of Paid Time Off (PTO) annually with the benefit of carrying forward 40 hours from the previous calendar year. Employees may choose their own holidays based on religious and/or personal beliefs.
Additional Perks
Fielding offers the opportunity to participate in the company’s Wellness Program which allows reimbursement up to $400 at the end of each year. The program covers expenses for wellness activities such as gym memberships, fitness classes, personal training, massages and nutritional counseling. We offer a monthly cell phone reimbursement for all employees who elect to use their personal cell phones for company business. Fielding also covers the cost of the employees successfully passing professional exams as well as industry membership fees for licensed individuals.