Keep curiosity alive
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Keep curiosity alive 〰️
You can help keep curiosity alive!
By raising $58,500, we’ll secure two Teaching Fellows through the end of 2026. They’ll impact over 200 kids, families, and educators through evidence based literacy instruction and the joy of reading.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
You can help keep curiosity alive!
By raising $58,500, we’ll secure two Teaching Fellows through the end of 2026. They’ll impact over 200 kids, families, and educators through evidence based literacy instruction and the joy of reading.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
You can help keep curiosity alive!
By raising $58,500, we’ll secure two Teaching Fellows through the end of 2026. They’ll impact over 200 kids, families, and educators through evidence based literacy instruction and the joy of reading.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
You can help keep curiosity alive!
By raising $58,500, we’ll secure two Teaching Fellows through the end of 2026. They’ll impact over 200 kids, families, and educators through evidence based literacy instruction and the joy of reading.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
You can help keep curiosity alive!
By raising $58,500, we’ll secure two Teaching Fellows through the end of 2026. They’ll impact over 200 kids, families, and educators through evidence based literacy instruction and the joy of reading.
Keep curiosity alive. Fund our Teaching Fellowship.
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Make a one time donation
All contributions matter, from $1 - $10,000 (and beyond!). A one-time donation contributes to keeping the Teaching Fellowship going.
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Sponsor a Teaching Fellow
Recurring donations help us say “we can count on this for a sustained period of time,” ensuring Teaching Fellows impact beyond 2026.
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Spread the word
Sharing this campaign with your friends, colleagues, and neighbors helps more than we can say. We’d be so grateful if you spread the word.
Your one-time donation makes an immediate impact
$200
starts to offset orientation and onboarding costs for one Fellow
$600
supports one Fellow’s participation in our weekly professional learning community for a semester
$350
sends one Fellow to a Structured Word Inquiry professional development seminar
$1,400
provides a community event led by Fellows: storytime, family literacy night or a local festival pop-up
Your sustained donation makes an immediate and sustained impact
$25/month
covers the annual technology stipend we provide to our Fellows
$90/month
covers one Teaching Fellow’s transportation costs for getting between schools both for instruction and coaching for the year
$50/month
allows us to give one Fellow an additional lesson shadowing opportunity where they can observe and practice new skills in community
$250/month
month covers facilitation for one of our weekly community of practice meetings for all Teaching Fellows
Keep curiosity alive
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Keep curiosity alive 〰️
Literacy shapes everything: our self-expression, our interpersonal relationships, and our global innovation. Without it, our world becomes small. And yet, over a third of kids aren’t reading at grade level, and too many teachers don’t know what to do about it.
Words in the Wild’s Teaching Fellowship solves the problem from both sides. This experience-based program provides hands-on learning for educators in how to help kids tap into their inner scientist and investigate words the same way they’d explore how dew drops are made or what happens to caterpillars in their cocoon.
By raising $58,500, two Teaching Fellows will remain on staff through the end of 2026 and impact hundreds of children and the people who love them (yes really. Keep reading).
Donate now to keep curiosity alive.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
Literacy shapes everything: our self-expression, our interpersonal relationships, and our global innovation. Without it, our world becomes small. And yet, over a third of kids aren’t reading at grade level, and too many teachers don’t know what to do about it.
Words in the Wild’s Teaching Fellowship solves the problem from both sides. This experience-based program provides hands-on learning for educators in how to help kids tap into their inner scientist and investigate words the same way they’d explore how dew drops are made or what happens to caterpillars in their cocoon.
By raising $58,500, two Teaching Fellows will remain on staff through the end of 2026 and impact hundreds of children and the people who love them (yes really. Keep reading).
Donate now to keep curiosity alive.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
Literacy shapes everything: our self-expression, our interpersonal relationships, and our global innovation. Without it, our world becomes small. And yet, over a third of kids aren’t reading at grade level, and too many teachers don’t know what to do about it.
Words in the Wild’s Teaching Fellowship solves the problem from both sides. This experience-based program provides hands-on learning for educators in how to help kids tap into their inner scientist and investigate words the same way they’d explore how dew drops are made or what happens to caterpillars in their cocoon.
By raising $58,500, two Teaching Fellows will remain on staff through the end of 2026 and impact hundreds of children and the people who love them (yes really. Keep reading).
Donate now to keep curiosity alive.
Keep curiosity alive
〰️
Keep curiosity alive 〰️
Literacy shapes everything: our self-expression, our interpersonal relationships, and our global innovation. Without it, our world becomes small. And yet, over a third of kids aren’t reading at grade level, and too many teachers don’t know what to do about it.
Words in the Wild’s Teaching Fellowship solves the problem from both sides. This experience-based program provides hands-on learning for educators in how to help kids tap into their inner scientist and investigate words the same way they’d explore how dew drops are made or what happens to caterpillars in their cocoon.
By raising $58,500, two Teaching Fellows will remain on staff through the end of 2026 and impact hundreds of children and the people who love them (yes really. Keep reading).
Donate now to keep curiosity alive.
Year 1
A Teaching Fellow starts at Words in the Wild, reaching dozens of kids and their teachers and families through tutoring, family/teacher resources and workshops, community events, and summer camp.
Yearly impact: 100 people
Year 3
Finished with the Fellowship, this alumni takes a full-time teaching job.
They reach 25 kids in their classroom, plus those kid’s families, plus the school community; estimating low, that’s 100 more people.
They also mentor their peers, helping other educators become stronger and teaching reading. Let’s say they mentor one peer and one new Teaching Fellow—that’s another 200 people.
Yearly impact: 300 people
Year 2
Now the Teaching Fellow is also training incoming Fellows, along with expanded responsibilities. This means they’re impacting the kids those Fellows work with and creating more impact alone.
Yearly impact: 250 people
Year 4
It’s year two of teaching for our alumni.
They’re impacting another 100 people (kids in the class, family, school communities)
They’re mentoring two fellow educators this year (another 200 folks impacted)
And the people they mentored last year take on their own mentees (that’s another 200).
Yearly impact: 500 people
What’s Words in the Wild?
Motivated by a vision of children growing into confident, courageous readers, surrounded by adults who believe in them and who have the skills to put that belief into action, we apply the spark of wonder to the power of structured literacy. Learn all about them.
How Teaching Fellows supercharge Words in the Wild
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Words in the Wild partners with districts, schools, and community-based organizations to serve children, teachers, and families with tutoring, professional learning, and literacy events.
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Teaching Fellows work and learn alongside staff in schools providing equitable, high-impact literacy services. They are key to amplifying the impact of our mission and providing sliding-scale services to families that need it most.
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And, Teaching Fellows get experience working at our summer camp and community events like literacy nights at schools, free pop-ups at farmers markets and fairs, all while receiving coaching from seasoned pros.
Dr. Alexis Filippini
Dr. Filippini is the founder of Words in the Wild, an elementary school parent, and a reading specialist who prefers to teach in a garden. Alexis has supported children, educators, and families in a variety of roles since 2002, including bilingual reading interventionist, behavioral clinician, special education professor (San Francisco State University) and dean of teaching and learning.
Dr. Filippini earned her MA and PhD degrees in special education with an emphasis in cognitive science from UC Santa Barbara, and a BA in linguistics (yes, she likes the beach!). She also holds a preliminary Education Specialist Credential: Mild/Moderate Disabilities with English Learner and Autism Authorizations.
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