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Support literacy with a donation to the Words in the Wild Foundation

Grow our Teaching Fellowship

Support our Teaching Fellowship — one of the most unique aspects of our organization — with a donation to our Foundation.

The teaching fellowship:

  • strengthens the teacher pipeline

  • assists new and veteran teachers with skills and knowledge that help to reduce burnout and teacher turnover

  • teaches educators how to effectively teach reading

Fellows gain so much from this experience. Over the course of this one to two year experience, they get:

  • paid for their time both teaching and learning

  • weekly meetings for support and professional development

  • hands-on experience in classrooms, small group reading intervention, and one-to-one tutoring

  • coaching and assistance from Dr. Filippini to hone their skills and confidence

  • additional instruction in neurodiversity

  • to learn how to incorporate nature-based instruction anywhere and at any time

This Fellowship is needed now more than ever, as we all grapple with ways to better support our teachers, our students and our districts.

With your support, our goal is to increase from three to five Fellows in 2025.

This ambitious goal will allow us to:

  • continue providing this vital support to teachers

  • allow for in-service Fellows who will be working in their own classroom while receiving Words in the Wild support to deepen their expertise in the science of reading, neurodiversity, and nature-based engagement

“Being a Teaching Fellow for Words in the Wild has given me the unique opportunity to practice educational therapy and learn valuable skills that I wouldn’t have the chance to learn elsewhere. I have gained so many skills, experiences, and knowledge about teaching and I love this organization with my whole heart!”
— Ella Holton-McCoy, Teaching Fellowship Graduate

Your Donation Makes a Huge Impact

Here’s how you can help with a sustaining donation:

  • $25/month provides a professional learning text for 2 Fellows

  • $50/month allows one Fellow a lesson shadowing opportunity

  • $90/month covers one Fellow’s transportation costs to travel between schools for shadowing, learning and coaching for the year

If you would like to make a one-time donation, consider:

  • $200 to cover orientation and onboarding costs for one Fellow

  • $350 sends one Fellow to a Structured Word Inquiry professional development seminar

  • $600 supports one Fellow’s participation in our weekly professional learning community for a semester

Learn more about the fellowship and Words in the Wild’s impact

Check out some of the resources our fellows have created

Words in the Wild Foundation is a nonprofit partner that supports the work of Filippini Consulting LLC, dba Words in the Wild. Donations made to the Foundation are put toward the Teaching Fellowship and are tax deductible.