Join our Team!

Learn more about working at a literacy nonprofit while contributing to our mission.

Now Hiring:

Teaching Fellow: join our team of Teaching Fellows and develop your expertise in delivering high-quality literacy instruction to emergent readers and writers, especially through Structured Word Inquiry. This part-time position includes small group and 1:1 instruction in San Francisco and the East Bay. Interested? Learn more at the link below.
To apply, please send your resume and a cover letter to carol@wordsinthewild.org AND fill out the Teaching Fellow application to tell us more about your interest.

Volunteer

We generally have many opportunities throughout the year where you can support our mission — from helping out at events and workshops to office work.

Donate

Every little bit helps. Your donation allows us to:

• Send a teacher to our Summer Institute

• Offer sliding scale programs

• Create resources for educators and families

We are a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation; Tax ID 81-2951256. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

Join our circle of enthusiastic supporters:

Donate Books & Items

Current Needs

Your cash gifts help us:

• enroll more learners in WordLab and ed therapy,

• provide sliding scale support

• send hands-on enrichment care packages to our students

• train teachers

• provide resources for parents

Materials and Supplies:

• Our current Wish List has all of our greatest needs listed. We’re growing and our top need is to build out our reference materials to take to our new on-site programs. This list also has current suggestions for gift cards.

We’re always on the hunt for our next favorite book! Here’s what works best for us:

• new or gently used condition, either paperback or hardback

• K to 4th grade (basic readers through level M)

• both informational and fiction

• anything to do with nature, science, outdoors, friendship, adventures

• diversity of representation (check out the Oakland Literacy Coalition’s resources for finding diverse books)

• we love books that have won a Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award, a Belpré Award, Newbery Medal, or really any recognition for supporting inclusion in children’s literature (check out this list of awards)

Donations of books and items may be tax deductible as well!