When the AC Dies and We All Melt: Surviving Florida's Classroom Heat Wave
Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I walked into my classroom at 7:15 AM and immediately knew something was wrong. The air felt thick enough to swim
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Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I walked into my classroom at 7:15 AM and immediately knew something was wrong. The air felt thick enough to swim
Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I was explaining fractions to my fourth graders when little Sofia raised her hand and asked, "Mrs. Santos, what if the
Florida teacher tip: Last week, my neighbor's daughter called me in a panic. "Ms. Santos, I just graduated with my education degree and I'm so confused
Florida teacher tip: Last week, my principal walked into our planning meeting with that look. You know the one. The "we need to talk about new standards"
Florida teacher tip: Last week, my neighbor's daughter Sofia called me in tears. She'd just graduated with her education degree and was drowning in
Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I was in the middle of explaining long division when my principal's voice crackled over the intercom: "Teachers, please
Florida teacher tip: Picture this: It's August 1998, and I'm standing in my first classroom in Miami wearing a blazer in 95-degree heat because I thought
Florida teacher tip: Last September, I was standing in my empty classroom at 6 PM on a Sunday, frantically laminating math centers while the news droned
Florida teacher tip: Picture this: It's 2002, and I'm sitting in a stuffy room at the district office, sweating through my professional blazer (porque,
Florida teacher tip: Picture this: It's August 2002, and I'm standing in my first classroom at 7 AM, sweating through my carefully chosen "professional"
Florida teacher tip: Picture this: It's my second year teaching, and I'm sitting in my first FCAT data meeting (yes, I'm that old) with a stack of
Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I was helping my neighbor's daughter with her 5th grade math homework when she looked up at me and asked, "Mrs. Santos,
Florida teacher tip: Last Tuesday, I walked into my classroom at 7:15 AM and immediately knew it was going to be one of those days. The air felt thick
Florida teacher tip: I still remember my first August in a Florida classroom. Fresh out of college, armed with bulletin board borders and way too much
Florida teacher tip: Picture this: It's August 2002, and I'm standing in my first classroom in Tampa, sweating through my brand new teacher outfit (yes, I
Florida teacher tip: I still remember my first August in a Florida classroom twenty-two years ago. The air conditioning was broken, I had thirty-two third
Florida teacher tip: I still remember my first August in a Florida classroom. Fresh out of college, armed with laminated bulletin board borders and enough
Florida teacher tip: I still remember my first day teaching in Florida like it was yesterday. August 2002, standing in front of 28 third-graders in a
Florida teacher tip: Last spring, I watched a first-year teacher practically hyperventilate over FAST scores. She was convinced her career was over
Florida teacher tip: I still remember my first day teaching in Florida like it was yesterday. There I was, 25 years old, fresh out of college, standing in