Saving Teachers Money

South Florida Museum is also offering teachers free admission to the Museum, Planetarium and Aquarium with ID.

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center offers discounted tickets to county employees from all counties. Two tickets to select shows.

Mote Aquarium offers teachers one free admission with a pay stub.

The Limited offers 20% discounts  on all purchases to teachers with ID.

Jo Anne Fabrics offers an annual discount card, show your teacher ID to receive one and you will receive a one time discount of 20% and the annual discount card which gives you 15% off the rest of the time.

Sonnys BBQ offers a $5.00 off coupon on orders of $25 dollars when you join their online club.

*These are Teacher Deals I discovered through Florida Department of Education’s Just For Teachers as well as through online searches. Check with your School District website for special deals in your area.  Have a great summer!

Other Freebie Resources

FreeForTeachers

Mouse Savers (This one shows deals for Free Passes to Sea World for Teachers with a valid Florida Teaching certificate and a full time teaching job.)

Free Busch Gardens Pre School Passes.These are children’s passes which are  part of a promotion for Sesame Street Safari of Fun. The passes are good for any children 5 and under until Dec 31, 2010. Children must be five or under when you register.

Photo Credit: Tony Crider

The Florida Aquarium

These discounts are offered to Teachers in the state of Florida. Judging from my research I imagine educators in each state receive discounts to local attractions  and services. Use this article as a guide to find discounts in your individual state. Check with your school district or on your employer website.

T-Mobile offers plan discounts to State employees in Florida through employee websites such at school districts. My best advice is to check your indivual state or federal employer website for discounts. When I called T-Mobile and identified myself (as a customer with my phone and account number) and asked if they offered the same discount in each state I was told due to privacy issues they couldn’t give me that information.

The Kennedy Space Center offers 12 month Educators Pass to teachers who hold a Florida or Georgia teaching certificate. Educators must show proof of certification and be employed as a full time k-12 teacher at an accrediated school.

Sea World offers free Study Passes  to Teachers with Florida Certification and a valid ID. These are good from August to August.

The Florida Aquarium offers a single free admission to Teachers showing their pay stub with a  teacher payroll code.

Lowry Park Zoo is offering  public and private K-12 teachers with Florida certification free admission between June 1 and August 21 with a valid school ID.

The Florida Aquarium By: VSumner

We talk alot these days about teens using social networks and worry as adults about what teens are doing while on social networks and about the people they are meeting and friending. This story is touching, inspiring and a great example of what teens are capable of creating and how motivated they can be to support their friends and other teens who they relate to.

This is a quote from the website of To Write Love On Her Arms.

“To Write Love on Her Arms began in Orlando, FL in February 2006 as a (written) story, the true story of five days spent with a friend who was denied entry into a drug treatment center. The story was a look at those five days, and the t-shirts were printed and sold initially as a way to pay for our friend’s treatment.”

To Write Love on Her Arms has become a non profit movement/organization dedicated to presenting hope and help to those who are facing addiction, depression, struggling with suicide and self injury. The movement includes social networking,  blogging, concerts, speaking engagements and is now looking in the direction of counseling scholarships to educate people who can then work with teens and support friends in need.  The organization has a staff of twelve that answer questions and emails through social networking sites such as MySpace and through email.

For those who would like to get involved and support the organization you can click and be directed to their website.

Getting Involved with To Write Love On Her Arms

TWLOHA’S official website

TWLOHA’S history on Wikipedia

Photo Credit: Marco Gomes

Marbella, Spain

Pueblo Ingles for Teens is a program for native English speakers to spend a week or two in Spain, in one of seven locations speaking to Spanish speaking teens to improve their English language skills.

The program was started  in 2001 by Richard Vaughan, owner of Vaughan Systems, a language training system. The original program was to assist Spanish speaking professionals in gaining a quicker fluency in conversational English. The program now offers teens the same opportunity.

Locations include Granada, Cordoba, Andalucia, Avila and others. The teen program is for students 13-18. The program offers the option of a parent or teacher attending with the teen and participating in the program along with the teen, speaking with native Spanish speaking adults.

The program provides students one on one time to speak in English with native Spanish speaking teens who want to improve their conversational English. The program also includes group activities, half day excursions,  free time and time to interact with other teens. A swimming pool is available for free time as are sporting options such as basketball, football and tennis.

The cost of the program is minimal with families providing airfare and pay for  the first night of accomodations (at a program provided hotel with supervision) until the program begins. During the program room, board and insurance are provided for the teens. A computer is available for teens during free time hours to email parents and teens also have access to make phone calls at the parents expense.

Marbella Photo Credit JuanPol