This study was designed to discover teacher perceptions of safety while in classrooms teaching face-to-face students in a Southeast Texas suburban school district. This project-based dissertation-in-practice interviewed 10 middle school teachers. The data from the interviews and the literature review aided the researcher to design a training to help teacher's feel safer while teaching. Three research questions guided this study: What are teachers' perceptions of safety on their campus? What factors do teachers believe affect a sense of safety on their campus? What other measures will enhance the teacher's sense of safety on their campus? This study followed a phenomenological qualitative design. The researcher found that teachers need more training and safety precautions in place to help them feel safer while teaching. The participants revealed that more safety precautions could be in place to protect them from the COVID-19 virus and variants. Other findings uncovered that the teachers were not trained in the event of an active shooter situation were to arise on their school campus. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]