Pat Hensley believes that some of the best teachers go unnoticed in their schools and districts, and so on Successful Teaching, she’s vowed to feature these exemplary teachers and highlight their successes. Though Pat is currently an instructor at Furman University in South Carolina, she previously taught special education classes in the public schools for 30 years. During those three decades, she served on the National Board of Directors for Exceptional Children, and she was designated as her school’s Teacher of the Year. In her posts, she talks about camping retreats, and how to take abstract classroom guidelines like “being respectful” and translating them into clear-cut examples of what constitutes appropriate behavior.