Ted Blake, is the Coordinator of the Basic Skills Program and Learning Center at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee, CA. He has been recognized as an outstanding teacher at the University of Kansas, University of Georgia, Principia College, and Idyllwild Arts Academy as well as being voted faculty of the year at MSJC in 2011. After teaching English for 20 years, Ted is now coordinating efforts in and has given numerous presentations about teaching innovation in the community colleges with an emphasis on non-cognitive skill building, the flipped classroom, and metacognitive teaching strategies.