Yesterday’s Times-Union, Warsaw, Ind., reported that a teacher in Grace College’s program at Indiana State Prison had been recognized. Blake Staton received the Indiana Criminal Justice Association Commissioner’s Award for teacher of the year for the northern region. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article.

Blake Staton, who teaches high school equivalency courses for Grace College, received teacher of the year for the northern region of Indiana.

WINONA LAKE – Blake Staton won the Indiana Criminal Justice Association Commissioner’s Award for teacher of the year in the northern region.

Staton has been teaching high school equivalency courses at the Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, for four years. Staton is employed through Grace College, which holds the contract for education services at northern Indiana prisons.

Staton is employed through Grace College, which holds the contract for education services at northern Indiana prisons. “Staton is a master of his craft,” John Hendricks, director of correctional education at Grace College, said. “We usually have new teachers observe Blake to see his teaching methods.”

“Staton is a master of his craft,” John Hendricks, director of correctional education at Grace College, said. “We usually have new teachers observe Blake to see his teaching methods.”

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