Teacher Top 5 is about accelerating the effectiveness of classroom teaching by asking nationally recognized teachers to identify and elaborate on "What are the Top 5 strategies you employ to make your teaching successful?" Since time is the most valuable asset for any teacher, Teacher Top 5 cuts to the chase. It reveals how stellar teaching is accomplished, and what it looks and feels like in the classroom. All stakeholders, including practicing and prospective teachers, administrators, policy-makers, and parents will be interested in this powerful showcase of best-of-breed teaching practices in Teacher Top 5. Highlights: Teacher Top 5 features some of the best and brightest K-12 teachers from across the country State and National Teachers of the Year to share their teaching strategies. Teacher Top 5 profiles 25 outstanding educators who have decided to give of themselves, not for money or social status, but to serve others and a higher calling. Who are these rare breed of people seeking a higher calling to serve others? Teacher Top 5 is user-friendly. It distills and then synthesizes the "Common Themes and Take-Aways" in a separate section. Teacher Top 5s attempts to improve inefficiencies within schools. It asks educators profiled, "What can teachers improve upon?", "What school policies have worked?", and "What are some of the positives and negatives in our educational system?" For more information, please go to www.teachertop5.com to learn more about our growing professional learning community and to share your own "Teacher Top 5."