Being a teacher motivating students is often a thankless, yet rewarding career. As public, private and charter schools develop creative teacher strategies to compete for enrollment based on curriculum that produces a quality education, the line marking effectiveness becomes blurred between traditional programs that teach the fundamentals and those that focus on specific outcomes, like career readiness. Victoria Mavis interviews Billy Staples, author and motivational speaker, who has been nominated twice for the Disney Teacher of the Year Award for his innovative approach to helping students learn through a methodology that was based on the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, discusses his creative approach to motivating students that began in his teaching years and continued with the formation of B.E.S.T. Inc. If you want a fresh teacher strategy for motivating students, download now. To find out more about Billy Staples, visit facebook (https://www.facebook.com/billy.staples ) or the Billy Staples website (http://www.thebestscholars.org/?page_id=304). You can also email (mailto:[email protected]) Billy directly.