In this article, the author contends that state and national policymakers should tap the talent pool of National Board Certified Teachers to boost student achievement and enhance teacher quality. This resource represents over 32,000 teachers who are nationally certified through a rigorous process, requiring demonstration of high levels of teaching knowledge and skills (Rotherman, 2004). The author observes how school districts and states recognize this achievement by providing bonuses and salary differentials for successful national board teachers. Yet NBCTs are not allowed to serve in expanded instructional leadership roles beyond their own classrooms, or as change agents in the very districts and states where they teach (Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, 2002). The author also provides ideas on how this pool of talents could be mined for improving student achievement.