The model in which the interactions of administrators, teachers, and other school personnel contribute to school improvement is identified as distributed leadership in the literature. Distributed leadership can lead to transformational change within the school that indirectly leads to instructional improvements in academic capacity. Additionally, there are correlations between student achievement and distributed leadership. This study seeks to understand how the behavior, perspectives, and experiences of educators engaged in distributed leadership may facilitate a broad and balanced curriculum in a low socio-economic school. The qualitative data collected in the case study school were organized using Elmore's (2004) five principles of distributed leadership including clear expectations for instructional improvement, collective learning, modeling, differences in expertise, and reciprocal accountability. The data was collected using a qualitative research approach known as hermeneutic phenomenology. This methodology gives the researcher an opportunity to acknowledge personal history, prior knowledge, and theoretical constructs while maintaining a valid and reliable study. By sharing observations and interpretations with study participants, the researcher co-constructed findings that emerged from the data: (1) The school, serving a significant low socioeconomic population, practiced distributed leadership according to Elmore's principles. (2) Instructional decisions and curriculum at the school were influenced by distributed leadership. (3) Teachers leveraged distributed leadership to create a positive school culture which in turn became the foundation for collaboration, student engagement, creativity, and a growth mindset. (4) A through line of distributed leadership from the administration and faculty to the students supported deeper learning. (5) Distributed leadership helped the school survive organizational changes that posed obstacles to effective instructional leadership. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]