District and building administrators in the United States are struggling to integrate academic and career and technical education (CTE) as required by Every Student Succeeds Act and Perkins V legislation. One solution school district leaders have developed to address this legislation is the creation of CTE magnet high schools. However, administrators at new magnet CTE schools are still learning how to lead curriculum integration. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore, through the lens of transformational leadership, the experiences of administrators of existing CTE high schools in the southwestern United States who have led the curriculum integration process. Leithwood and Jantzi's six characteristics of transformational leadership were used as a framework for this study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with nine participants who (a) had experience leading the curriculum integration process and (b) had a minimum of 2 years' experience as a school or district administrator of a CTE magnet high school. Collected data were analyzed and four themes emerged: (a) the presence of all six transformational leadership characteristics in the leadership practices of all study participants, and (b) curriculum integration happened primarily at the whole school level rather than at the individual course level, (c) leaders experienced similar challenges and successes, and (d) leaders used a variety of methods for overcoming challenges and celebrating successes. The findings of this study may have implications for positive social change that include district and building leaders using transformational leadership to guide curriculum integration and to influence the successful integration of CTE and academic curriculum to improve college and career readiness for students in the 21st Century. [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.]