The effects of high teacher turnover reverberate across a school. This study sought to investigate the impact of high teacher turnover on the teachers who remain. Participants and data collected in Cycle 1 consisted of five teachers, who had remained at the school for a collective 30 years. The teachers who remained found themselves in a cycle of teaching and re-teaching new faculty, rebuilding relationships with families, restoring trust with students and families, struggling to make up for academic loss, and yearning for leadership roles. Action steps were designed, implemented, and evaluated in Cycle 2. Both newer and more experienced teachers took on leadership roles as they made plans to revise relationship building strategies with students and families. A workshop cycle was developed based on the gradual release of responsibility method integrated with collaborative reflection. The first of three was an introduction to the project by the researcher, the second was the sharing of current relationship-building strategies by the more experienced teachers, and the third was a presentation of individual action plans for building relationships with students and families by the newer teachers. Evaluating the results of the Action Research study included analyzing questionnaires, a series of exits tickets, and a focus group transcript. Presentation slide shows, field notes, and analytic memos provided additional data to round out the findings. Conclusions indicated that teachers feel distrusted by parents, teachers feel ignored by administration, and teachers proceed regardless of challenge. Implications for the organization concluded that when teachers identify a mutual challenge together, they build comradery and when they take on leadership roles with a self-driven focus, they take ownership of change and their role in the school. [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://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]