Distributive leadership is a prominent leadership framework within the twenty-first century. Focusing on authentic leadership opportunities, distributive leadership explores the unique interactions between leaders, followers and situations. Promoting teachers as meaningful leaders within a school setting, distributive leadership has been shown to have a positive impact on school improvement. As teacher retention continues to surface as a predominant concern in American schools, distributive leadership may offer a potential solution. This qualitative study identified various connections between distributive leadership as it impacts elementary and middle school teacher retention. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.