Effective school leaders provide tools for teachers to identify students’ personal interests and passions and align them with instruction for better engagement and relevance, which leads to increased academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes. With a focus on engagement and relevance achieved through alignment of instruction to students’ personal interests and passions, school leaders and teachers create conditions necessary for students to demonstrate high levels of purpose and initiative. Schools increase the probability of student growth and development by honoring what is unique about and important to the individual. When school leaders provide tools for teachers to identify and act upon students’ personal interests and passions, they contribute to the development of students’ identities in ways that are holistic and balanced and that can yield improved academic results.