A new leadership model is needed in all organizations. In response, The Affect-Centered Transformational Leadership Model came about. The new model resulted from a doctoral student's participation in a leadership course, and continued dialogue with its professor. Ultimately, the new model reached the stage of needing to be operationalized. A public school teacher, who teaches primarily disadvantaged low-income minority students, decided to implement the new model in her classroom. Results of the co-authors' collaborations, and the first semester implementation of the new model in the public school classroom with economically disadvantaged students are shared.