Intellectual stimulation refers to school leaders ensuring faculty and staff are aware of current theories and practices regarding effective schooling and making discussion of those theories a regular part of school culture. Leaders do this by continually exposing staff to current research, keeping informed about research themselves, and fostering discussion of research among staff.

1. Intellectual Stimulation Refers to the extent to which the school leader ensures that faculty and staff are aware of the most current theories and practices regarding effective schooling and makes discussion of those theories and practices a regular aspect of school culture.