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I would like to recognize and thank the teachers and administrators of the schools that participated in this study and took the time to answer the survey and interview questions. I would like to thank Dr. Neal Nickerson, my advisor, for his support, involvement and encouragement during this process. I would like to thank Dr. Deanne Magnusson, the director of the international cohort at the University of Minnesota. Her particular dedication and commitment to teachers and administrators in international schools and their supporting programs is of great service to the field of international education. I would like to thank Dr. Ernest Mannino, the Association for the Advancement of International Education(AAIE), AAIE’s 2010 Director Elsa Lamb and the U.S. State Department’s Office of Overseas Schools for recognizing this study as important to the future of international education. I would like to thank Dr. Gerry Fry, whose keen influence in the classroom led me to stay the course through the long process, and the rest of the uniquely influentia