Since 1979, the American Samoa Department of Education and the University of Hawai'i have partnered to provide education and training for American Samoan teachers. Beginning in 2009, these efforts have focused on teachers in the middle grades. This article describes the context, program structure, and implementation of a graduate degree program in middle level education developed for teachers on the Pacific island of American Samoa. Implications for designing transnational degree programs involving distance learning are discussed. (Contains 2 figures.)