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How can coaching help teachers strengthen teaching and learning?**

Peer coaching has been shown to significantly increase the teaching and learning environment. There are three signifiant areas that have been determined as essential to the success of any peer coaching program.  We asked four groups of highly successful and respected educators from around the world to rank their responses as to what they thought related to successes in their school districts. Their overwhelming response, 100%, ranked **Relationships** as the top priority.
 *  Building relationships
 * Technology integration
 * Content preparation

"Building collaborative relationships is paramount for instructional improvement."

The following documents have been found useful to help teachers strengthen their teaching and learning environment in a peer coaching setting.