Wouldn't it be great if all your teachers were as good as your best? Teaching is often an isolated profession in which teachers work behind closed doors, doing their own thing. Peer coaching is a collaborative, ongoing process that can increase the effectiveness of all your teachers. This Focus On is designed to lead a faculty into the peer coaching process and provides "close-up" engagement questions to draw those who need it most into discussion and reflection. .

Types of peer coaching -- The benefits of peer coaching -- misconceptions about peer coaching -- Conditions for success -- Peer coaching teams -- Measuring for success -- Where to start -- Types of peer coaching activities -- Structuring the peer conferencing program -- The pre-conference -- Lesson design for observation -- Data collection during observation -- The post-conference follow-up.