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  <img width="1138" alt="Coach System Architecture" src="https://github.com/WBG-Coach/coach-doc/assets/13595853/1b835a90-75c0-4478-9ad4-608077d2f22c" />
 
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+[Coach is the World Bank’s global initiative](https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/teachers/brief/coach-helping-countries-accelerate-learning-by-improving-in-service-teacher-professional-development) focused on helping countries improve in-service teacher professional development (TPD) programs and systems to accelerate learning.
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+*Coach* encompasses support to countries to improve different forms of TPD, including one-to-one coaching, group training sessions and workshops, and other approaches, either through in-person, remote or hybrid modalities. The program has the goal of helping countries design, implement, and evaluate high-quality TPD programs and systems that align with best practice and evidence. 
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 Our suite of applications, hosted under the public GitHub organization "WBG-Coach," is open for cloning via SSH. Each application has its unique aspects, and you can find the environment variables for each in the `.env.example` files in their respective repositories.
 
-The system architecture is designed and tested to run on Ubuntu Linux through a cloud provider, such as [Amazon Lightsail or EC2 with S3 object storage](https://aws.amazon.com). The system further connects with [SendGrid](https://sendgrid.com) via API for sending One-Time Password tokens. Developers may change or extend the code to connect with other services.
+The system architecture is designed and tested to run on Ubuntu Linux through a cloud provider, such as [Amazon Lightsail or EC2 with S3 object storage](https://aws.amazon.com). The system further connects with [SendGrid](https://sendgrid.com) via API for sending one-time password tokens. Developers may change or extend the code to connect with other services.
 
 We encourage contributions through Pull Requests. If you encounter any issues or have queries, please don't hesitate to open Issues on GitHub. We appreciate your involvement and feedback!