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=** Building a Coaching Tool for School Leaders **= DRAFT 3/5/2010 The internet and current social networking tools offer great potential online coaching systems for school staff to work together and outside consultants to contribute to conversations and professional learning.


 * Desirable Features that would be in an Online Coaching Systems **
 * Threaded discussion to ask questions, pose problems and share ideas
 * Individual File storage where each person keeps documents related to leadership
 * Sharing of stories, icebreakers, slides
 * Video presentations
 * Webinar broadcast, showing slides with audio
 * Places for subgroups to meet and have private conversations

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 * Obstacles that need to be overcome **
 *  Compatibility and overlap with existing school online systems
 * Getting administrators to actually take time to use it
 * Training of ICLE coaches on use of software
 * What school management/communication features might be built in to make the system reduce the workload for school leaders?
 * System for having teacher teams record meeting notes and plans