Principal Online - Secondary

Alpine-School-District; American Fork (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Online Secondary Principal directs virtual campus operations, learning management platforms, instructional technology, and staff. This role ensures all virtual students acquire essential knowledge and skills while managing online instructional processes, enforcing digital policies, and serving as a key resource for remote learning.

The incumbent leads digital meetings, collaborates with district leaders, develops budgets, and evaluates staff to align online practices with state and district

Qualifications

• Must have Administrative certificate.
• Master's in Educational Leadership preferred.
• Educational Technology (EdTech) endorsement preferred.
• Experience in virtual/online admin roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct online LMS, administrative platforms, and virtual school activities.
• Evaluate virtual instructional personnel and provide PD on online strategies and tools.
• Oversee educational technology tools, digital curriculum, and remote platforms.
• Maintain clear communication across virtual channels with families.
• Chair meetings to coordinate activities and ensure outcomes meet objectives.

Skills

Communication

Critical thinking

Creativity

LMS proficiency

Virtual conferencing

SIS knowledge

Technical troubleshooting

Data analysis

Digital communication

Remote collaboration

Time management

Virtual leadership

Education

Administrative certificate

Master's in Educational Leadership

Educational Technology endorsement

Virtual/online admin experience

Job description

Job Title: Secondary Principal
Department: Administration
Lane Placement: Administration Lane IV/V
Schedule: 8 hr/ 242 Days
FLSA Classification: Exempt

• Position Type:
  Basic application - admin/ Admin - basic application

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Online Secondary Principal directs virtual campus operations, learning management platforms, instructional technology, and staff. This role ensures all virtual students acquire essential knowledge and skills while managing online instructional processes, enforcing digital policies, and serving as a key resource for remote learning. The Online Secondary Principal actively coordinates virtual school activities, addresses technology integration challenges, builds digital school culture, and addresses student issues in a remote environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Secondary Principal will need to do the following:

• Direct online learning management systems (LMS), administrative platforms, and virtual school activities to maintain safe, secure, and efficient digital learning environments.
• Evaluate virtual instructional personnel, observe synchronous and asynchronous teaching, and provide targeted professional development focused on online instructional strategies and digital tools.
• Oversee the implementation of educational technology tools, digital curriculum, and remote learning platforms to maximize student learning outcomes and engagement.
• Maintain clear communication across virtual channels (email, web conferencing, learning portals) to address parent concerns, resolve student issues, and support families.
• Chair meetings for the purpose of coordinating activities and ensuring that outcomes achieve school, district and/or state objectives.
• Collaborate with secondary principals to coordinate online educational opportunities for students.
• Develop budgets and financial forecasts for the purpose of providing financial guidance and recommendations to administrative personnel, Superintendent and Board of Education.
• Evaluate assigned personnel for the purpose of ensuring that standards are achieved and performance is maximized.
• Facilitate communication between personnel, students and/or parents for the purpose of evaluating situations, solving problems and resolving conflicts.
• Implement policies, procedures and processes for the purpose of providing direction and complying with mandated requirements.
• Manage school administrative functions (e.g. facility maintenance, budget, staffing, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining safe and efficient school operations within district guidelines.
• Perform other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
• Prepare a wide variety of materials (e.g. reports, student activities, correspondence, etc.) for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference, and conveying information.
• Present information (e.g. budget overviews, accounting processes, distribution formulas, etc.) for the purpose of communication information, gaining feedback and ensuring adherence to established internal controls.
• Lead digital meetings with staff, district leadership, and community stakeholders to align online practices with state, district, and educational technology standards.
• Represent the school within community forums for the purpose of maintaining ongoing community support for educational goals and assisting with issues related to the school environment.
• Supervise instructional personnel for the purpose of monitoring performance, providing for professional growth and achieving overall objectives of the school's curriculum.

The Secondary principal will need to have the following:

KNOWLEDGE

• Academic achievement
• Culture, climate and connection
• Expertise in virtual school operations, digital pedagogy, online learning management systems (LMS), and educational technology trends.
• In-depth understanding of academic achievement data, virtual culture building, digital citizenship, and student behavior support in a remote setting.
• Knowledge of district policies, digital privacy compliance, and state online education standards.
• Professional capacity
• Operations, facilities and resources
• Specific knowledge is needed in student and staff supervision, as well as addressing student misbehavior
• Actionable awareness of district policies, practices and procedures must be attained

SKILLS

• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Advanced proficiency with learning management systems (Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom), virtual conferencing platforms (Zoom, Teams), and student information systems (SIS).
• Strong technical troubleshooting skills and data analysis capabilities.
• Clear digital communication, remote collaboration, critical thinking, time management, and virtual leadership.
• Time management

ABILITIES

• Flexibility is required to independently work with others in a wide variety of circumstances
• Adapt to rapidly changing technology and digital work environments while working independently under broad organizational guidelines.
• Analyze virtual student engagement and academic data to build actionable improvement plans.
• Work with and analyze data utilizing defined but different processes
• Work with a significant diversity of individuals and/or groups
• Independent problem solving to analyze issues and create action plans
• Maintain confidentiality
• Set priorities
• Work as part of a team
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Create a positive school climate for students, staff and community
• Motivate staffAdapt to changing work priorities
• Work independently under broad organizational guidelines to achieve district and school objectives
• Direct the use of budgeted funds within a work unit

OTHER FUNCTIONS

• Other duties as assigned
• In-person daily attendance
• Some travel may be required

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Be fingerprinted and clear a criminal background check.
• Education: Must have an Administrative certificate. Master's in Educational Leadership is preferred.
• Endorsement: Educational Technology (EdTech) endorsement strongly preferred.
• Experience: Education related experience is required. Teaching and administrative experience in a virtual, hybrid, or technology-infused setting preferred.