Remote Academic Dean — Online School Leadership

NEPSE Trading; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

MiaPrep Online Academy of Ohio is seeking an Academic Dean to lead instructional staff, oversee student conduct, attendance, and academic integrity. This 100% remote, full-time exempt role reports to the School Leader and emphasizes coaching, data-driven decisions, and collaboration with Student Support.

You will supervise teachers, manage hiring and onboarding, coordinate grading and professional development, and align curriculum with Ohio requirements and OST blueprints.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience managing, coaching, or mentoring teachers.
• Sound judgment with sensitive student, family, and staff situations; knows when to resolve and escalate.
• Collaborative across teams, especially with student support professionals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with documentation that holds up to scrutiny.
• Fair, consistent, relationship-first approach to discipline and accountability.
• Comfort with data and translating it into clear decisions.
• Exceptional organization and follow-through across many concurrent priorities.
• Resilient, adaptable, continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.
• Growth mindset with a focus on coaching and constructive feedback.

Responsibilities

• Directly supervise instructional staff, with weekly 1:1 coaching and goal setting.
• Lead recruiting, onboarding, and training for new teachers.
• Observe live instruction and office hours bi-weekly; give actionable feedback.
• Monitor grading for timely, high-quality feedback.
• Conduct annual and semi-annual walk-throughs and performance reviews.
• Coordinate instructional and grading coverage for teacher absences.
• Address performance concerns with improvement plans in partnership with People Ops.
• Own student conduct, attendance, and integrity processes.
• Oversee integrity cases including plagiarism and AI misuse.
• Manage truancy and attendance compliance under Ohio law.
• Collaborate with Student Support for interventions and updates.
• Communicate conduct decisions clearly with students and families.
• Maintain records and report trends to leadership.
• Keep handbooks and policies current.
• Analyze course-, teacher-, and school-level data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Serve as testing coordinator for Ohio state assessments and other testing; schedule, proctor, ensure security, coordinate accommodations.
• Prepare summaries of academic and testing data for leadership, teachers, and families.
• Design and lead regular PD sessions for instructional staff; drive schoolwide learning priorities.
• Collaborate with Content teams on curriculum, checkpoints, and MiaPrep platform issues.
• Lead regular instructional team meetings; align resources and expectations.
• Identify gaps vs OST blueprints and plan improvements.

Job description

MiaPrep Online Academy of Ohio is seeking an Academic Dean to lead instructional staff, oversee student conduct, attendance, and academic integrity. This 100% remote, full-time exempt role reports to the School Leader and emphasizes coaching, data-driven decisions, and collaboration with Student Support.

You will supervise teachers, manage hiring and onboarding, coordinate grading and professional development, and align curriculum with Ohio requirements and OST blueprints.