Abstract: This study aimed to examine perceptions of school principals regarding future school administration in distance learning and to provide developmental suggestions for future school administration as perceived by school principals in distance learning. To achieve this goal, the researchers employed a qualitative design via personal interviews. The sample consisted of (20) school principals selected purposefully from those who had more than 15 years of experience. According to the results, principals look at the future school administration in distance learning as participatory and teamwork-based collaborative participative administration, with a response percentage of 65%. They believe that future school administration in distance learning is a process based on planning and organization, with a response percentage of 55%.
The results also revealed that the most important developmental suggestion lies in training and qualifying the administrative and educational staff regarding the use of technology in education, with a response percentage of 60%. In addition, the respondents suggested providing suitable strategies to administer the distance learning process, with a response
percentage of 50%. In light of the results, a set of recommendations was proposed, most notably, building effective strategic plans should be developed by school principals, with clear future visions and standards that increase teachers' awareness of the importance of education technology. Furthermore, conducting educational workshops on effective distance learning strategies that increase students' interaction and the importance of e-culture for teachers and students and the need to integrate technology into the educational process and its curricula to keep pace with the current era.

Keywords: future school, school principals, public school, distance learning