Career  Where leadership meets innovation.

Gateway Legacy Christian Academy is designed to bring the best talent together and redefine the future of education. We are looking for wildly creative, highly skilled, team mates that enjoy collaboration and working towards a common vision.  This is a current listing of available job opportunities with our top preparatory academy. 

Due to the volume of applications we receive, only those individuals who have been selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

Gateway Legacy Christian Academy, an equal opportunity employer, is dedicated to providing broad outreach regarding job vacancies. We seek the help of local organizations in referring qualified applicants. If your organization regularly distributes information about employment opportunities, and would like to receive job vacancy notifications from GLCA, please notify our admin office to make your request.

Gateway Legacy Christian Academy Administration Office
97 Oaklawn Dr.
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
Equal Opportunity Employer

All candidates must complete an application for employment and be willing to submit to a background check and drug test prior to beginning work. To complete an application independent of a specific job listing you may download and complete this application form. *Please note: Submitting a partial or incomplete application will delay the application process.

Please note: Newer computers and web browsers typically have built-in software that can view a PDF form, however, they do not fill-in the fields in the correct manner.  To complete the application form, please download it to your computer and open it with Adobe Reader™ or Adobe Acrobat.  Complete the application in Adobe Reader™ (or Acrobat) and save the modified document to your computer – best practice would be to change the name of the document when saving it.  Email this completed application form to jackie@gatewayacademystl.com as an attachment.  In the body of your email please indicate the position for which you are applying.

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Upper School Academic Instructor

The Upper School Academic Instructor is responsible for daily instruction ] to Upper School students. This includes planning and implementing meaningful learning experiences with an emphasis on collaboration, communication, problem solving, critical thinking, and relationship building.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Instructional

• Demonstrates a desire to meaningfully integrate technology into the classroom
• Employs a variety of teaching methods to engage different learning styles and ability levels in the classroom
• Prepares motivating and stimulating lessons that reflect knowledge of the curriculum,child development, and student abilities
• Encourages an inclusive classroom that accepts the different perspectives and backgrounds of the students and elicits a greater understanding of the world around them with a global perspective
• Utilizes a variety of assessments and uses data in the classroom to develop lessons and instructional activities as needed

Teaching and Learning Environment

• Creates a learning environment that is motivating and age appropriate, setting clear expectations for classwork and homework while maintaining current books and instructional resources that support the classroom learning.
• Seeks actively to know students’ strengths and weaknesses and responds promptly and with care to parent concerns. Communicates effectively with parents, colleagues, and administrators
• Demonstrates strong classroom management skills.

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree required. Prior teaching experience, and the ability to contribute meaningfully to extracurricular programming are preferred.
• Candidates must have excellent writing, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

To apply, send resume along with completed application form to Jacqueline Duty (jackie@gatewayacademystl.com). 
All candidates must complete an application for employment and be willing to submit to a background check and drug test prior to beginning work. GLCA is a non-smoking campus.


No phone calls please.​

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Business Development Representative

Experience in the Marketing Industry or Education Industry is strongly preferred
We are looking for a Business Development Representative to act as the liaison with our Marketing and Operations team. Your role will be to seek new business opportunities by contacting and developing relationships with potential customers, sponsors and agencies. To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience developing leads from marketing campaigns and meeting sales quotas. You will use your communication skills to cultivate strong relationships with customers, from first contact until you close the deal. You will ensure proper after-sales service. If you are motivated and results-driven, and enjoy working in a team environment, we’d like to meet you. Ultimately, you will boost revenue and contribute to our long-term business growth.
Responsibilities

• Qualify leads from marketing campaigns as sales opportunities
• Contact potential clients through cold calls and emails
• Present our company to potential clients
• Identify client needs and suggest appropriate products/services
• Customize product solutions to increase customer satisfaction
• Build long-term trusting relationships with clients
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
• Set up meetings or calls between (prospective) clients and Account Executives
• Report to the Development Director on (weekly/monthly/quarterly) sales results
• Stay up-to-date with new products/services and new pricing/payment plans

Skills

• Proven work experience as a Business Development Representative, Sales Account Executive or similar role
• Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls)
• Track record of achieving sales quotas
• Experience with CRM software (e.g. Salesforce, Zoho)
• Familiarity with MS Excel (analyzing spreadsheets and charts)
• Understanding of sales performance metrics
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to deliver engaging presentations
• BS degree in Marketing, Business Administration or relevant field
  

​We are looking for candidates who:

• Have integrity and a high degree of personal responsibility
• Have education marketing experience
• Demonstrate a positive, can-do, go-the-extra-mile attitude
• Are problem solvers
• Have an outgoing personality; enjoy leading client meetings
• Are digital natives, immersed in the online world
• Are social media, web and tech savvy (experienced with tools and platforms such as
• Facebook, Google Analytics, Hootsuite, WordPress, Excel, Google Drive, and Google Spreadsheets)
• Are comfortable working with faith-based clients
• Are strategic thinkers, able to plan and process
• Are eager and able to learn new things and stay on top of current, ever-changing marketing trends
• Are strong communicators and creative thinkers
• Have an excellent working knowledge of spelling, punctuation, and grammar rules
• Lead with humility and serve with eagerness
• Are comfortable hitting daily deadlines
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills
• Value constructive criticism
• Are comfortable delivering as a key player on a variety of projects
• Handle themselves in a pleasant, personable manner (in-person, phone, and email)
• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Have a good sense of humor

Job Type: Full-time or Part-time

Work Location:
Hazelwood, MO

To apply, send resume along with completed application form to Jacqueline Duty (jackie@gatewayacademystl.com). 
All candidates must complete an application for employment and be willing to submit to a background check and drug test prior to beginning work. GLCA is a non-smoking campus.
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  No phone calls please.​

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Athletic Coach

Athletes travel from around the world to participate in our sports academy. Coaches should be prepared for an intense program that trains all athletes at the highest level.  Coaches report to the Athletic Director and work with him to develop programs and schedules that advance each year. 

Through our custom development features, student athletes receive exposure around the country at tournaments and showcase events that allow them to connect with University coaches at every level. 


The High School Athletic Coach will be held accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Hold tryouts for students of a high school to attend.
• Recruitment programs around the world.
• By observing the students skills with trial and practices, decides who makes the tryout cuts.  With an organized team, the high school coach then begins to train the students throughout the preseason process.
• Assigns everyone specific positions and comes up with drills and organized game strategies.
• After the season starts, arrives at every game and guides their team throughout the match-ups.  If any necessary changes have to be made during the game, they will be in charge of authorizing and implementing them.
• Continue this process throughout the year with different sports they are assigned to coach.

In order to be successful and achieve the above responsibilities, the High School Athletic Coach must possess the following qualifications:
 
NCSAA QUALIFICATIONS OF A COACH
To serve a member school as a Head or Assistant Coach, athletic coaches in member schools must:

• Be regularly certified by the ISBE as a teacher, administrator, or school service personnel (i.e. counselor, social worker, speech therapist, etc., including substitute teachers), or 
• Be a retired teacher/coach from an IHSA member school, or 
• Be a college student coaching as part of an official student teaching assignment, or 
• Be certified through ASEP, NFHS or other IHSA Board approved coaches certification program.
• Be at least 19 years of age, and 
• Be officially employed by the local school board of the member school.

In addition to the NCSAA qualifications, the High School Athletic Coach must also possess the following qualifications:
 
Type of Education Required: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in sports science, exercise, kinesiology, fitness, physical education or physiology preferred.  Individuals who plan to work in a full time teaching capacity as well as work as high school coaches in part-time positions will also have to meet the necessary educational and certification requirements to be employed as a high school teacher.
 
Certification Required: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), high school coaches employed with local schools need to meet state certification requirements (www.bls.gov).  A coach has to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and partake in any necessary training or education programs required by the state.  If examination or other requirements need to be completed, then a high school coach must complete them prior to working with the student-athletes of the school.  
 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must possess leadership skills, and be able to set an example for the players.
• Excellent communication skills in order to inspire players and work with them on improvement.
• Must be available to work nights, holidays, evenings and weekends, and be prepared to work in bad weather and be willing to travel with the team to different locations for games.
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To apply, send resume along with completed application form to Dave Redden (daveredden50@gmail.com ). 
All candidates must complete an application for employment and be willing to submit to a background check and drug test prior to beginning work. GLCA is a non-smoking campus.


No phone calls please.​

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Chef De Cuisine

Don’t just work.    Work Happy.
Do you love to cook?  Can you serve international cuisine and help our students feel at home with a large variety of international and Americana cuisine?

An individual could be successful if they possess the following:

Your daily responsibilities include

• Achieves desired results through established methods, procedures, and guidelines to maintain established standards and high-quality service. Monitors results through inspection, evaluation, and analysis; makes changes if necessary, to achieve goals.
• Develops and produces menu items as requested by management and students. Follows all prep lists and ensures kitchens are stocked and ready for service.
• Enthusiastically supports, actively promotes, and demonstrates superior customer service in accordance with departmental and company standards and programs. Ensures customer service standards are followed by all team members and addresses issues as they arise.
• Responsible for maintaining cost control methods and procedures by monitoring consistent pars and inventory.
• Responsible for maintaining established quality assurance procedures to ensure acceptable health department and customer service standards.
• Responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance within area of authority and reporting potential issues to management.
• Maintains strict confidentiality in all departmental and company matters.

• To be successful in this position it will require the following skill set

• Associate degree (A.A.) in Culinary or related field and minimum of four (4) years of Culinary experience in multiple venues required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be fluent and literate in English.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Must have the ability to interact with guests, staff, and colleagues and resolve problems and conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with team members at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work all shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, as business needs dictate.