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 Math Teacher

The Upper School Math Teacher is responsible for daily instruction in math 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.​

Upper School Science Teacher

The Upper School Science Teacher is responsible for daily instruction in science 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.​

Education Marketing Manager

The Education Marketing Manager consults with Marketing and Admissions Directors, Heads of School, and Advancement/Development Directors to shape marketing strategy. He/she then orchestrates the required ramp-up projects and online/traditional campaign implementation through a blend of hands-on engagement and team coordination.

This position is best suited for a candidate with advanced studies in marketing, public relations, mass communications, and/or online marketing. Experience in school marketing, admissions, and/or development is essential for this position.

The Education Marketing Manager (EMM) works with clients, project managers, copywriters, designers, programmers, and marketing support team. The EMM works daily with a Project Manager to schedule deliverables for production team members.

The EMM will add and edit website content using content management systems such as WordPress, as well as manage client campaigns in inbound marketing, SEO, and PPC software platforms. The ability to perform keyword research in Google AdWords and manipulate data on spreadsheet applications is critical for this position. The EMM must have the ability to move across projects, quickly organize information, and deliver on deadlines in a fast-paced environment.Excellent oral communication, written communication, and online research skills are essential for success in this position. In addition to above average technical skills, the EMM must have strong account management skills, the ability to organize teams, steward projects, and meet client deadlines. This position requires a working knowledge of inbound marketing methodology, paid search(PPC), content marketing, search engine optimization(SEO), display advertising, and social media.

Education Marketing Manager candidates should be able to write effectively for an online audience (i.e. content developed for specific buyer personas). Sloppy writing will stop the interview process.

Qualifications:

• BS/BA required
• 2 years digital or online advertising experience preferred
• Education marketing experience


• 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


• Day-to-day activities include:
• Communicating with clients and team members to align resources for multiple retainer clients
• Organizing and running meetings and tracking the resulting decisions and details through delivery
• Tracking projects from purchase order through invoicing
• Gathering necessary assets to develop a campaign (photos, copy, digital assets, brochures, etc.)
• Briefing the project manager and creative team members on client strategy and project engagements
• Recommending marketing tactics to clients under management
• Communicating timelines to clients, obtaining client feedback, working through edits/revisions, and obtaining project approvals
• Confirming all billing information is recorded and associated with the appropriate projects
• Leading strategy and planning sessions for client campaigns
• Helping clients understand inbound marketing methodology and tactics, as well as traditional marketing initiatives
• Identifying and recommending opportunities to provide additional value through add-on services
• Developing, reviewing, and sending proposals for new opportunities
• Contributing to the research, development and production of quality content for online and offline channels
• Reviewing final work to make sure it’s in alignment with the client’s marketing strategy
• Increasing awareness of client brands, products, and services through outreach and social media amplification
• Optimizing campaigns for SEO using keyword research, then developing metrics to show ROI
• Developing well-structured content for use in marketing automation
• Monitoring the health of the client relationship through proactive communication and regular check-ins


• The job may require writing across the following categories:
• Inbound marketing
  • Strategic plans
  • Buyer personas
  • Blog posts
  • Email campaigns
  • Web page content
  • Paid search ads
  • Local online listings
  • Social media updates and ads
  • Landing pages
  • Promotional video scripts
• Marketing infrastructure
  • Website sitemaps
  • Website content
• Outbound marketing
  • Print ads
  • Billboards
  • Direct mail pieces
  • Trade show displays
  • TV spots
  • Radio spots
• Sales
  • Proposals for add-on services
• Summary of Approximate Time Allocation
  TaskDescription% of Time
  Client support, inbound marketing, PPC campaign coordination, campaign executionManaging/overseeing client communications/meetings for select marketing retainer accounts; interacting with SEO/Inbound/PPC software to develop reporting for clients; monitoring campaign budgets; communicating campaign changes and scheduling updates to project manager; developing content for online marketing projects     60%
• 
  Marketing infrastructure writing.  Developing content for branding, website, and print projects     15%
• 
  Outbound marketing writing.    Developing content for traditional, offline marketing, and advertising projects  10%
  General admin.   Time-keeping, internal meetings, etc.     15%
  
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• 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.​

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.​