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This summer, change the lives of underserved students with exceptional potential in math!
Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM), a project of the Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc., is seeking enthusiastic mathematics instructors for a 5 week long summer day camp. Junior Faculty teach at least one pre-packaged course designed by BEAM and may request to teach a second class of their own design to curious middle school students from low-income and historically marginalized communities and help us to build a community of math-lovers. Ideal candidates for Junior Faculty include graduate students and early career middle or high school teachers with strong mathematical backgrounds. Faculty positions are also available for more experienced teachers and college or university professors.
What You’ll Do:
As a Junior Faculty member, you are a key component of the structure of our program. It is important to us that students are presented with challenging mathematical topics and that they are at the center of the math that happens in the classroom. Our students are inquisitive and enjoy working hands-on, discovering deep mathematics to grow as mathematicians. In a BEAM classroom, students work to discover patterns, connect with each other over their discoveries, make conjectures, and share arguments in favor of or against those conjectures with classmates and their instructor. You’ll support that by:
BEAM Discovery is a day camp, so it isn't necessarily a typical teaching job, but we think that's one of the great things about working with us! Our faculty teach courses they are passionate about and our students have the ability to choose which classes they take: this fosters a strong, positive relationship between enthusiastic learners and faculty who get to share their love of mathematics with them each day.
Who You Are:
Strong candidates will work well on a close-knit team and will be able to bring unique curriculum perspectives to the program. Experience with mathematics curriculum design for middle school audiences, with students from low-income or historically marginalized backgrounds or at Title 1 schools, and with other extracurricular outreach programs (such as math summer programs or math circles, MATHCOUNTS, programming workshops, or similar) are all beneficial. We will provide mentorship, textbooks, and other resources as needed. Beyond the classroom, we expect that faculty will create a fun and inclusive community with the students.
We’re interested in hiring people who are committed to growth. Faculty often return to work with us for multiple summers, and the feedback we get is that working for us allows them to identify and tackle growth opportunities that translate to their year-round jobs. We believe that we have as much to learn from our students as they do from us!
Details:
Location: BEAM Discovery's Los Angeles campus is located at Richard Merkin Middle School.
Program dates:
* These dates are inclusive of the 5-week camp as well as pre-camp training and set-up and post-camp wrap-up. During this period, you would work Mondays - Fridays.
Compensation: $5,400 for Junior Faculty for the time that the program runs. Part time positions are available with $2,700 compensation.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visa at this time. International graduate students able to obtain CPT or OPT are welcome to apply.
Application Process and Deadline:
The initial step is to submit your application, including resumé and responses to a few short application questions, via our online portal. When your application is complete, we will follow up with next steps.
Our process will include an initial interview, submitting a course proposal that outlines the objectives and a sample lesson from a course you would like to teach at BEAM this summer, and a final interview with the hiring lead for Faculty positions. We will continue to accept Faculty applications and review on an ongoing basis until all roles are filled.
For more information and the application, contact us at Bruce@beammath.org or visit our website at www.beammath.org/beam-discovery-faculty-info. For information on working at our residential summer camps, check out our BEAM Summer Away postings!
Full Time
$58k-102k (estimate)
01/10/2024
07/10/2024