Junior Faculty, BEAM Summer

About BEAM

The mission of BEAM is to create pathways for students from low-income and underserved communities to become scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists. Led by staff with these same technical backgrounds, BEAM believes that pathways to STEM careers are created through community, individual support, and access to advanced work that typically lies outside most school curricula. We work to directly support students and to transition them to other supportive enrichment programs that enable their future success.

BEAM's model provides continuous support from middle school through college graduation, including intense academic summer programs for middle school students (after 6th and 7th grade), weekend classes and mentoring, and STEM-focused support through college. Our program includes not just access to learning advanced math but also support finding and applying to other opportunities, including support with college admissions and financial aid.

In addition to our academic content, bringing students into community is a key part of our mission and all of our work is designed to support that goal.

BEAM has grown from a small summer program serving 17 students in the summer of 2011 to a year‑round, national program, serving 420+ students at six summer program sites and 600+ students in year‑round programming in New York City and Los Angeles this school year. In addition, our BEAM National pilot program now reaches over 500 elementary‑aged students in seven different states, working to create a new nationwide pathway modeled on our local work.

With our strategic plan, our team has committed to transforming the organization from a successful startup to a more mature and scalable organization that can drive change across the country.

BEAM Summer Away is a cornerstone of BEAM's 10‑year Pathway Program, providing a residential math experience where students grow as problem solvers, learners, and community members.

As Junior Faculty, you support students in exploring rich mathematical ideas, developing reasoning skills, and building confidence as thinkers and problem solvers.

Learn more about our 10‑year program.

Our classrooms are student‑centered, lively, and discussion‑rich. Students explore patterns, debate conjectures, justify their reasoning, and collaborate on open‑ended problems. Teachers guide thinking through purposeful questions, models, and structures that promote productive struggle. We affirm students' strengths and identities and help them grow as confident, capable problem solvers.

• Pure Topics

  Abstract mathematics, such as:

  • Graph Theory
  • Combinatorics
  • Number Theory
  • Symmetry and Tessellations
• Applied Topics

  Math connected to real‑world contexts, including:

  • Programming
  • Circuits
  • Voting Theory
  • Biology or Data
• Strategic Math Thinking

  Students build flexible problem‑solving strategies through contest‑style puzzles, developing casework, pattern recognition, and creativity.

• Solving Big Problems

  Students collaborate on deep, challenging problems to strengthen stamina, pattern seeking, and introductory proof structures. (
  
  Note:
  
  This is the only semi‑scripted course with specific required problems.)

We seek early‑career educators and graduate students in mathematics, science, or education who love working with middle schoolers and want to develop their teaching practice in a supportive, hands‑on summer program.

Junior Faculty design and teach their own courses with mentorship from Senior Faculty and coaching from BEAM staff. You will be part of a collaborative academic team and a vibrant residential community.

Design and teach student‑centered math courses; work with a Senior Faculty mentor to plan and refine your course; prepare lesson plans and materials; adapt lessons to student needs, promote inquiry and productive struggle; incorporate support for multilingual learners.

Establish and maintain norms for inquiry and participation; use calm, restorative redirection; partner with TAs to support…