Faculty, BEAM Summer Away

About BEAM Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) creates pathways for students from low-income, low-access backgrounds to become scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists. We provide BEAM students the same access to high-quality preparation in STEM as their more affluent peers, and we invest deeply in our students' success, with programming from middle school through college graduation focused on joyous, exciting, and rigorous mathematics, building vibrant communities, and supporting students in key life transitions such as college admissions and financial aid. BEAM has grown from a small summer program serving 17 students in the summer of 2011 to a year-round, national program, serving 450+ 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 around 1000 elementary-aged students in seven different states, working to create a new nationwide pathway modeled on our local work. 3X as likely to declare a STEM major as a matched comparison group. BEAM Summer Away Faculty 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 a faculty member, you will help students discover powerful mathematical ideas, build confidence, and see themselves as mathematicians. Learn more about our 10-year program . What Our Classrooms Look Like 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.

About the Courses You Will Teach Faculty teach courses in one of BEAM’s four signature areas: Pure Topics: Abstract ideas such as graph theory, combinatorics, number theory, tessellations, and symmetry. Focus is on reasoning, proofs, and stretching mathematical imagination. Applied Topics: Connect math to the real world through circuits, programming, data, voting theory, or modeling.

Show students how math explains and solves practical challenges. Strategic Math Thinking: Contest-style puzzling that builds creative problem-solving techniques, pattern recognition, and systematic reasoning. Solving Big Problems: Deep, collaborative problem sets that build endurance, pattern hunting, case analysis, and introductory proof structures.

About The Role

We are looking for math and STEM educators who love working with middle schoolers and are excited to join a residential community. This role encompasses teaching, community engagement, and partnership with counselors and site leadership. Faculty design and teach their own courses, participate fully in camp life, collaborate with academic coaches, and help maintain a supportive, structured environment.

Responsibilities (You Will…)

Instruction and Curriculum Design Design engaging, student-centered math courses aligned to BEAM Summer Away offerings. Prepare daily lesson plans, problem solutions, and materials in advance. Adapt instruction for the specific learners in your classroom.

Incorporate practices that support multilingual learners using visuals, structured reasoning, and language-accessible explanations. Maintain pacing expectations and collaborate with coaches when adjustments are needed. Classroom Leadership Establish and maintain classroom norms and routines that promote student inquiry, persistence, and collaboration.