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. We've seen our students' successes first-hand, and it's backed by data: a quasi-experimental study found that students who attended our 7th grade summer program were 1.3X as likely to declare a STEM major as a matched comparison group.

BEAM Summer Away, Junior 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 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.

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.

The Courses You Will Teach

Junior Faculty design and teach their own courses in one of BEAM’s signature course areas.

Pure Topics

Abstract mathematics, such as:

Graph Theory
Combinatorics
Number Theory
Symmetry and Tessellations

Students explore reasoning, proofs, and the fundamental structure of mathematical ideas.

2. Applied Topics

Math connected to real-world contexts, including:

Programming
Circuits
Voting Theory
Biology or Data

Students see how mathematical thinking shapes the world around them.

3. Strategic Math Thinking

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

4. 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.)

Your Role & Responsibilities

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.

Your Responsibilities

Junior Faculty, BEAM Summer Away

Job Description

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