This summer, change the lives of students with exceptional potential from underserved schools: introduce students to advanced math as they take their first steps towards becoming mathematicians, scientists, and engineers.

BEAM Discovery is a summer program run by Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics in New York City and Los Angeles. Students spend five weeks discovering extracurricular mathematics for the first time.

The time commitment for BEAM Discovery counselors is approximately six weeks in total: Three days of program orientation and set-up, five weeks with the students, and two days of wrap-up. The tentative program dates will be determined soon. Please click on the headings below to learn more about the BEAM Discovery program, the counselor position, and the application process.

+ General Information

Counselor Responsibilities at BEAM Discovery

As counselors, it is your job to create the unique social environment at the program and also to provide critical support for the academics. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting classes by working with students individually and in small groups.
• Attending a training class provided for counselors on mathematics and teaching pedagogy (see below).
• Making students feel welcome.
• Running three to five activities per week for students at camp.
• Helping students get to and from the program.
• Above all, being a role model to inspire the students.

Program Features

Students at BEAM Discovery take four classes, one in each of these subjects:

• Logical Reasoning
• Math Fundamentals
• Math Team Strategies
• Applied Mathematics

Counselors will TA one hour a day (or more if you're interested!), as well as tutoring in and supervising "Open Math Time," a period of the day where students can work freely on the mathematics problems of their choice. Counselors will also have the opportunity to develop other mathematical activities outside of standard classes.

One of the unique features of BEAM Discovery is that all counselors take a special course taught by BEAM faculty that covers both mathematics and pedagogy. Through the class, counselors will get support for their roles as TAs and tutors, and they will also develop mathematical content to run math activities directly for the students. In addition, counselors may have the opportunity to run one-shot math lessons with students during class time. We hope that the class will help all of the counselors grow both as mathematicians and teachers.

+ logistics

All counselors will have a "check-in group" of students that they get to know well throughout the program. Activities range from board games to sports, arts, crafts, and yoga.

Sample Counselor Schedule

8:00am-9:05am	Help transport students to campus.
9:05am-9:20am	Breakfast with the students
9:20am-10:20am	TA your class.
10:30am-11:30am	"Open Math Time" -- help students with their mathematical work
11:35am-12:35pm	Unassigned Time
12:40pm-1:00pm	Eat lunch with the students
1:05pm-2:05pm	Take class on teaching and pedagogy.
2:15pm-3:15pm	Unassigned time
3:20pm-4:20pm	Run afternoon activity
4:20pm-5:30pm	Bring your group of students back home.

8:00am-9:05am	Meet a group of students at a subway stop near their home and bring them to campus.
9:05am-9:20am	Breakfast with the students
9:20am-10:20am	TA your class.
10:30am-11:30am	Study hall, help students with their mathematical work
11:35am-12:35pm	Unassigned time
12:40pm-1:00pm	Eat lunch with the students
1:05pm-2:05pm	Take class on teaching and pedagogy.
2:15pm-3:15pm	Unassigned time
3:20pm-4:20pm	Run afternoon activity
4:20pm-5:30pm	Bring your group of students back home.

Counselors will be able to express preferences about which classes they TA and which time blocks they get off. Additionally, counselors will occasionally help with other duties such as data entry, preping activity materials, and setting up for lunch.

In addition to this weekday schedule, there will be approximately 3 field trips spread out through the program; we are working to ensure that these field trips happen during week days, but we may have to move some to weekends depending on venue availability. If they are on weekends, they would be no more than half-day events. 

+ Additional Details

Counselor compensation is $18/hour. We also provide breakfast/lunch on weekdays Please note that we do not arrange housing for this program, so you must have housing in the city whose program you're interested in(although we may be able to put you in touch with other counselors to room together). You can also consider our residential 7th grade program, which hires nationally and provides both housing and a travel stipend.

Other Staff

At each BEAM Discovery site, we'll have on staff:

• 25-30 Counselors (that's you!) and Junior Counselors
• 10 Faculty
• 1 Guidance Counselor
• 1 Nurse
• 1 Director of Student Life (who will help run activities and student travel)
• 1 Site Director (who will handle all the logistics)