Math Curriculum Intern – Summer 2024

At AoPS, we believe that students learn best by working through challenging problems that present opportunities to develop problem-solving and critical reasoning skills through productive struggle and creative thinking. Our goal is for students to build a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics by grappling with why mathematics works. 

As a math curriculum intern at our sunny San Diego headquarters, you’ll get to collaborate with and be mentored by our team of experienced mathematicians and educators. Together you will work to build engaging content for motivated students in middle and high schools, and explore career paths within AoPS.

The Math Curriculum Intern will be:

• Creating lessons for our online self-paced courses. 
• Helping to curate and write the USAMTS and other local contests.
• Helping develop materials for our WOOT and CodeWOOT classes.
• Assisting with other duties, as assigned.

You may be a good fit for the position if:

• You’re considering a career in curriculum development and want to spend your summer doing meaningful work.
• You’ve built a passion for math through teaching/tutoring or doing mathematics and are eager to share this with motivated students.
• You have a strong mathematical background and enjoy solving difficult problems. 
• You’re excited to help build the curriculum you wish you had as a kid and want to learn more about AoPS innovative programs, curriculum, and approach. 

Why Join AoPS:

This is a hybrid, temporary 40 hour per week position (generally 10-12 weeks) based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The pay for this position is $30/hour. Here are some things you can look forward to:

• Impact: The opportunity to impact students across the world in giving them engaging and exciting math to challenge them.
• Growth opportunity: The potential to be considered for future employment with AoPS as well as events and networking opportunities.
• Culture: Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation
• Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
• Future Planning: 401K with company match
• Quality of Life: Sick leave and supportive leadership
• Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)

Background Check: 

Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

Work Authorization:

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B. 

About AoPS:

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.

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