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How to run a math camp

March 6 to March 8, 2013

at the

American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California

organized by

Ellen J. Maycock and Max Warshauer

This workshop, sponsored by AIM, the AMS, and the NSF, will bring together directors, organizers, and prospective organizers of summer programs or math camps in the United States. The main goals of this workshop are to provide advice and support for individuals who have recently started or are interested in starting a math camp, as well as to provide experienced directors of math camps an opportunity to share their experiences and knowledge with each other and with new directors. We invite applications from individuals or teams of up to two people. We especially encourage participation from those less-experienced at running math camps and also individuals who are thinking of starting a math camp.

Some of the topics to be covered at this workshop will include:

  1. Increasing diversity
  2. Obtaining funding: applying for grants (and metrics, quantifying outcomes from year-to-year)
  3. The basics of starting a math camp: advice for new programs
  4. The nuts and bolts of running a camp
  5. Curriculum development
  6. Serving different student populations
In addition to the organizers of this workshop, an advisory board has been set up to provide additional help in deciding topics for the workshop and participate in giving talks and running break-out sessions. Members of this advisory board are: Luis Cáceres, University of Puerto-Rico, Mayaguez (PROTaSM); Wendy Hines, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (All Girls/All Math); David C. Kelly, Hampshire College (HCSSiM); Stephen Maurer, Swarthmore College (MathPath); David Savitt, University of Arizona (Canada/USA Math Camp); Dan Shapiro, Ohio State University (Ross Mathematics Program); Glenn Stevens, Boston University (PROMYS).

The deadline to apply for this workshop has passed.

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