Oceanside Collegiate Academy

Katie Beckham received her BS in International Marketing from Clemson University and she completed her Masters of Education in Second Language Acquisition, specializing in Spanish, from the College of Charleston.  Mrs. Beckham is a certified English as a Second Language instructor and serves as the Dual Enrollment coordinator.  In over 20 years of teaching, she has taught all levels of Spanish from Kindergarten to college levels 100, 101, and 102.  Mrs. Beckham has lived in Germany and Spain.  She has traveled in Central America.

Mrs. Beckham also networks with the local Spanish-speaking community to provide service oriented outreach for OCA students as well as opportunities to use Spanish in the real world.

While she couldn’t imagine any other career, Mrs. Beckham loves to spend her free time with her family. Her husband is also a teacher. Together they have a daughter at university and three boys in school here in Mount Pleasant.  She loves biking, walking, gardening, yoga, sports, boating, and any chance to be outdoors.