Diane Beckham has been a servant in public education since 1994. She began her career for Oklahoma City Public Schools. This was the beginning of Diane’s journey into Montessori education by assisting in the creation of a Montessori magnet school in Oklahoma City while completing a Master’s degree in Montessori education at Oklahoma City University. After several years of working in Oklahoma City, Diane moved to Sacramento California where an opportunity to develop a Montessori charter school unfolded. It was there that she learned about Montessori, the elementary years.
Diane, before accepting the role of principal at Emerson, worked for Kansas City Public Schools where she was a traveling administrator between the district’s 2 public Montessori schools.
The opportunity to create a public Montessori school that served the community and children of Tulsa was a call too great to pass up. Diane feels honored and excited to be a part of the Tulsa community and to lead the work in sharing the benefits of Montessori to all children.
Diane Beckham
Montessori Program Specialist
beckhdi@tulsaschools.org
