Winston teachers are pictured, front row from left, Tiffany Cameron, Carol Sanders, Stephanie Madison; back row, Ceshia Pfleiderer, Drew Dyer, Kristin Stafford, Rylan Purdun, Angel Critten.
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Carol Sanders will be teaching fifth grade. She and her husband David live north of Holt. They have a 26-year-old son and a 22-old-daughter. Carol grew up in Maryville, IL, and graduated from Collinsville High School. She graduated from Missouri Western State University. The past five years she was employed by Liberty Schools.
Kristin Stafford, Maysville, will teach preschool. Kristin was born and raised in Maysville and graduated from high school there. She attended Missouri Western State University. She received an associate degree in physical therapy. She is dual certified for B-3 and 1-6. She student taught at Osborn and was a fourth-grade teacher at Lindbergh in St. Joseph. Keith Stafford is her husband. They have two children, Brielle, 8, and Wesley, 7.
Rylan Purdun, 22, Bethany, will teach elementary, middle school and high school business (5-12). Born in St. Joseph, Rylan was raised in Brookfield and Princeton. She graduated from Princeton R-5 in 2016. She received an associate of art degree from North Central Missouri College and a BS degree in education, business education from Northwest Missouri State College. Rylan was a substitute teacher for the last two years at Princeton R-5 and South Harrison.
Drew Dyer, 28, a resident of Pattonsburg, will teach first grade. Born in Omaha, NE, Drew graduated from Omaha Northwest High School in 2010. She received her BS in Education with an endorsement in Early Childhood Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2014. She received her Master of Education in Leadership and Teaching at Midland University in Fremont, NE, in 2018. Drew taught kindergarten for the last five years at Wakonda Elementary, which is in the Omaha Public School system. Drew is married to Doug Dyer. They were married in April in Drew’s sister’s garage because of the pandemic. Doug works at Dynamic Research Technologies.
Tiffany Cameron, 46, will teach English electives, elementary computers, and elementary library for grades K-12. Tiffany was born and raised in Winston, graduated from its high school, and is a resident there now. She received a BSBA in accounting at Missouri Western State University and is currently working toward her education degree through Grand Canyon University. Tiffany has served as a para at Hamilton and Winston Schools for the last five years. She taught math high school and middle school at Winston for two years. Tiffany was employed as an accountant at Commerce Bank for 10 years and an accountant at Burdg Dunham & Assoc. in Hamilton for six years. She was office manager at Cameron’s Auto Repair while it was open. Her husband, Jake Cameron, is the Bus and Maintenance Director at the Pattonsburg School District. Their children are Rosalynn Marie Cameron, 11, Trent Cameron, 22, and Zeke Bridgeman, 24.
Ceshia Pfleiderer, 29, Cameron, will teach third grade. Ceshia was born in St. Joseph and raised in Cameron and graduated from high school there. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education 1-6 from Western Governors University. She student taught at Winston in the first grade. Ceshia was a paraprofessional for the Cameron school district for three years. She also worked for Missouri Star Quilt as a shop associate, and at the Shell gas station. She is married to Matthew and they have two children, Lydia 5, and Malia, one.
Angel Critten of Gallatin will be the fourth-grade teacher. Angel was born and raised in Klemme, IA, and graduate from high school there. She received a BA degree in elementary education from Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She taught social studies at Pattonsburg last year and was an elementary teacher for five years before that. Her husband Lance is a farmer. They’ve been married 17 years and live in Gallatin with their two daughters, Hannah, 14, and Leah, 12.
Stephanie Madison, 42, St. Joseph, will teach art/yearbook for K-12. Born and raised in Bethany, Stephanie graduated from South Harrison High School. She received her Bachelor of Art Education from Missouri Western State University. She previously taught at Craig. Her husband, Craig, is a carpenter. Their children are Hunter, 19, Hailey, 17, and Hannah, 14.