Business teacher Amanda Winfield is new to the Tyrone Area School District for the 2013-2014 school year. Though 2013 has come and gone, this teacher seems to have a great grasp of things here at Tyrone, along with a great sense of what she hopes to provide to her students for the remaining 2014 school year.

Winfield is orignially from Indiana, Pennsylvania and attended Indiana Area High School. She continued her education at IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Education.

She also received a Master of Education in Instructional Systems with a concentration in Educational Technology from Penn State University.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with computers and taught computer hardware and software classes for seven years before coming to Tyrone, ” said Winfield.

So what made this business teacher leave her hometown of Indiana to come teach at Tyrone? Winfield says,

“I’m always looking to better myself and try new things. Switching from a business college to a high school gave me that opportunity.”

Winfield is very committed to her position here at Tyrone. In fact, when she first started here she was driving from Indiana every day. She now lives in Altoona along with her pet 3-toed box turtle Marvin but… Marvin is a girl!

Mrs. Winfield’s job isn’t all fun and games however. She is one of the busiest teachers around. With only having 45 minutes of classroom time, Winfield is feeling a little overwhelmed.

She is in charge of the BASICS Career Shadowing, FBLA, Cooperative Education Visits, The BASICS career fair sponsored by the Rotary, and the Yearbook.  Needless to say, organization is one of her goals as a new teacher.

“I like all my classes. It would be hard to say that I like one over the other. Each student is unique and adds a uniqueness to every class even though I may teach 2 of the same classes,” said Winfield.

The students and faculty here at Tyrone seem to have welcomed Winfield with open arms.   According to many students, she inspires them to work harder and be the best they can be while still incorporating fun into her teaching style. For her personal wishes for her students she states,

“Success is defined differently for each student just like success for me is defined differently from my co-workers,” said Winfield, “but as long as each student can find success, whether it be small or large, then that’s something positive that my students have accomplished.”