Dawn Johns - Academics and Life Skills - Atterbury Job Corps Center

Dawn Johns

is a full-time disability and testing coordinator at Atterbury Job Corps Center and has been with the program since April 2020. Her professional background includes child welfare, foster care services, and working with children and families in need. In her classroom, Dawn proctors the TABE tests and assists students with disability accommodations. Her mission at Job Corps is to see each student have the tools they need to be successful once they complete the program. 

Amanda McKinley - Academics and Life Skills - Atterbury Job Corps center

Amanda McKinley

, Reading instructor, grew up in a small town in southern Indiana. She moved to New York City after graduating from high school. In NYC, Amanda taught in afterschool programs and worked as a personal trainer. She also was involved in the arts, including choreography, poetry and music. Later in life, Amanda moved back to Indiana to be closer to her immediate family and to pursue a degree in education. She recently relocated to Columbus, Ind., to teach at Atterbury Job Corps and is enjoying getting to know the area and the people at Job Corps.

Brett Barnett - Academics and Life Skills - Atterbury Job Corps Center

Brett Barnett

is a Foundations instructor at Atterbury Job Corps Center. He previously served as a career transition specialist. Brett’s educational background is in criminal justice and criminology and counseling psychology. He assists students in finding the best training program for them, as well as employment, career technical training, and personal and social adjustment counseling on individual and group bases. Brett’s goal is to encourage students to always work hard and display sincere effort. 

Michelle Clementz - Academics and Life Skills - Atterbury Job Corps

Michelle Clementz

has been a Reading instructor at Atterbury Job Corps Center for five years. In her classroom, Michelle teaches students about how to make inferences, support ideas with strong evidence and identify main ideas to help students prepare for the TABE test. Her mission at Job Corps is to help students improve their reading and comprehension skills, and to help students find topics they enjoy reading about. 

Susie McLaughlin - Academics and Life Skills - Atterbury Job Corps Center

Susie McLaughlin

joined the Atterbury Job Corps team as a CPP instructor in 2019 and started her current position as Math 3 instructor in November 2021. In her classroom, Susie teaches basic math skills including ratios and proportions, the number system, expressions and equations, algebra, functions, statistics and probability, and geometry. Her mission at Job Corps is to help students make TABE gains in math.