Background
Pettus, Karen Rosenbalm was born on August 3, 1954 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William N. and Burmah Jo Rosenbalm.
Pettus, Karen Rosenbalm was born on August 3, 1954 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States. Daughter of William N. and Burmah Jo Rosenbalm.
Bachelor of Science, U. Tennessee, 1976; postgraduate, U. Kansas postgraduate, Kansas State University postgraduate, Cameron U., Lawton, Oklahoma Master of Education, University of Southern California, 1996; postgraduate, University of Southern California, since 1996.
Teacher hearing impaired and multiply handicapped Tennessee School for Deaf, Knoxville, 1982-1983. Teacher trainable mentally retarded Lawton Public Schools, 1983-1984. Teacher multiply handicapped Unified School District 383, Manhattan, Kansas, 1984-1987.
Elementary teacher Department Defense Dependent School, Augsburg, Federal Republic Germany, 1989-1991. Elementary teacher profoundly mentally handicapped Fairwold School, Columbia, South Carolina, since 1991. Teacher orthopedically handicapped Spring Valley High School, 1991-1994.
Director Office of Disability Services University South Carolina, 1994—2002. Director counseling services Midlands Technology College, 2002—2005.
Teacher clinic for coaches, area development sports director, area training director Special Olympics. Chairman Augsburg Elementary School Improvement Council. Member of NACADA, ACPA, NASPA, AEA, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, AHEAD, International Reading Association.
Married James Lee Pettus, August 25, 1973. Children: Michael, Jennifer.