Parent Support Specialists

Austin ISD Parent Support Specialists are charged to identify, develop, and engage parents in their child's education by:

Providing Parent and Family Support
Organize and conduct parent training sessions to help parents navigate school systems and the District; organize meetings for parents to disseminate information and to gather input from them; and provide resources and referrals for academic, social service and other support.
Conduct Communications and Outreach
Connect schools to parents via multicultural outreach efforts.
Create Parent Leadership Opportunities/PTA
Identify, develop and engage parents in their child's school(s) community and connect them to leadership role opportunities at the school and within the District such as: Parents & Family as Co-teachers, Parents & Family as Co-trainers, Parents & Family as Resources, Parents & Family as Decision Makers.

Schools with Parent Support Specialists

Parent Support Specialists, who are funded 50% by the City of Austin*, are placed in Title I schools. That is, they work at schools with student populations from families determined to be of low-income.

Elementary Schools

Allison*
Andrews*
Barrington*
Blackshear
Blanton*
Blazier*
Brooke*
Brown*
Campbell*
Cook*
Dawson*
Galindo*
Govalle*
Graham*
Guerrero-Thompson*
Harris*
Hart*
Houston*
Jordan*
Langford*
Linder*
McBee*
Metz*
Norman*
Oak Springs*
Odom*
Ortega*
Overton*
Padrón*
Palm*
Pecan Springs*
Perez*
Pickle*
Pillow*
Pleasant Hill *
Reilly*
Rodriguez*
Sanchez*
Sims*
St. Elmo*
Travis Heights*
Uphaus*
Walnut Creek*
Webb Primary*
Widén*
Williams*
Winn*
Wooldridge*
Wooten*
Zavala*

Middle Schools

Bedicheck*
Bertha Sadler Means YWLA*
Burnet
Covington*
Dobie
Garcia YMLA*
Kealing
Lively (Fulmore)*
Martin
Mendez
Murchinson
Paredes*
Webb*

High Schools

ALC*
Ann Richards YWLA
Akins
Crockett ECHS
Eastside Memorial ECHS*
International
LBJ*
Navarro (Lanier) ECHS
Northeast (Reagan) ECHS
Travis ECHS