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*
- Blazier*
- Brown*
- Campbell
- Cook*
- Dawson*
- Galindo*
- Govalle*
- Graham*
- Guerrero-Thompson*
- Harris*
- Hart*
- Houston*
- Jordan*
- Kocurek*
- Langford*
- Linder*
- McBee*
- Metz*
- Norman & Sims*
- Oak Springs*
- Odom*
- Ortega*
- Overton*
- Padrón*
- Palm*
- Pecan Springs*
- Perez*
- Pickle*
- Pillow*
- Pleasant Hill *
- Reilly
- Rodriguez*
- Sanchez*
- St. Elmo*
- Travis Heights
Uphaus* - Walnut Creek*
- Widén*
- Williams*
- Winn*
- Wooldridge*
- Wooten*
- Zavala*
Middle Schools
- Bedicheck*
Bertha Sadler Means YWLA*
Burnet - Covington*
- Dobie
- Garcia YMLA*
Kealing
Lively *
Martin
Mendez - Murchinson
- Paredes*
- Webb*
High Schools
- ALC
Ann Richards YWLA
Akins ECHS - Crockett ECHS
Eastside Memorial ECHS*
International HS
LBJ*
Navarro ECHS - Northeast ECHS
- Travis ECHS