About The Parent Support Specialist...That's Me!!! Hi. My name is Stephanie Vaughan and I am the Parent Support Specialist for Purple Sage Elementary. Part of my job is to set up and maintain the PRO Center or the parent room which is located in the portable behind the school. It's a wonderful, warm, and friendly room with plenty of age appropriate toys to delight your preschooler or toddler. There is a library of adult resources including parenting books, videos, and pamphlets there too. Please stop in and say hello. I do have meetings and trainings that periodically take me away from campus. In the event that I am not available on campus please feel free to contact me through the front office of the school. I am here to help parents by providing educational, social, and volunteer opportunities as well as access to a wide array of resources for your specific needs. So if you have any questions about our school, our community,volunteer opportunities, special needs, etc....I'm here to help. If I don't know the answer right away, you can surely bet that I know where to find it!! Please feel free to email me by clicking on the mailbox on the home page of this Teacher Web Page. You are also welcome to call my cell phone at 512-293-0782. If I do not answer please leave me a message and let me know a good time to contact you and a number to reach you at. What is a Parent Support Specialist? A Parent Support Specialist(PSS) is a part-time district employee whose job it is to support, encourage, and assist the parents with whatever needs they are having. I am here to serve the parents of Pond Springs by providing a direct link to our school staff, community resources, and both educational and volunteer opportunities. The education of our children is a group effort. It takes all of us...parents, staff, teachers, community members, grandparents, etc. Parents need to fill our tool belts with as many tools as we can to reinforce the teaching that is occurring at school. Do we know how best to do that? Do we have a good understanding of what is being taught, how it's being taught, and how we can create the link of learning from our classrooms to our living rooms? Please help by joining this effort to link our classrooms to our living rooms...contact Stephanie for more information.