Parent/Student Handbook:
For detailed information about Beattie Elementary, please refer to our Parent/Student Handbook. This document is reviewed and updated annually and is subject to change. It includes essential information and helpful links related to:
Co-Teaching & Open Classroom Model
Beattie Elementary was built in the early 1970s during the rise of open classroom design. This layout removes physical walls between learning spaces, allowing for movement, flexibility, and collaboration among students and staff.
Today, Beattie proudly uses a co-teaching model aligned with our Theory of Action:
If the school community is consistent in systems of co-teaching, co-planning and co-learning and committed to relationships, then teachers will explicitly model and teach so that students will take ownership of their learning and be regulated.
In each co-taught learning environment, students benefit from multiple educators working together to support instruction. The open design encourages small group work, team teaching, and a strong sense of community. While there are no walls separating classrooms, each space has clearly defined learning areas. Expectations are high, and students remain calm, focused, and engaged.
Beattie Glossary:
There are acronyms, abbreviations and different names you will hear and see at Beattie. To reduce confusion, here are the more common terms used at our school.
Grade Level Names:
| Tiny Town | Preschool |
| Bear Lake | Kindergarten |
| Evergreen | 1st Grade |
| Castle Rock | 2nd Grade |
| Silverton | 3rd Grade |
| Mesa Verde | 4th Grade |
| Longs Peak | 5th Grade |
School Terms
| BLT | Beattie Leadership Team - Leadership Team, meets monthly |
| CMAS | Colorado Measures of Academic Success - Annual State Test |
| CogAT | Cognitive Abilities Test - Screening Test, given to all 2nd Graders |
| DIBELS | Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills - Reading Test |
| ML | Multi-lingual Learners - Students learning language in addition to academic content |
| IEP | Individual Education Plans - written for students with Special Education and Relates Services Needs |
| MAP | Measure of Academic Progress - Tests to measure growth in reading and math, given to 2nd-5th grade students in the fall, winter and spring |
| MTSS | Multi-Tier System of Support - data-driven, responsive framework for improving student learning outcomes |
| OM | Odyssey of the Mind - extracurricular program designed for creative thinking |
| PBiS | Positive Behavior Intervention Support - school wide program, helps promote and recognize positive behavior and to teach our behavioral expectations |
| PLC | Professional Learning Community - a collaborative meeting of educators |
| RAMS | Respect All, Act Responsibly, Motivated to Learn, Safety – an acronym to promote our PBIS efforts |
| READ Plan | Written for students with a specific reading deficiency or challenges |
| RtI | Response to Intervention - series of steps staff and parents collaboratively take to ensure students receive academic and/or behavioral interventions to enhance student success |
| SST | Student Success Team - work together with families to brainstorm ways to support a student who is struggling with learning or behavior |
Community Terms:
| BAT | Parent Teacher Organization(PTO), open to all families |
| DAB | District Advisory Board - group of parents and community members who offer input to the Board of Education. A SAC member serves as a representative for Beattie. |
| PSD | Poudre School District |
| SAC | School Advisory Committee - group of parents, staff, and community members, and the principal, work to support our school improvement efforts |