Our Mission:
To increase student achievement by developing a community of professional educators that utilizes formative assessment to accelerate practice.

The Teacher Induction Program at Northern Arizona University (TIP @ NAU) is a comprehensive program based on the Nine Common Elements for Highly Effective Teacher Induction Programs. The program has seven goals.

1. Accelerate Beginning Teachers' practice as defined by the Arizona Professional Teacher Standards.
2. Develop full-time Mentors who employ a variety of formative assessment tools and strategies.
3. Build Beginning Teacher capacity to analyze student work to improve student achievement.
4. Assist Beginning Teachers in demonstrating ongoing self-assessment and reflection.
5. Develop a professional learning community among Beginning Teachers and Mentors.
6. Increase the Beginning Teacher retention rate.
7. Implement the Nine Common Elements of a Teacher Induction Program.

For more information on Teacher Induction please visit the TIP @ NAU web site: http://tip.coe.nau.edu