Q After exploring this week’s Learning Resources, write and submit a short essay that addresses the following: • Why are field experiences a critical component of your program, and what part do they play in you becoming an effective educator? 1. After reading the Welcome to Walden Booklet, describe Walden’s expectations of you in the areas of academic honesty, written communication, and culture of scholarship. 2. This week, you read the Teacher Candidate Guidebook, which presents all the requirements for completing your teacher preparation program and achieving licensure. First, identify the key elements of transition points 2, 3, and 4. Which elements of transition point 2 will you fulfill in this course? Then, paying special note to the Conceptual Framework found at the front of the Guidebook, explain how this Framework provides a structure for your program. 3. Review the Field Experience and Demonstration Teaching Handbook for your specialization. Describe the field experience requirements for this program. What does demonstration teaching entail for your specialization and how will you plan ahead to meet this commitment, knowing that you will need to participate in your demonstration teaching placement all day, every day, for an entire semester? 4. Review the section of your Field Experience and Demonstration Teaching Handbook entitled "Code of Ethics." Why is the teaching profession guided by a code of ethics? How could a breach in the code of ethics negatively impact students and a school community?