Walden University Mission Statement Analysis

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Walden University’s mission statement includes transform practitioners that influence reformation. As a member of Walden community, I identify myself as a change agent, someone who indirectly or intentionally cause transformation in a community. In like manner educators and students can reorganize systems within organizations and improve social conduct. Teachers restructure schools impacting scholar’s development; pupils motivate the decisions educational establishments formulate. In this paper, I seek to outline my role as a change agent at Walden University and as a special education teacher.
My role as a pupil includes advocating for change at Walden University, by completing student surveys. Surveys provide a picture of views that focus

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