Reflect on the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on you and your students or the students in your neighborhood school. Write a 2- to 3-page response to the following:

• Is your socioeconomic status similar or different from the students’?
• • In what ways is it similar or different?
  • How do differences between your SES background and your students’ SES background hinder your teaching?
  • How do you ensure that your perceptions and assumptions do not impede student learning?
  • Does the difference affect the way you teach your students? If so, how?
• If someone were to visit your classroom or neighborhood school without knowing anything about the school, would the visitor be able to easily identify your students’ SES? Yours?
• • In what ways might this be possible?
• How does your classroom and teaching materials reflect the backgrounds of your students and honor their real-life experiences?

Note: If you are not currently teaching or you do not identify a difference in socioeconomic standing between yourself and the students at your school, you may either opt to reflect on the materials that were available to you as a student or to complete a Google search for resources you feel would be excellent additions to a particular age/content area classroom.

Support your statements with evidence from the Required Studies and your research. Cite and reference your sources in APA style