Associate Level Material
Appendix D
Educational Implications of Socioeconomic Status Matrix
Directions: Based on your personal experiences and on the readings for this course, answer the questions in the green section of the matrix as they apply to each of the listed socioeconomic classes. Fill in your answers and post your final draft as directed by the course syllabus.

| |Socioeconomic Classes |

Questions |Unemployed and Homeless |Working Class |Middle Class |Upper Middle Class |Upper Class | |Who is most likely to be a part of this socioeconomic class? |Those who do not have a job, those suffering from family illness, those who lack money to afford housing, Those suffering from poverty, women living in domestic violent situations |Those who have basic jobs such as labor workers and those who work under someone. They people in low paying jobs, part time job holders, and those who work the jobs college grads and upper class don’t want to work. |Those who income ranging from $30,000 to $80,000
(Gollnick & Chinn, 2006, p.
63). The middle class means those who usually live from pay check to pay check and have little savings if any. |Those within professional jobs, managers, and those holding administrative positions (Gollnick &
Chinn, 2006, p. 65).
Many upper middle class people hold a college degree. |Those holding a high income or hold a high amount of wealth. Also Those in the upper class may have inherited a large sum of money. This group also includes the highly paid professionals and administrators. | |How do teacher expectations positively or negatively impact this socioeconomic class? |Teachers should not hold opinions about students within this