Abstract

Lesley University’s Ben Mardell and Michael Hanna collaborated to create the Democracy Empowerment Rubric (DER) which is a tool to evaluate group discussions in early education settings. This study was designed to get feedback about the DER from early educators. Eight early educators from the Boston area were interviewed about the DER in total. A majority of the participants expressed interest in using the rubric and felt like it would help them reflect on their practice. In addition, they reporter that they would like to receive coaching and training on the DER before using the rubric.