"Our school system was awarded a grant geared towards closing the early literacy gap by focusing on professional development opportunities for educators and parent education workshops. The facilitators at IEPD worked in partnership with us to develop the workshops we wanted. They communicated well, were professional, timely, and produced high quality workshops. Participants' evaluations rated them excellent! We are happy to have them in our community."

Sara Humiston - Coordinator Milford Family & Community Network

"SPARK was delighted that IEPD was able to respond to our QRIS training needs so quickly and efficiently."

Martha Vibbert, Ph.D. - Director, SPARK - Boston Medical Center

"As the workshop coordinator for FCCA I looked to IEPD for guidance in planning a series of workshops to help our membership comply with the changes in EEC regulations. The workshops they presented were professional and informative. The speaker was always prepared, knowledgeable and kept our members engaged. We left the trainings with tangible information to bring back to our daycare settings. I have enjoyed working with Linda and IEDP and look forward to our scheduled workshops this year!"

Kristin Bambury - VP Workshop Coordinator - Family Child Care Association / Greater Merrimack Valley

"The educators have been to several workshops both at IEPD and IEPD workshops on site. We look forward to Linda Schumacher's workshops because she is extremely knowledgeable, well prepared and easy to understand. She is an effective communicator with interesting information and makes it easy to understand new concepts by combining new information with reminders that refresh what we already know. Dividing the class into small group time motivates us to put the new material to use as we report how we will use it in each of our situations."

Linda Mesite - Director Golden Goose Academy

"Very professional, clear information presented in an upbeat style that kept the course moving along and interesting!"

"Judy is awesome. Full of knowledge. She keeps the trainee engaged and interested. Great job!"

"What a great PD – practical, helpful, and engaging."

"Wonderful professional development. Judy was organized, knowledgeable, and well-prepared and her presentation was informative and included ideas and information that can be applied immediately in our classrooms with our children. I enjoyed immensely and took away great information."

"Good connect with participants. Tailored well to individual participant knowledge."

"Excellent workshop; very informative; great speaker! Thank you ☺"

"Wonderful workshop! Miss Linda is enthusiastic and full of information. She makes it comfortable to ask questions."

"Great job! Learned, laughed, and gathered new ideas for my program! Lots of activities for all children. Thanks!"

"Wonderful class, very informative, answered many topics and questions. Very personable and accurate!"

"Linda is very clear, fun, and easy to understand. I hope to take more classes from her."