2025 Superintendent Symposium
2025 Region 7 ESC Superintendent Symposium
June 3-5, 2025 | Hilton Dallas/Rockwall Lakefront
Region 7 superintendents are invited to recharge and refresh for the new school year at the 2025 Region 7 ESC Superintendent Symposium!
This year’s event is packed with even more exciting experiences, including Painting with a Twist, Pickleball, Casino Night, and Karaoke, along with returning favorites like an inspiring keynote from Hal Bowman on Wednesday night, engaging break-out sessions, lake tours, a luxury spa, Texas Hold 'Em and Bingo tournaments, golf, and more.
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, your room, meals, and all activities are included during your stay.
AGENDA
SPEAKERS
HAL BOWMAN
Hal Bowman has dedicated his life to helping great teachers and schools become even better. After 20 years in the classroom, Hal has spent the last decade on the road working, studying, and consulting with the very best educators and school leaders across the nation. As a result of his efforts, Hal has uncovered a set of effective, powerful strategies that drive students, teachers, and school leaders to perform at their very highest levels. As one of the most exciting speakers in education today, Hal shares his message with tens of thousands of educators and students every year.
Hal’s programs include Teach Like A Rock Star, Be The One, Change a Kid’s Life, and Culture Shock. Due in part to Hal’s masterful delivery and the programs’ next-generation, envelope-pushing content, these research-based events for educators, administrators, and students have remained highly sought after by schools and districts across the country for over 15 years.
Hal is also the founder of Men in Education - a private Facebook group that empowers men in education with support, personal growth, professional development, and community. Additionally, his books, Dear Teacher: 100 Days of Inspirational Quotes and Anecdotes and Thank You, Teacher are #1 best sellers and available everywhere books are sold.
Connect with Hal online at HalBowman.com or on social media @HalBowman on all platforms.
DEANN LEE, Raise Your Hand Texas
Deann joined Raise Your Hand Texas in August 2021 after 32 years in public education. She began her teaching career in Arlington ISD before serving 23 years in Paris ISD as teacher, Special Education Supervisor, and State/Federal Programs Director. Deann spent the last seven years in Millsap ISD as Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent. Her time as a classroom teacher and administrator provide Deann a background in history, government, special education, bilingual/ESL, gifted/talented, federal and state compensatory programs, curriculum/instruction, support services, finance, visioning, and collaboration.
In tandem with Deann’s public education career, she has served as State President to the 100,000-member Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) and State Vice President of the Equity Center. She has also served on Texas Education Agency’s Accountability Policy Advisory Committee and the Legislative Committees of the Texas Association of School Administrators, the Texas Association of Community Schools, and ATPE. Deann currently serves on the Alumni Board of Southern Nazarene University (SNU).
Deann holds a Bachelor of Science in History/Government from SNU and a Master of Arts in History/Government from Texas Woman’s University. Her Administration Certification was obtained from Texas A&M University, Commerce and her Superintendent Certification from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa. Deann and her husband, Jimmy – a retired school administrator, live in Paris and have a son, Travis.
Find out more about Deann at Raise Your Hand Texas.
