--- title: School Leadership Symposium date: 2025-08-26T14:45:00-05:00 author: Bethany Van Voorst canonical_url: "https://www.dordt.edu/events/school-leadership-symposium-2025-12-03" section: Events --- [ View All Events](https://www.dordt.edu/events) [General](https://www.dordt.edu/events?category=general) # School Leadership Symposium ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==) Campus Center/Library 2106 ![]() Dec 03, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2023-24/2024-12-05_000054.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=66&h=57&f=webp&c=6e191c1b&v=037e574050e1b3f1f19cf3607e7db4302dc0fa78d445404b430039cde9e78d68) ![]()On December 3-4, 2025, Dordt University's Master of Education program is hosting the second annual School Leadership Symposium. This event is designed to support and encourage those serving in school leadership across North America. ## **Schedule | December 3-4, 2025** Wednesday, December 3, 2025 Event **6:00 p.m.** **Symposium Kick-Off Dinner** Dr. Justin Bailey, *Sowing in Hope* Education is an act of hope. It calls us to take long looks at the world, to plant seeds even when the results are unseen, and to delight in the small generative acts that shape future generations. Rooted in hope, educators cultivate resilience, creativity, and joy as they nurture students for life beyond the classroom. [](https://www.ticketleap.events/events/dordttheatre) Thursday, December 4, 2025 Event **8 - 8:30 a.m.** **Breakfast and networking** [](https://www.ticketleap.events/events/dordttheatre) **8:30 - 8:45 a.m.** **Devotions**Dr. Matthew Beimers **8:45 - 9:45 a.m.****Keynote: Leading Change, Session 1***Mr. Darryl De Boer* Change is hard. Leading change is...well, harder. During our time together, we will make sense of these two statements as we simultaneously look back on our experience leading change while empowering ourselves for the changes ahead of us and the schools we lead. Through the examination of various structures and frameworks, we will explore principles and *ways of being* that are foundational to successful navigation of change. The Deep Hope of this session is that we return to our schools with renewed vigor and clarity about the journey ahead. **9:45 - 10 a.m.****Networking** **10 - 11 a.m.****Keynote: Leading Change, Session 2** *Mr. Darryl De Boer* **11:15 - 11:30 a.m.****Master of Education Presentation****11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.****Strategic Planning for a School Campus***Mr. Fred Verwoerd* **12:30 - 1:15 p.m.****Lunch** **1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.****Campus Tour**Experience our brand new dining facility called "The Atrium," our new campus coffee shop, new recital hall, and more. **2-3:00 p.m.** **Keynote: Leading Change, Session 3***Mr. Darryl De Boer* **2:45 - 3:00 p.m.****CACE Presentation****3-3:30 p.m.****Closing Circle***Dr. Matthew Beimers* **5:00 p.m.****School Leadership Social***Sponsored by CACE* @ RJs Indoor Golf ## Mr. Darryl De Boer Darryl DeBoer is both a Senior Fellow for the Center of the Advancement of Christian Education (CACE) at Dordt University and the Director of Education at Surrey Christian Schools. Darryl is also the co-creator of the Christian education framework, Teaching for Transformation, that equips teachers to design learning experiences that invite, nurture, and empower learners to engage "in real work that meets real needs for real people" as they play their part in God’s story through their learning. ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==) ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2023-24/66fc3bf6a6a3083882f11fbc_Darryl2024-p-500.jpg?mode=fit&pos=center-center&w=50&h=50&c=95f16806&v=41e1d54290b382ccd9d76266e78ec84ea591e55222476e08b7cf3714bfeeeebd) ## Dr. Justin Bailey Justin Ariel Bailey is dean of chapel and professor of theology at Dordt University. Bailey is the author of *Reimagining Apologetics: The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age,* *Interpreting Your World: Five Lenses for Engaging Theology and Culture*, and the forthcoming *Discipling the Diseased Imagination*. He was the host of the In All Things podcast and is a sought-after speaker. ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==) ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2023-24/JBailey.jpg?mode=fit&pos=center-center&w=50&h=50&c=aef7cc4f&v=648536e4055b22074af19a5476e0926efd61c57dbf61362848a83916e1bf6760) ## Mr. Fred Verwoerd Fred Verwoerd is the vice president for university operations at Dordt. As a member of the senior administration team, he is responsible for the day-to-day physical operations of the campus, including facilities and grounds, auxiliary services, student employment and oversight of new capital projects. ![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==) ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2023-24/Verwoerd-Fred_2023-square.png?mode=fit&pos=center-center&w=50&h=50&c=901d341e&v=0ec43f0fc5ca9a2661550fff2e54f1dd1906ff2471a7447ba8d1c6e2cdd0e298) ## Local Airports ### Sioux City, Iowa (SUX) 54 miles to campus ### Sioux Falls, SD (FSD) 67 miles away ### Omaha, NE (OMA) 142 miles away ## Local Accommodations ### Fairfield Inn & Suites Sioux Center 290 St. Andrews Way IA 712-722-3131[ ](tel:+17127223131) ### Holiday Inn Express Sioux Center 100 Saint Andrews Way 712-722-3500 --- [Previous Event ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2021-09-22_001528.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=37d8dba0&v=7968f8912cf18c7cee28b787bfc529be251b4c56406290a46a8030328a1d7010) Dec 03 General ## Chapel ![]() Performing Arts Center 1207 @ 11:10 AM ](https://www.dordt.edu/events/chapel-2025-12-03) [Next Event ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/662A7589-edit.webp?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=cebc64b7&v=ff9dfddd6e848f9ac7bce6166b8661ad93c80fa7196b505c69ccfc7885a4ad09) Dec 03 Athletics Women's Basketball ## 12/3 6:00 PM \[W\] Dordt University Women's Basketball at Briar Cliff ![]() Sioux City, Iowa @ 06:00 PM ](https://www.dordt.edu/events/12-3-600-pm-dordt-university-womens-basketball-at-briar-cliff) [ ![]() ## View All Dordt Events View Events ](https://www.dordt.edu/events) News Campus Purposeful Community #### [Two new outdoor spaces at Dordt created to encourage community ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/two-new-outdoor-spaces-at-dordt-created-to-encourage-community) News Academics Nursing #### [Dordt nursing graduates surpass national NCLEX pass rate ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/dordt-nursing-graduates-surpass-national-nclex-pass-rate) News Academics Nursing #### [Dordt University adds three new nursing faculty ](https://www.dordt.edu/news/dordt-university-adds-three-new-nursing-faculty) ![A picture of campus behind yellow prairie flowers](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2021-22/Buildings-and-Campus/2021-09-23_001574-1.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=50&h=50&f=webp&c=3d670641&v=d2bdb7cbdc83e5be46d3a10afe8a1214a0e770536697eb0ddbe29e017d2e9577)