Adam Weeks

Vision Caster, Advocate for Overwhelmed Principals, and Project Manager

For as long as Adam can remember, he has wanted to impact education on a larger scale. Over the past 18 years, he has brought diverse classroom and administrative experience. Adam has taught all grade levels in settings that include everything from small multi-grade classrooms to large established Pre-K to 12th private schools. His broad experience also includessizeablerge classical charter school.

During his years as a principal and vice-principal, Adam continually learned the art of balancing the ministry of the classroom, the challenges that administrators face, and the essential work of maintaining healthy relationships with constituent churches. Through Ministry Spotlight, Adam has combined his love for education, technical skills, communication, and a sincere desire to lighten the load of administrators so they can get back to doing what they do best—lead!

Working closely with community members has blessed him with a wide range of experiences and has helped him navigate the spectrum of differing points of view and cultural backgrounds. As a vision caster and connector, he skillfully rallies communities around common goals to propel them forward to the plans God places on their hearts.

Adam has had the opportunity to serve on these notable projects:

• Lead part of the team responsible for launching a satellite program between Upper Columbia Academy and Lake City Academy

• Kicked off fundraising campaigns and oversaw the construction of 12-new classrooms

• Coordinated with Maranatha Volunteers International to help withsignificantjor building project

• Renovated many projects, including a playground replacement and preschool expansion

• Modernized technology programs such as drone piloting and maker space design; served as a technology coordinator for a classical charter school.

• Expanded school enrollment to a healthy 10-15 student waiting list per classroom with zero accounts receivable within two years.

• Presented at the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist Education conference in Chicago, 2018.

• Wrote a chapter in the book “Educating for Service and Mission: Teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Schools in North America and Their Perceptions of Mission” published in 2020.

  Oversaw annual fundraising events, netting between $70-110

  Before partnering in MInistry Spotlight, Teresa Kelchner coached Adam during several of the above-listed projects through her ministry, Christian Education Matters. She has been an invaluable resource for action-oriented tools to take schools to the next level.