K-Kids 2024-2025 Advisor Events

Read on to learn about K-Kids advisor chats and events in 2024-25. Click on the links to register and receive reminders about events. All events are in Eastern Time (US & Canada). 

October 9, 2024, Wednesday, 7 p.m. ET. Understanding Youth Protection, a session for K-Kids and Builders Club advisors

Learn about Kiwanis youth protection policies and how to apply them to your club from Melissa McMann, SLP Education and Training Administrator.

January 21, 2025, Tuesday, 7 p.m. ET. K-Kids Advisor Chat: Awards, growth & celebration.

Get tips on participating in awards and contests this year, including how to complete the annual achievement report. Be prepared to share advice with other advisors about how and when to recruit members and celebrate your club’s and members’ accomplishments!

Surveys for K-Kids Members and Advisors

Member Survey Open September 1-30

Remember to add the K-Kids Member Beginning-of-Year Surveys to September club activities. Ask members to share their thoughts about K-Kids! The survey takes about 6 minutes. It will be open September 1 – 30. Kiwanis International appreciates your participation that helps us gain insight into club size and structure and members’ interests and experiences! Clubs that participate have a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.

End-of-year Advisor and Member Surveys

We look forward to hearing from advisors and members about the year’s club experiences through end-of-year surveys. Please plan to participate! The surveys will open April 1 and close on May 15.

To see the kind of insights we gather from members and advisors, check out this article about the 2022-23 service year: “9 things we learned from last year’s surveys”.

K-Kids program kit items

Review what’s offered in this year’s K-Kids program kit. Look through resources and share with club members.

• K-Kids Program Kit Flyer

• K-Kids Advisor Guide

• K-Kids Service Guide

• K-Kids Officer Guides

• K-Kids Committee Chair Guide

• K-Kids Icebreakers and Teambuilders Flyer

• K-Kids Member Guide

• Calendar / pledge poster

• Downloadable member recruitment flyer

• Builders Club promotional flyer

Digital Resources

• K-Kids promotional video (Download and share with others.)

• Club officer name table tents

• Table tents with fillable name and role

• Club member name table tents

• Downloadable member calendar

• Downloadable member recruitment flyer

• Fillable member card

• Fillable member certificate

Previously Recorded Advisor Events

Recorded Chats / Webinars

Advisor Chats (2024-2025)

• K-Kids Advisor Chat: Starting strong: An advisor’s checklist. Learn tips for helping your club start the year strong, how to manage the year’s responsibilities, member recruitment resources, and tips for involving the whole school in your club’s service. (A webinar summary will be posted soon!)
• Review the Advisor Checklist referenced in the K-Kids Advisor Chat: Starting strong: An advisor’s checklist webinar.
• Global Kickoff 2024 for K-Kids and Builders Clubs. Kickstart the new year by being inspired by service projects from last year’s distinguished clubs. Learn about Global Service Project 2024, a challenge for K-Kids clubs and Builders Clubs to carry out a health and wellness campaign in your school or community this year.   

Advisor Chats (2023 – 2024)  

Whether you are a faculty or Kiwanis advisor, click on the links below to watch short videos in this Advisor Training series to learn important things that will help you do your work and guide  your club to thrive:

• Wrap up and prepare for next year – 4/2024 (Coming soon!)

• Get ready for awards and contests – 1/2024

• Responsibilities of faculty and Kiwanis advisors

• Club basics

• Resources for clubs

• How-tos of service planning and implementation

Advisor Chats (2022 – 2023)

• Advisor Reflections & Sharing – 5/2023

• Advisor Awards and Recognition – 3/2023

• Advisor Season of Giving – 11/2022

• K-Kids Kickoff the Year – 9/12/2022

• K-Kids Kickoff the Year – 9/13/2022

Additional education opportunities

• Youth Protection Training

• Advisor and Club Resources

• Kiwanis Nebraska-Iowa District K-Kids & Builders Club Advisor Training

Virtual club meeting tools

• Using Zoom for meetings

• K-Kids Virtual meeting kits

Advisor roles

Faculty advisor
Each K-Kids club has a faculty advisor chosen from the faculty, staff or administration of the school. The faculty advisor works closely with both the K-Kids club and the sponsoring Kiwanis club. The faculty advisor is familiar with the school’s procedures and acts as liaison between the K-Kids club, Kiwanis club and school administration.

If the K-Kids club is a community-based club, then a staff person from the facility should fill this role.

Kiwanis advisor
The Kiwanis advisor’s role is to initiate organization of a K-Kids club in accordance with guidelines provided by Kiwanis International, obtain the approval of school officials for its establishment as a school organization, recruit initial members, schedule the organizational meeting, file the Petition for Charter, plan for the charter presentation event and after the club is fully operating, provide continuous coordination, counsel and assistance. The Kiwanis advisor is also responsible for conducting K-Kids club officers training to incoming leadership.

Optional parent advisor
The parent advisor provides support to the faculty advisor and club members. The parent advisor can assist the K-Kids club by reaching out to the school’s Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) or Parent Teacher Association (PTA), educating the parent groups about K-Kids and suggesting ways the K-Kids club and parent groups can work together.