Service LeadershipPrograms

the future

Service Leadership Programs

of this world

is determined by younger

generations

Service Leadership Programs

• More than half of the Kiwanis family

• What Kiwanis does best

• What Kiwanis is best known for

Service Leadership Curriculum

• Servant leadership

• Leadership comes from helping others succeed

• The next level after service learning

Enriching young students…

Young students

Ages 6 – 12

Student recognition

High impact

Low cost

Academic motivation

High impact

Low cost

Kiwanis Kids

What are kids accomplishing?

•Intellectual development

•Social and emotional development

Kiwanis Kids

 Working with kids

•Appreciate.

•Be open.

•Teach kids to brainstorm.

•Encourage curiosity.

Kiwanis Kids

Working with kids

•Do hands-on projects.

•Praise results.

•Help kids believe in themselves.

Empowering teens…

Middle school and junior high school students

Ages 12 - 15

BUILDERS CLUB

All about tweens

•Struggling with sense of identity.

•Want choices but need direction.

•Have tendency to return to childish behavior.

•Mostly interested in present.

BUILDERS CLUB

All about tweens

•Need to see they can make a difference.

•Display unlimited enthusiasm.

•Reaching out to an adult involves a risk.

•Know no limits.

BUILDERS CLUB

Why Builders Club?

•Growing up today is dramatically different.

•Tweens need to ground their ever changing lives.

•Builders Club creates this safe place.

K E Y C L U B

The world’s largest student-led high school service organization.

K E Y C L U B

All about teens

• Technology is their life.

• Facebook is their main communication link.

• Belonging and style are very important.

• Fewer hold jobs.

• Academic pressures are high.

K E Y C L U B

All about teens

• Need a supportive environment.

• Influenced by their peers.

• Respect adults.

• Constantly challenging status quo.

• Independence and privacy is critical.

Weekend leadership experience for teens

Equipping adults for leadership…

Largest collegiate service organization in the world.

All about university students

• They are millennials.

• They know what they want.

• They are going to change the world.

All about university students

• To understand them you must understand technology.

• They are a huge opportunity for Kiwanis.

A service club for adults living with disabilities.

AKTION CLUB

Working with people who live with disabilities

• Inconsistent ability to comprehend instructions

• Need extra assistance and guidance

• Require a gentle hand and patience

AKTION CLUB

Working with people who live with disabilities

• Don’t underestimate their abilities.

• If you expect too little, you may not challenge them enough.

• React to the members as people and not as people with disabilities.

AKTION CLUB

Working with people who live with disabilities

• Recognize all victories, even small ones.

• Encourage integrated activities.

Empowering teens

Kiwanis Service Leadership

Equipping adults for leadership

Enriching young students

Service Leadership Programs

For more information:

www.kiwanis.org

Kiwanis International3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 USA

Worldwide: 317-875-8755 U.S. and Canada: 800-KIWANIS, ext. 411