YOUTH PROTECTION POLICY TRAINING FOR CHAPERONES

Kiwanis partners with Praesidium Academy Inc. to provide the online courses our chaperones take prior to an event: 

• Abuse Risk Management for Volunteers. 
• Social Media Safety. 
• Preventing Sexual Activity Between Adolescents. 

These courses are free to Kiwanis chaperones and members, and they are valid for two years. (They are available on demand in English, Spanish and French.). They will help you identify behaviors, spaces and situations where youth are at risk and provide you with strategies for addressing them.   

• Use the email you have on file with Kiwanis International to ensure your courses are recognized.  
• Most courses work on mobile devices, but they are easier to navigate on a desktop or laptop computer. The course “Preventing Sexual Activity Between Adolescents” does not work well on mobile.  

Kiwanis members:

If you are an SLP advisor, you already have a Praesidium account. Go straight to praesidiumacademy.com/learn to log in. You may need to click “Forgot your password” to create or reset a password.  

Other members: 

• In the Kiwanis member portal, Kiwanis Connect, select your group (club name) if necessary, then click “Create Praesidium Account” on the “Me” page.  
• Praesidium will send an email to the address Kiwanis International has on file for you. Check your email (including your spam or junk folder) to accept the invitation to access your account.  
• Create a password to log in. (You may be asked to click “Forgot your password.”) 

1. Answer the registration questions about your status and role with the organization.
2. To begin training, scroll down and click a course.   

Kiwanis members: Troubleshooting 

Nonmember faculty advisors: 

Some faculty advisors already have a Praesidium account set up for them. 

1. Go to praesidiumacademy.com to try to log in with your email that Kiwanis uses (likely your school email). Request to reset password if necessary.
2. Check your email (including spam) for the invitation to access your account.
3. If that’s not working, you might need to set up a new account. Follow the steps for a nonmember chaperone. 

Nonmember chaperones (parent, spouse, school employee, etc.) and guests:  

You might already have a Kiwanis Praesidium account. If so:  

1. You might have logged in to Praesidium before; log in to that same account again.
2. Be sure to use the email you have on file with Kiwanis International.
3. You may need to click on “Forgot your password” to create a new one.
4. If you don’t get an email after three minutes (be sure to check your spam or junk folder as well), you are either using the wrong email address or you don’t have an account yet. In that case, follow the instructions below.  

To create a new account:

1. Go to praesidiumacademy.com/redeem.
2. Fill in your information, including first and last name, the email you have on file with Kiwanis and your desired password.
3. Enter the code: kiwanischaperones.
4. Click “Validate” to confirm the code.
5. Click the checkbox to agree to the terms and conditions.
6. Click “Register.”
7. Answer the registration questions about your status and role with the organization.

We are pleased to offer an online chaperone training course that describes Kiwanis youth protection policies and procedures, making it easier than ever for you to learn at your own pace and at a time convenient for you. The course scenarios will help you think through possible risks, student behaviors and best-practice responses.   

The course is hosted on our learning management platform, learn.kiwanis. Choose your role in the chart below to read instructions for logging in after April 15, 2024. This course is required each year you attend the Key Club convention.