You're not looking for “just another assembly.”
You're looking for the assembly teachers and staff are still talking about weeks later. Where students laugh, participate, remember the message, and leave excited to make better choices. Something that supports your PBIS goals, is easy to host, and makes everyone, staff to parents, glad they said yes. That's exactly why Tim has spent the last 30 years making The Pro-Kids Show what it is.
What Your School Will Experience
See the show in action.
Watch a quick preview, then tell us about your school, and check your inbox for next steps.
The Assembly Adults Keep Talking About...
Counselor
“Tim brings the energy. The kids kept asking, 'When is he coming back?' To say they had a blast would be an understatement. Tim entertains, teaches, and leads by example. We bring him back again and again, year after year.”
Social Worker
“The Pro-Kids Show is phenomenal! Tim is engaging, funny, and had fantastic crowd control. The kids had a blast, and so did our teachers and families!”
Teacher
“Tim literally had the kids rolling on the floor with laughter. He had the kids engaged and entertained the entire show. His message was powerful. One staff member said 'It was the BEST assembly she had ever been to!'”
Principal
“This is the best show we have had.”
Assistant Principal
“Tim was personable and fun to be around. Students were engaged, excited, and happy, and teachers and staff were blown away!”
PTA President
“FAMILIES LOVED THE FAMILY NIGHT SHOW... We got nonstop rave reviews!”
What Your Kids and Families Will Experience
Two Parts. One Amazing Day.
Part One
The Daytime Assembly
“Tim expertly wove our expectations, school mascot, and SOAR acronym throughout his performance. Rather than a generic assembly, this felt personalized and purposeful!”
Right when it feels like the show’s wrapping up, Tim breaks the news.
There’s more magic. More music. More fun. Even a brand new puppet character waiting backstage.
But it looks like they’re out of time.
The kids groan.
Then Tim smiles: “I have a surprise. I’m coming back tonight with a brand new show at 6pm. It’s for your whole family, and EVERYONE IS INVITED.”
[cue kids cheering!]
Part Two
The Family Night Show
Picture the opposite of a restaurant where everyone’s staring at their phone instead of each other. Tim rarely sees a single phone out during the full 60 minutes. Parents are laughing with their kids, not just watching them from the side.
“Our astonishing attendance for the Family Night show was further proof that kids were clamoring for more!”
Everyone leaves with a smile on their face, feeling good about being part of your school community.
“Incredible! Students were completely engaged. I'm so thankful we did the Family Night as well. We had more people attend the event than any other event we have ever had. Tim was so easy to work with, and everything was so well organized.”
Thanks to Tim, your principal becomes the hero of the Family Night show in a hilarious routine.
All-day anticipation. Kids have been waiting for this moment ever since Tim teased it during the daytime assembly.
The wait continues. All through Family Night, they're watching for it.
Then it happens. The principal takes the stage, the music swells, and the crowd goes wild.
Five minutes of hilarity. Packed with school humor and pure fun.
The principal stays comfortable. They got a private rehearsal with Tim before the show.
Every laugh lands on Tim. Never the principal. That's on purpose.
The banter proves a point. It's hilarious, and it shows the whole crowd that Tim gets school dynamics.
One unforgettable photo. At the end, Tim grabs a shot with the principal and student volunteers, the whole crowd packed in behind. (See below for dozens of these photos.)
Trust built over decades. Tim's earned this kind of trust with hundreds of principals. Many look forward to it every year.
The second-year question. When Tim returns, principals often ask: “Do I get to be part of Family Night again?”
The Most Successful Family Event Your School Will Ever Have.
It’s fun. It’s meaningful. It’s worth making it an annual tradition at your school.
Everyone is so busy in our society.
The Pro-Kids Show cuts through the clutter and creates real connection, which is exactly why kids beg to come back that night.
They think it’s more fun than staring at a screen.
Here’s proof, school after school after school.
Can you picture it at your school yet?
Why Schools Invite Him Back
One school. Then the whole district. Then the whole conference.
In Channahon, Illinois, Tim performed at every elementary and middle school in the district, then closed it out with one large Family Night for all the schools together. It went so well, Tim was invited back to the District Staff Institute to present his show and keynote for teachers.
THE SUPERINTENDENT LIKED THAT SO MUCH that he booked him to do the exact same presentation at a national conference for principals and superintendents.
The kids love the show, but what keeps schools calling back is that Tim earns trust just as fast with staff, teachers, counselors, principals, and superintendents alike.
For school bookings:
Tim keeps years' worth of material in rotation, so returning schools get a new show, not a rerun, same connection with the kids, fresh content every time. It's become a habit for many schools, some have booked The Pro-Kids Show 20 years running.
Every principal booking Tim wants their staff and families to feel what the previous year felt like. This isn't really about the tricks, it's about how everyone feels after experiencing The Pro-Kids Show.
“Tim connects with students, staff, and families in a way that's rare. He raised the bar for what an assembly can be in our district.”
How Easy It Is to Host
One link. Everything in it. Nothing to chase down.
What Tim brings
- Full liability insurance, with a certificate available on request.
- A private online portal for your school, containing the agreement, certificate of insurance, arrival guide, custodian setup sheet, and a ready-to-read show introduction (the words you'll say to the kids to kick things off and welcome The Pro-Kids Show).
- You'll even find promotional materials in your portal too, everything to get your school excited about the show before Tim even arrives.
- All sound, backdrop, and show production.
What your school provides
- An audience seated correctly for the room. See "How are people seated?" in the FAQ below for full details.
- A few tables for setup.
- If you're booking the Family Night show, we may also need a permanent stage, portable platforms, or bleachers for people to be seated in. The bottom line: Tim needs to be seen by an audience seated as families.
“The booking process was very easy, and the Pro Kids Show has really thought of everything and provides it in a very easy to access portal!”
FAQ
Questions schools ask
About the Show
Is this "kids' magic," like a birthday party clown?
Not even close. Tim isn't a clown or a character act, he's a comedian, actor, magician, and ventriloquist with a real theater background.
Think less "silly kids' entertainer" and more Disney or Pixar, built for kids, but sharp enough that adults in the room are just as locked in. The magic is strong. The comedy is smart. Nothing about it feels like a birthday party.
What's the show actually like?
Tim scripts the whole show, yet it feels alive and almost improvised because so much depends on the audience in the room that day.
One moment he's on stage, the next he's walking the aisle. One moment he's practically whispering to pull the whole gym in close, the next the kids are chanting back at him with music swelling underneath. It has a real beginning, middle, and end, but it never feels like sitting and watching a show, because the audience is part of it the entire time. Childlike, never childish.
What grades is this for?
The elementary program is built for grades K-6.
The material lands with the youngest learners and stays interesting for older elementary kids too, because the comedy and the magic work on more than one level at once.
Is there audience participation?
Constantly, and it's never just one or two kids picked from the crowd.
Tim calls it full crowd participation, the entire audience is often doing something together, not just watching. Volunteers are called up on stage, whole sections get pulled into moments together, and staff often join in on the fun too. Tim's a Six Flags alum, and he'll tell you his real prop isn't the tricks, it's the crowd. One minute it's a concert, with the Pro-Kids theme song and kids chanting along. The next, you could hear a pin drop as he narrates a story with a movie-style soundtrack underneath. Then Vern the Bird, his ventriloquist puppet, shows up and steals the show. The pace never sits still, which is exactly why it holds a gym full of kids for the entire 45 minutes.
How long are the shows?
The daytime assembly runs 45 minutes. Family Night runs 60.
If your school is doing two daytime assemblies, they're normally scheduled an hour apart, say 9 and 10am, that's 45 minutes for the show plus 15 minutes for kids to travel in and out. If you're adding Family Night, the assemblies are usually scheduled for the last two hours before dismissal, so if school ends at 3pm, you'd run shows at 1 and 2pm, the second one wraps by 2:45, and kids head back to class ready to go home.
Does Tim have good audience management? What about behavior issues?
Yes, it's one of Tim's specialties, and behavior problems are rare in his shows because the kids are locked in and engaged from start to finish.
Tim wrote a book on it, called Perform, which teaches performers how to genuinely connect with an audience instead of just entertaining at them. His own rule of thumb: "If you have a behavior problem in your show, you probably have an engagement problem in your show."
How does Tim keep the show fresh after 10,000+ performances?
Fair question, plenty of performers phone it in eventually.
Tim's answer goes back to being 17, doing six shows a day at Six Flags, three summers straight, finding something small to improve every single show instead of burning out. He carries that same habit into every school he visits today. Most kids in the audience will only see him that one time all school year, so his goal throughout the show is to connect with every single person in the room. That connection is the whole reason the message about kindness and respect lands at all, Pro Kids stands for 'People Respecting Others,' and that only works if the kids feel like he genuinely cares first.
Family Night
Do we have to book Family Night too?
Family Night is part of the standard Pro-Kids combo, it's what we're most known for.
Some schools opt for just the daytime assembly, and that's perfectly fine too. Since Tim's already on site and set up for the day, adding Family Night is extremely affordable, you're really just extending a trip he's already making.
I'm just supposed to book an assembly, why would I be interested in adding Family Night?
Because it's the easiest "yes" you'll say all year, and the whole building benefits from it.
No volunteers needed to run it, parents actually get to sit down and enjoy something instead of working an event. It's the kind of night that makes the whole school, and whoever organized it, look great. Kids walk in already buzzing because they've been telling their family about it since they got home after seeing the daytime show. Watching from the stage, you can see the shift happen partway through, dads leaning in a little closer, kids climbing up onto laps, families actually interacting instead of just sitting next to each other. It's not just a fun night, it's one that pulls individual families closer together, and pulls the whole school family closer too.
Can we use Title I funds for this?
Yes, many schools do, particularly for the Family Night portion.
Family engagement events like Family Night typically qualify under Title I parent and family engagement funding. Your district office can confirm the specifics for your building.
What's the turnout like at Family Night?
Consistently the biggest family event of the year at most schools that host it.
Principals routinely tell us it beat every other family event they've ever run, sometimes by a wide margin. The daytime assembly is a built-in promotion, kids go home already telling their families they have to come. See what a packed house looks like →
Our gym is small, our enrollment is big, will everyone fit?
Happens all the time, easy fix.
We just split it into two Family Nights, say 5:30 and 7:15, divided by last name (A through K at 5:30, L through Z at 7:15, or however you want to slice it). Two shows, one night, everybody still gets the full experience. Easy peasy.
How are people seated?
Daytime Assembly: kids are seated on the gym floor, aisle down the middle, which helps with all the participation moments.
Family Night Show: everyone's seated together as families, either in chairs or on bleachers, since the whole point of the evening is families being together. If your seating is in chairs, Tim needs to be elevated, either on a permanent stage or a portable platform.
Should we require RSVPs for Family Night?
We don't recommend it.
Most families don't decide to come until their kid gets home from the daytime assembly, buzzing and begging them to be there that night. Requiring an RSVP ahead of time usually undercounts what actually shows up. Planning around your enrollment number is a much more reliable guide.
Booking & Logistics
What do you need from us?
Almost nothing. Tim brings the show, the sound, and the backdrop.
Just get the audience seated correctly for your room and set up a few tables. Promotional materials live right in your portal too, so you'll have everything to get the school excited before Tim arrives.
Can we get better pricing for the combo?
Yes, and honestly, it's already a great deal, what schools pay for the full day is often less than Tim charges an outside organization for a single evening alone.
A couple other ways to save: if you can coordinate with nearby schools to book around the same time, even on different days, just ready to sign contracts together, we can often work out better pricing across the group. When traveling further from Chicagoland, Tim also tends to offer bigger discounts when more than one school books on the same trip.
Is this good for a PBIS assembly or celebration?
Yes, it's actually one of the most common reasons schools book us.
The message reinforces respect, kindness, and positive behavior in language kids actually remember, and it plugs directly into whatever PBIS or SEL framework you're already running.
Where do you perform?
Chicagoland is home base, and Tim regularly travels throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin for both assemblies and Family Nights.
National experience goes well beyond that too, 43 states, including two performances at the White House.
How far in advance should we book?
A lot of repeat schools just handle it on the spot, the principal will say "put us down for the same time next year" right as Tim's packing up, and it becomes an annual tradition nobody has to think twice about.
That said, if there's an opening in the schedule, booking just a few weeks out works fine too, it'll be just as big a success either way.
Is Tim insured?
Yes. Tim carries liability insurance and can provide a certificate on request.
Once you book, everything lives in your school's own private online portal: the agreement, Tim's W-9, certificate of insurance, an arrival guide, an introduction you can hand your principal, and a setup sheet for your custodian. One link, nothing to chase down.
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