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Course Description

Welcome to the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) and your next steps to becoming a certified TOP club facilitator. TOP is an evidence-based, positive youth development program developed by Wyman to promote social and emotional learning, educational success and healthy behaviors for adolescents. Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Temple University of Harrisburg oversees the replication of Pennsylvania's TOP.

The Training of Facilitator (TOF) sessions are being held for staff working within sites funded by the PA Department of Health TOP grant. Participants will engage in an immersive and intensive training on how to implement and operate a TOP club per Wyman's curriculum and service learning model. TOP facilitators who complete this mandatory training will receive a Certificate of Completion and only then be eligible to facilitate a Wyman TOP club. Funded sites are encouraged to have more than one facilitator trained and certified based on the 25:1 youth to facilitator ratio allowable in TOP. The TOF is for PADOH TOP grant-funded site facilitators only. It is not open to the general public.

 

Course Outline

Registration:

  • Individual online registration is required for each person.

  • Register for the correct dates and location (1 eastern or 1 western PA training session).

  • During this year, two TOF sessions will be offered (eastern PA & western PA).

  • Each session is held over 2.5 consecutive days; attendance to and participation in all three days is required to become TOP TOF certified.

 

If you experience technical difficulty or have questions about the training, please contact Phebe West at phebe.west@temple.edu

 

 

Learner Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Implement Wyman's TOP club core components: weekly meetings, the Wyman TOP curriculum, and service learning projects through high-quality facilitation (HQF) techniques.
  2. Use TOP's positive youth development approaches for creating a safe space, maintaining healthy boundaries with teens and promoting social-emotional development and learning.
  3. Demonstrate proficiency of the four HQF skills and "teach back" a model lesson to training participants.

 

Notes

Dietary practice or food allergy needs? ~ Contact Phebe West at phebe.west@temple.edu.

 

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