Training Institutes

Welcome to the 2025 Inside-Out Training Institute

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program® is an educational program with an innovative pedagogical approach tailored to effectively facilitate dialogue across difference. Inside-Out courses generally bring together students in a higher education setting (“outside students”) and incarcerated (“inside”) students to study issues of social justice. More than 160 universities have sponsored courses and over 200 prisons and jails have hosted them. However, the Inside-Out methodology has been used in many other professional settings, as well.

The Inside-Out Center changed its method of conducting trainings to a virtual platform. We began this new process in August 2020 and the sessions have gone very well. We invite formerly incarcerated alumni who were involved in Inside-Out during their incarceration or participated in an Inside-Out Class to serve as coaches in our training sessions; they join us for about half of the training. The coaches come from different parts of the country, as well as from international locations.

We will continue our virtual model while evaluating the possibility of an in-person training session during 2025.  

Below is a list of the 2025 training schedule. It will be updated as needed.

Inside-Out Training Institutes 2025

• #96: January 6 to January 10 – VIRTUAL
• #97: May 12 to May 16 – VIRTUAL
• #98: June 2 to June 6 – VIRTUAL
• #99: June 23 to June 27 – VIRTUAL
• #100: July 14 to July 18 – VIRTUAL
• #101: August 4 to August 8 – VIRTUAL

Daily Training Schedule is Synchronous for 2025

• Monday – 10:00am to 6:00pm EST
• Tuesday – 12:00pm to 8:30pm EST
• Wednesday – 12:00pm to 8:30pm EST
• Thursday – 9:00am to 6:00pm EST
• Friday – 10:00am to 6:30pm EST

General Application Information

• The virtual training is a comprehensive five-day, 40+ hour intensive training program covering everything necessary to develop a course in the Inside-Out model or apply the tools to your respective professional setting.
• Attendees who attend and complete the training will receive 4 CEUs from Temple University, as well as a Certificate and Digital Badge from the Office of Continuing Education at Temple University.
• There is a non-refundable application fee of $100.00.
• Tuition (including materials) for the virtual training is $2,000.00.
• The capacity for each session is 15 and a session will be canceled if the capacity drops below 10.

Some topics Included during the training:

• curriculum development,
• setting parameters,
• institutional relationships,
• group dynamics,
• power, privilege, and identity,
• ethical issues of this work,
• interactive pedagogical approaches,
• and much more.

If you are interested in attending a training in 2025, please submit your online application BY CLICKING THE RED 2025 BUTTON and indicate your two preferred training dates. As dates become final, we will update the website. If necessary, you may be able to change your training date selection by contacting Eilene Frierson at inside-out.trainings@temple.edu.

Click here for a 14-minute audio file which describes what Inside-Out does and what it does not do. The recording also maps out the arc of the Inside-Out semester and describes the methodology used. Finally, the tape provides an overview of the Instructor Training Institute. Please note any questions, comments, or concerns that you may have based on what you hear in order to discuss them during your interview.

Have Questions?
Click here for our FAQ page to find answers for many of your questions.

If you have any questions or need additional information about the upcoming 2025 training season, please contact Eilene Frierson at inside-out.trainings@temple.edu. We look forward to seeing you in 2025.