Titan Teacher Training aims to provide the highest quality Initial Teacher Training to trainees, equipping them with the confidence, skills, and abilities to become highly professional and effective teachers. Our aim is to provide high quality, flexible and resilient teachers for the teaching profession generally and for inner-city schools in particular. Schools within our Partnership have established strong working relationships, which are based upon trust and a commitment to serve the educational needs of the inner- city.

With a focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion as well as skills and employability, we are transforming the life chances of young people across our city, and through our specialist teacher training we are creating the teachers and leaders of tomorrow.

Social justice is at the heart of everything we do. Titan works hard to deliver lasting solutions that:

• Embed equality, diversity & inclusion in everything we do and offer
• Raise aspirations so that young people can realise their potential
• Build skills that generate prosperity and well-being for individuals, families, and communities
• Create resilient, professional, and innovative teachers and leaders

Aims

• To be the provider of choice for Initial Teacher Training in Birmingham and across the West Midlands
• To be the network of choice for all-phase education establishments in Birmingham in relation to EDI, Careers & Skills, and Staff Development
• To generate revenue through a portfolio of income streams so that Titan continues to be an agile and financially sustainable charity, better positioned to flex to the needs of the education, skills, and employment agenda in Birmingham

Objectives

• Objective 1 – To consistently recruit trainees annually across SCITT, School Direct Assessment Only Route and Apprenticeship End Point Assessment programmes. The trainee cohort will be uniquely defined by its diversity and wish to ‘make a difference’ in local, inner-city schools.
• Objective 2 - To engage with schools across Birmingham through a full or associate membership offer. Target schools with Free School Meal / Pupil Premium numbers of > 40%.
• Objective 3 – To manage or partner in a range of new externally funded projects. All projects will align closely with Titan’s three key priorities.
• Objective 4 – To promote Titan’s focused CPD / Training offer to member and non-member schools across Birmingham.
• Objective 5 – To create and demonstrate sufficient benefit and impact with partners and employers so that they sponsor or donate money to Titan.
• Objective 6 - Through the stated objectives and targets, Titan will achieve growth and financial sustainability

• Membership and the Membership Offer
• Initial Teacher Training
• Funded Projects
• Employer Partnerships / Sponsorships
• Training & CPD Offer

• The Titan Partnership is a unique education network and charity that works with Primary and Secondary schools, FE colleges, Universities, and Private Training Providers across Birmingham. Our members define our membership offer, focusing on staff development, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Careers & Skills, and student activities and events to inspire, raise and realise potential.
• Titan has a highly reputable teacher training portfolio, including our Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes (of which we were one of only eighty providers to be re-accredited in round one by the DfE for 2024 delivery across England), End Point Assessment (EPA) for the Teaching Apprenticeship, and Assessment Only (AO).
  We also deliver an Early Career Teacher (ECT) Support programme and CPD sessions that align with our key priorities.
• Titan Aston Olympians is an annual sporting event for primary school children which builds student confidence and self-esteem by developing teamwork, leadership, resilience, perseverance, and creativity skills through a fun day of sport. Since 2007, Approximately 4,600 primary school children from across the Titan network have participated in the event. In 2022, we organised Titan’s “Commonwealth Champions”, an adapted version of our Aston Olympians event to celebrate Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The event was featured on BBC Midlands Today and has been shortlisted for “Sports Initiative of the Year” at the Birmingham Awards.
• Our Confident Resilient Children (CRC) Project, funded by the Youth Endowment Fund, has engaged more than 9,000 primary school children across three years to develop strategies to stay safe and less vulnerable to criminality.
• In 2020, Titan raised over £90,000 through our “Computers for Children Campaign” to support home learning during Covid-19 lockdowns. Titan provided 452 devices to disadvantaged young people from across our network of schools.
• In July 2022, Titan welcomed more than 180 leaders, nominated staff and key stakeholders from the Birmingham education community to our annual awards and charity event, celebrating the hard work of staff and students across our membership.
•  3473 students participated in student activities and 1256 staff participated in staff development activities and events (2020/21)

For further information about Titan please see links below (please note that our websites are currently being redesigned)

• Titan Partnership
• Titan Teacher Training
• Titan Membership Offer 2022/23
• Titan Overview Video