“la Caixa” Foundation have contextualised a series of six guidance reports. These guidance reports are based on a review of the best available international evidence on a particular aspect of teaching and learning but adapted for Spanish teachers and leaders. This project intended to better support teachers implement evidence-based practice in the classroom by presenting actionable recommendations, tools and resources based on research evidence.

“la Caixa” Foundation first reviewed the Education Endowment Foundation’s guidance reports for English teachers and selected the themes and approaches most relevant to the current Spanish education context: Improving behaviour in schools; Collaborative learning in the classroom; Metacognition and self-regulated learning; Teaching maths in primary education; Working with parents and families; Feedback in the classroom; and Improving social-emotional learning.

They then worked with experienced local practitioners to adapt the reports for Spanish teachers. This included developing local case studies to exemplify how recommendations might be implemented across a range of Spanish school settings as well as altering tools and resources so they were context specific. Reports were translated into Spanish and Catalan to ensure accessibility across a wide range of regions in Spain. 

To mobilise these resources ​“la Caixa” Foundation developed a number of partnerships with institutions and school networks across Spain including Fundació Escola Cristiana de Catalunya, Fundación Promaestro as well as a number of teacher education providers. As part of these partnerships ​“la Caixa” Foundation developed a programme of webinars as well as in person workshops for educators across the country facilitated by former practitioners.

These reports have also been embedded in other programmes of the foundation, including their school leadership development programme, ​‘Leadership for Learning’ and a school peer review programme in collaboration with University College London (UCL).