Conquistas e desafios da gestão escolar na prática da gestão democrática participativa: um estudo de caso na cidade de Querência (MT)

Abstract

This work is characterized by case study in two urban public schools in the municipality of Querencia-MT, in order to analyze the actions of the management team, from precepts defined in the Democratic Management Law No. 7,040 / 98 of the State of Mato Grosso. The research was performed to answer the following question: how the actions of the management team of two urban schools in the municipality of Querencia, based in the principles of participatory democratic management, may or may not contribute to the effectiveness of school education? To answer this question was asked to collect data through semi-structured interviews with members of the Board of the School Community (DCEC), non-participant observation and document analysis of records of the schools. The data analysis consisted of a set of information that the light of current laws and theoretical concepts revisited in Paro, Lück and Machado, showed progress and challenges to the effectiveness of participatory democratic management in schools. In Chapter I, are presented the organizational structure of SEDUC and schools, as well as data that characterize them, including student learning. Chapter II provides the theoretical foundation that gives subsidize the model of democratic and participatory school management. Chapter III presents an Educational Action Plan aimed at the consolidation of participatory practices in the management of schools, with joint action SEDUC in order to integrate collaboratively internal and external educational actors in the Central and Schools Authority and this with the school community. The effectiveness of participatory democratic management contributes significantly to improving the quality of education, which is the result of a considered effective school.