A formação dos gestores escolares da Rede Pública Municipal de Teresina: desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

This management case developed within the scope of the Professional Master in Management and Education Evaluation (PPGP) from the Center for Public Policy and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF) aims to discuss the gaps between the formation courses offered for school managers in the Education Department from Teresina / Brazil (SEMEC) and according to the requests and / or attributions of school principals from the public school system in its different dimensions, such as administrative, financial and educational. It is also pointed out the need to compare the duties required by SEMEC with the support and formation/training offered, considering as reference the Management Contract, a guiding document for the principal's work, and the Management Course, intended for school leaders. The 28 managers involved in this research make up the core of the Northern Regional School Management SEMEC. The aims defined for this study are to detail the processes of training of school managers to understand the subsidies received to perform their duties, and describe the work of principals, in order to assimilate the demands and challenges they deal with, as well as identify and analyze the perceived gaps between the training offered by SEMEC and the effective managerial work, in administrative, financial and pedagogical dimensions, and to propose an action plan to minimize them. In order to carry out this investigation, qualitative research was used as methodology, and as instruments, we used bibliographic research, document analysis, participant observation and questionnaires. In the analysis, it was investigated the training profile of the managers, as well as the principals’ opinions about the Management Contract and the Management Course. Then, the collected data were analyzed through a theoretical framework, based on contributions from authors such as: Fleury (2001), Freitas (2009), Lück (2000, 2009, 2010), Pacheco et al. (2009), Mintzberg (2010), Machado (2010, 2012, 2019), among others. The research showed highlights, revealing gaps to be worked out. The diagnosis made was fundamental for the elaboration of an Educational Action Plan aimed at expanding the training policy for school managers, implemented in the city.