O uso adequado do tempo como categoria de avaliação da gestão escolar

Abstract

This study will investigate the use of manager's time, identifying the demands of different management functions (financial, administrative and educational) in the school manager every day. Proper use of time in school management is extremely important in the effectiveness of the strategies developed by the manager in charge of teaching and students' learning process. A school management that aims to provide quality education to the population must sustain support activities, administrative and financial functions, in order to stimulate and support the core activities linked directly to the pedagogical management. From this unrest came the desire to investigate the appropriate use of time as a category of evaluation of school management, analyze the time planning practice adopted by school managers, while identifying possible procedures to be developed in order to contribute to the management and consequently improving teaching and learning process of students in school units. This survey has covered twenty managers of municipal schools in the Northern Regional Education Management. The methodological strategy was based on questionnaire/diary with the group of managers specifically cited. The analysis of data obtained by the research instruments shows that, despite recognizing other relevant factors in achieving positive results in the educational performance of institutions, it is observed that the educational planning and the time devoted to educational management influence the quality of management and consequently the results of academic performance of students. Another conclusion was to the absence of more effective planning by the Department of Education regarding external meetings in which managers are invited to participate. This fact contributes to the loss of part of this effectiveness in school management.