Núcleo de Alfabetização: incursões em uma política de rede na Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São Luís - MA

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master's Degree in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policies and Evaluation of Education at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). We researched, through the case study, the main actions developed by the Literacy Center (NALF) of the municipal network of São Luís, MA. To do so, we set out as a general objective: to critically understand the actions developed by the NALF with a view to proposing actions that improve this sector. The specific objectives defined for this study were: (a) to describe the literacy policy and the history of the creation of the NALF of the São Luís Municipal Network; (b) critically understand the limits and possibilities in the actions developed; and (c) propose to the central management of the secretariat actions that strengthen the literacy policy through the improvement of the NALF. The theoretical reflections were around the themes: literacy and literacy and public policies on literacy. We anchored our research on the following authors: Soares (2003, 2006, 2009); Silva (2018); Frade A. (2019); Street (2007); Kleiman (2005); Cagliari (2005); Rojo (2009, 2010); Mortatti (2019); Gontijo (2019), Gatti (2003, 2008) and other interlocutors. The research methodology adopted was qualitative, through the use of individual semi-structured interviews, with representations of the school team: manager, Pedagogical Support Teacher and teacher of the early years of the literacy cycle, and the technical team of the Municipal Department of Education of São Luís (core directors and Pedagogical Monitoring Techniques). According to the findings, the creation of the Literacy Nucleus was a sensitive initiative of the central management, understanding that literacy is a priority for the students' academic success in subsequent years, providing their pedagogical action in the network, punctually, through various established actions. Data analysis subsidized, based on the actions developed, the elaboration of the Educational Action Plan in three axes of analysis, in which we propose actions that seek to minimize the problems encountered in the management of the NALF. The actions focused on the NALF in the following aspects: (1) expansion of the team; (2) organization of a permanent agenda for the alignment of follow-up actions in schools; (3) articulation with the Pedagogical Monitoring Technician; and continuing education.