Possibilidades de uso do sistema integrado de gestão educacional do Amazonas na gestão das escolas

Abstract

The Secretary of Education and Teaching Quality of the State of Amazonas (SEDUC / AM) started in 2005 the development and implementation of its Amazon Educational Management System (SIGEAM). The implementation in all schools of the state was completed in 2010. The development of the system is continuous, as there are always updates, modifications and new implementations to be made. This system offers several features to the various layers of SEDUC / AM management. Among these features gain special highlights the possibility of generating a bimonthly statistics of student performance, based on assessments made by teachers and inserted on it. This possibility enhances the pedagogical and administrative interventions, amplifying the adoption of corrective actions during the school year and may be of great help for SEDUC / AM managers, in particular the school managers. This study aimed to investigate the factors that limit the use of SIGEAM, by school managers in order to promote educational and administrative interventions, considering that SEDUC / AM doesn’t have such information. To accomplish this goal, it starts featuring the state schools in Amazon. Then the following approach is about the SIGEAM, the process of creation, features, possibilities and management spheres. After, it is important to discuss about theory, mainly, from the contributions of Balbe (2010), Almeida and Rubim (2004), João Oliveira (2009), Kenski (2012), Paes de Paula (2005), Porto (2006) Vieira, Almeida and Alonso (2007) and Virgílio Oliveira (2013), about the possibilities arising from the use of computerized management systems, focusing on school management. Then the research instruments were applied (interviews with semi-structured scripts and questionnaires). The Data analysis indicated the need for corrections and improvements, especially on the Internet, the training of users, the technical support for users, technical support for equipment, access profile, the staff, as well as the implementation of new features. It ends up with the proposal of an Educational Action Plan (PAE), which focuses on critical issues, in order to help SEDUC / AM to implement corrective and / or remedial measures that enhance the use of SIGEAM as an effective support system to assist the school managers’ decision.