Práticas de gestão escolar e seus reflexos no desempenho de uma escola pública: o caso da Escola Estadual José Américo Barbosa

Abstract

The present dissertation analyses the school administration practices of the State School José Américo Barbosa, localized in the city of Mato Verde and their reflections in the light of strand of participatory school management and strategic. The analyses were results of interviews with the management team of the school and of the questionnaires with the other school professionals, students and parents or guardians representatives of the school community, also by participant observation and document analysis, having as methodology the qualitative research. The informations obted were confrontation with authors selections of confection the teoric reference. It was aimed to analyze how management actions influence the performance of the school. The State School José Américo was chosen because it has been able to transform their actions into positive results highlighting itself in performance of students in results of external evaluations of the final years of primary education in the current administration and in the awards of the regional management Prize of Minas Gerais.