A gestão estratégica frente ao absenteísmo docente: a realidade de duas escolas de Janaúba (MG)

Abstract

This dissertation aimed to analyze the strategic actions of school administrators against teachers absenteeism in two schools that meet the final years of basic school and high school in the city of Janaúba (MG). Stands out at the end of the work, the development of an Educational Intervention Plan that comprehend the production of guidelines for school administrators and suggestions for the state government of education of Minas Gerais, with a focus on improvement the performance of school administrators and thus reducing absenteeism of teachers, with practice of new actions leading theme. The teacher absenteeism became an object of study relevant because it consists of a frequent problem in schools, impairing the performance of students by the disruption in the teaching and learning process, and organization of the school day in basic education. The paucity of literature on the subject made even more relevant research, as the subjects involving the process of teaching and learning should be discussed and understood by actors in the process. The theoretical framework used for the study were Santos (2006), Gesqui (2008), Zanardi (2008; 2009), and Tavares et al. (2010) and the laws of the education system. The methodology uses was qualitative, using documentary research for acquire information of official datum and conducting semi-structured interviews with teachers with more and less number of absences, with administractors (directors and deputy directors) and the Regional Superintendent of Education. The period of documentary research concentrated between the years 2010-2012, with interviews conducted in 2013. The research showed that the strategies adopted by administrators school in both schools, although different, can harms the process of teaching and learning, which led us to the formulation of an Educational Intervention Plan, consisting of preventive measures in relation to teachers absenteeism.