O processo de seleção e as ações de formação de gestores escolares da Rede Municipal de Educação de Belo Horizonte frente aos desafios da gestão compartilhada

Abstract

This dissertation aims at verifying the need to support and train the candidates for school managers at Belo Horizonte’s Municipal Education Network (RME/BH) in elaborating and implementing a strategic work plan. In the 2011 elections, at which the school managers for the 2012/2014 office were elected, the candidates had to present that plan. Such demand stemmed from the policy known as BH Goals and Results, implemented in Belo Horizonte in 2009. The choice for this subject is based on the challenge of managing schools from a shared management perspective at a public education network. In order to achieve the aim proposed herein, the chosen methodology was case study, at which the following technics were applied: simple observation, documental analyses, bibliographic research and the application of a query with 29 school managers from the Northeast Regional Education Management (Gered-ne), which composed the sampling in this paper. The found results depicted that, even for candidates who had a previous experience on management, elaborating the strategic work plan was a challenging and complex task. The results showed that, for those managers, the greatest challenge in elaborating the strategic work plan was to do so in consonance with Belo Horizonte’s Municipal Education Secretary (SMED/BH) and the school’s strategic maps. They acknowledge that there is a need for technical knowledge in elaborating the strategic work plan. It is remarkable that for such activity the managers counted on the management team, with the teachers and, in some case, with their previous experience. Finally, the results showed that the responsibilities outlined in the legislation which regulates the electoral process do not depict the reality of RME/BH’s school manager.