Política de monitoramento e gestão por resultado: estudo de caso de uma escola de Pernambuco

Abstract

The present dissertation, which culminates in an Educational Action Plan (PAE - Plano de Ação Educacional, in Portuguese), refers to a case study related to the implementation of the results-based monitoring and management policy in a rural state school of Pernambuco. This unit has emerged ahead of the other units of the same regional district by presenting different outcomes in several external evaluations. In front of these expressive results, there was a study on how the implementation of such policies may impact on improving education, in order to understand how characteristics of the school environment may influence public policy and the teaching in schools. The context of results-based management-related policies in Brazil was debated, analyzing the State educational monitoring policy and its implementation in several spheres: Department of education, Regional Management and the School. From the interviews with managers and technicians of the Regional Management and the school, it was possible to identify their perceptions regarding the policy in the many different contexts. The theoretical foundation included the studies of Nigel Brooke (2006; 2012), in regards to accountability policies, and was based in the works of Héloïse Luck (2001; 2009; 2010; 2011), for the analysis of the management context, of the environment and school prestige and the understanding of the school dynamics, as well as literature about organizational and cultural characteristics of the school, from studies and reflections of António Nóvoa (1999; 2011). The results showed that the systematic and effective learning evaluation and monitoring conducted by the school, GRE and Central Administration of the Department contributed to a gradual and consistent improvement in school performance. Thus, it was decided it was convenient to know and highlight the set of processes that culminate in such effective results. Therefore, in this study, not only the difficulties were identified, but also the exemplary procedures in the implementation of the monitoring policy, in addition to highlight local characteristics inherent to the "re-creation" of the initial proposal, which turned this case the object of study. The research demonstrated that the school success involves effective management, teacher‟s qualification and the best practices regarding the monitoring of success indicators, which are directly linked to the teaching-learning process. Thus, the present PAE aims to implement the best practices in the schools of the Sertão do Alto Pajeú‟s Regional Management, in regards to the learning monitoring identified at the school being researched, in order to improve their performance results.