Estudo do Programa Autonomia em três escolas de Nova Iguaçu/RJ: possibilidades de diminuir a distorção idade-série

Abstract

The results from IDEB published in 2010 indicated that the Secondary School in the state of Rio de Janeiro had the worst school flow in the country. Since then, a number of measures were taken, from replacing management positions at the Education Secretariat, to the implementation of a new education, management, budget and finance, and communication and transparency policy. To solve the high rate of student age/grade distortion in the network, SEEDUC implemented the Autonomy Program in partnership with the Roberto Marinho Foundation. Structured in modules, with didactic resources of their own and based on single teacher and on tele-classroom methodology, the program was deemed suitable to ensure student learning and to address the flow issues in the network. The objective of this research is to propose improvements in the implementation and analysis of the Autonomy Program in state schools of Rio de Janeiro, based on the analysis of the process of implementation of such program in three schools of the network. In order to achieve this goal the research utilized the theoretical contributions on school administration and management policy implemented in the state educational system, called Integrated School Management (GIDE, in Portuguese). The empirical research was conducted in three schools located in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu and employed the qualitative method, as a case study, applying data gathering tools, such as documental and bibliographic review; interviews with managers of the surveyed schools and indirect observations to the implementation of the program. The data shows that in schools where the manager is more integrated into state policies, the results tend to be better. Thus, managers who have such commitment have greater understanding of the proposed methodology and create favorable conditions for the successful development of the program. In view of the good practices developed in two of the schools surveyed, in which managers have the profile mentioned above, the final stage of the dissertation is the indication of an action plan to be implemented in all schools contemplated by the Autonomy Program for having high rates of students in age/grade distortion.