THE CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL MANAGERS: between legislative requirements and everyday life demands

Abstract

RIBEIRO, Amélia Escotto do Amaral  and  ARAUJO, Marli Stuart. THE CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL MANAGERS: between legislative requirements and everyday life demands. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2023, vol.13, e023079. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/re.v13i1.2491.

The dynamics of political, social, cultural, and technological transformations impact, in different ways, on life in society and, particularly, on the ways in which societies and subjects relate to school and school knowledge. The latter constantly invites us to rethink the principles and practices of organizing and managing people and processes. In the Brazilian context, with the legislative determination of democratic management, to define these principles and practices means to consider multiple factors. Thus, although we recognize the multi-referentiality of this scenario and the manager's essential role in articulating the structuring dimensions of managerial action, everyday challenges in public schools directly interfere with this process. (KRAWCZYK, 1999; WITTMANN, 2000; GRACINDO, 2009; LUCK, 2011; PARO, 1997; BERNARDO; BORDE; CERQUEIRA, 2018; LIMA, 2018; MATOS, 2022; DUVERNOY; BARROS, 2022)). This article discusses the challenges faced by public school managers from the perspective of democratic management. The partial results of qualitative research (LÜDKE; ANDRÉ, 1986) are presented, in which data was produced from the reports of managers who work in schools located in the area covered by the 5ª Coordenadoria Regional de Educação - SME/RJ (5th Regional Education Coordination). The data confirms what has already been pointed out regarding the indication of external factors, especially those related to family participation, context configurations and the preponderance of actions related to the administrative dimension as the main challenges. They also point to the need for greater clarity about what democracy and participation mean and, above all, about the training of managers and the precise definition of their roles and functions in public schools.

Keywords : School management; Challenges; Managers; Public schools; Democratic management.

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