Conselho escolar: gestão democrática e participação da comunidade

Abstract

The objective of this work is to reflect about Democratic Management mediated by actuation from school board of a state school. The school will be better if it is greater the envelopment and the engagement from those that compose the school universe. In this perspective, the school manager is understood as a democratic leader that by collective and united work must excel for that the school executes its social function. About the research problem it intends to investigate if the evidenced school is participatory on verge of to be considered democratic. The used methodology is a study case with a qualitative approach. For collected data, it was used documental analysis (Political Pedagogical, Project, school rules and minutes of meetings from School board) and a questionnaire that was applied to the school manager and school board members by analysis the collected data, it is confirmed that the democratic management in the analyzed school it walks at slow paces, or better, it is far from participatory management presupposed. It was noted yet that the school board has functional and conceptual difficulties to establish itself as a participatory body.