Conselho escolar: a gestão democrática em questão

Abstract

This study aimed to reflect on the policies of the Brazilian Education, a resumption of the major legal events that contributed to the current situation, emphasizing the principles of the Democratic Management, where elements such as participation and community overrides the authoritarian culture and individualism. In this context, the study was to analyze the performance of the School Board of the Municipal Elementary School São José, in Boa Vista do Buricá, State of Rio Grande do Sul, from the perspective of Democratic Management, from the Board Members themselves about your role in this council. For this, we chose to conduct methodologically qualitative case study (GIL, 2002, p 55). As data collection instrument were applied questionnaires with opened and closed questions, to nine Directors; also analyzed the School Board Meetings Minutes, to support the analysis, and the PPP institution. After these data were analyzed in the light of theoretical frameworks, the main ones being: Paro (1998); Werle (2003); Bordignon (2009); as well as extensive search in legal texts, such as: CF / 88 LDB / 96 PNE / 2014. From this study, we note that the Democratic Management is an ideal to be achieved in order to improve the quality of education, which passes mandatorily by serious public policy and committed to the population; also that the Municipal Elementary School São Jose staff and School Council policy, are committed in the pursuit of a more democratic management, thus contributing to building a better society.