Conselho escolar como mecanismo de fortalecimento da gestão democrática

Abstract

This monograph addresses the democratic management in schools. Based on the modern theoretical literature focuses on the subject, turning to the special action of the School Board. Initially, we present a context of Brazilian education, since the sixteenth century with the arrival of the Jesuit Fathers in 1549, until the process of organizing the participation of Brazilian education popular throughout the twentieth century and more specifically the decades from 1970 to 1990, aimed at democratization of public education in the perspective of school sector, mainly supported by standards of democratic and participatory management. From there, it is focused directly democratic management, emphasizing elements inserted in the process of democratization of the school through the construction of new spaces for teaching. Then brings considerations about the main functions and role of the School Board, seeking to contextualize it in the sphere of democratic management. To do so, are characterized roles and responsibilities of this Council. Work ends with the conclusion that democratic management is a reality that needs to actually be part of everyday life in schools, proving to be a step in the evolution of the relations of education, whereby the School Board to strengthen the effective participation of the shares in accordance with the guidelines of participatory democratic models.