O papel do diretor na gestão escolar democrática

Abstract

The present research deals with the importance of the director / manager in the democratic school management, mediating the work of his group in order to develop the learning of the students inserted in the school space. The objective of the research was to understand the role of directors / managers in the context of democratic management. The objective of the research was to understand the role of directors / managers in the context of democratic management. The methodology adopted with a qualitative and bibliographic approach. In order to base the research, several authors contributed to the discussion and promoted the proposed discussion, among them Libaneo, Oliveira and Toschi (2012), who talk about the role of the manager, Libaneo (2001), Luck (2000, 2008, 2009) and Saviani (1980) which are about school / democracy, referencing and being essential for research. During the research, it was deepened that the director acts as leader in the school context, mediating the participation of all in the decision making, in the organization and functioning of the school, including physical, socio-political, relational, material, financial and pedagogical aspects. Therefore, it is necessary that the director mediates actions of discomforts, mobilizing the work group to be instigators of actions to the search of new horizons and contributors of significant way in the social transformation of the individual inserted in the school institution.