A gestão escolar participativa e o papel do diretor na busca da transformação: reflexões teóricas e práticas

Abstract

This research addresses the role of school principal in a participatory management, which is beginning to promote the transformation of relations between school and social context, improving the educational process at school. In this sense, research which discusses the basic function to be developed by the director of public schools to ensure a participatory management in public education. Therefore, the research aimed to understand the process of participatory management and its implications for school organization; characterize the profile of the director, identifying their role in participatory management, and situate the school as a public action of all involved, showing the contributions of participatory management in improving the educational process. Therefore, the research methodology was the research literature and daily life of the School for kindergarten and Elementary teaching and learning (fictitious name), located in Fortaleza - CE, as a reference for empirical reflection on the issues discussed in this study. Before this study, we understand how a principal's role in participatory management to promote the integration and commitment of all in decisions, in order to define the common good to be pursued by the institution.