Gestão democrática e o papel do gestor na escola pública: reflexões a partir de uma história de vida

Abstract

This monographic work aims to analyze the role of the manager towards education, from the perspective of democratic management, in order to add reflections to enrich my professional work in the Municipal Secretariat of Education, Sports, Leisure and Youth in Veranópolis / RS, as Special Education Adviser. From this perspective, the role of school administrators, their conceptions and practices, is of paramount importance in today's democratic educational context. My experiences are at the heart of this work that has as a methodological basis the life story. The theoretical framework was constructed from the following authors: Oliveira (2007), Nóvoa (1992), Moor (2013), Dewey (1960), Paro (2007), Lück (1996), Wittmann (2004), Drabach and Mousquer 2009). Therefore, the focus is on highlighting the idea that democratic management is already a social and political reality in which the manager must be able to receive suggestions from other members of the school and the community through dialogue, reflection and criticism , in order to make decisions collectively and in favor of the group.