Formação de gestores escolares: um estudo do município de Solânea-PB

Abstract

The initial and continuing education of managers is one of the demands of Brazilian education due to the relevance of these professionals for the functioning of the school and the improvement of the quality of education. To better understand the theme, this work aims to analyze the initial and continuing education of school managers in the municipality of Solânea/PB and how they collaborate with the exercise of their functions. The specific objectives consist of highlighting undergraduate courses, long and short-term courses in the area of school management and identifying the impact of education on the professional practice of the school manager. We justify the relevance of the research due to the fact that initial and continuing education courses linked to school management are offered so that professionals can understand the dynamics of the function and better define action strategies for the school. Education supports professionals in the multiple responsibilities within the school environment. As theoretical foundations, we adopt Luck (2012) and Libâneo (2007). This is a qualitative research in education, which used as methodological procedures for the constitution of the data, the open-type questionnaire and bibliographic research. The constituted data were organized into thematic axes and discussed in two subsections: Initial and continuing education of school managers and Impacts of education on professional practice. In the first, we highlight the profile of the managers: one group is formed by three women and one man, aged between 40 and 63 years, public servants of the municipality of Solânea. In their educational trajectories, they dedicated themselves to long and short-term continuing education courses in the area of school management or other related areas. Three have specialization in the area of management and one in the area of History, and the shortterm courses reported are in the area of school management or in teaching work. In the second subsection, we address how initial and continuing education influence the exercise of functions, since they have significant impacts on professional practice by providing the construction of theoretical-practical knowledge necessary for the profession and for facing challenges. Initial education plays an important role in introducing professionals to the world of school management, however, it and the daily practice in the function are what best favors them.