Perfil dos gestores das escolas municipais paraibanas

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the profile of managers of municipal schools in Paraíba based on literature, Brazilian legal bases, academic research, and data from the School Census from 2019 to 2024. This study is characterized as a quantitative research approach, based on the analysis of numerical data related to the aspects considered as contributions for the implementation of democratic management in the school environment. To collect the data, the study used information provided by the School Census conducted by the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), such as data regarding the number of municipal schools in Paraíba, the number of enrollments, teachers, their training, initial and ongoing training for managers, forms of employment and contractual relationships of managers, and data regarding the existence of school councils and the training of councilors. This information contributed to building an understanding of the profile of the managers and how other aspects contribute to the implementation of GD in the educational context. Legislation, academic work, and literature review also contributed to the understanding, contextualization, and analysis of the data in order to reach the final conclusions. Therefore, generally speaking, it is noticed that the profile of the managers of municipal schools in Paraíba is characterized by a few having ongoing training, demonstrating a very slow advancement in professional qualification. Most of them were appointed by politicians to assume the position without consulting the school community, which includes other professionals, parents, and even students, being linked through temporary contracts, causing instability and a lack of autonomy in their role, aspects that were considered opponents to the pursuit of GD in the school.