A gestão democrática escolar nos planos municipais de educação da AMAU: entre o anunciado e o estabelecido

Abstract

The work sought to analyze goal 19 of the Municipal Education Plans (PMEs) of the microregion of the Association of Municipalities of Alto Uruguai – AMAU, more specifically, of Erechim, Aratiba, Ponte Preta, Estação and Sertão, from 2015 to 2025. This study has as its research problem: what are the indications in the documents between the statement on Democratic Management and that established in the municipal reality. The general objective is to analyze the characteristics of Democratic Management perceived in the strategies within the scope of target 19 of SMEs, their monitoring and evaluation reports, verifying the implementation of the Democratic Management Law present in each of them. With regard to the specific objectives, the following are evident: to compose a database of SMEs and related documents; to contextualize the microregion and, mainly, the municipalities investigated; to collect statistical data in official bodies on the quality of education; to research on the reports of SMEs and to locate the Democratic Management Law. The methodological procedure consisted of document analysis from a qualitative perspective. From the main results: 1) on the plans, the relevance of goal 19 and the strategies of the PNE is perceived as guidelines for the planning and evaluation of the education of the municipalities; as characteristics of democratic management identified in the plans, the municipalities present a political and legal commitment to the appreciation of the participation of the school community in decision-making; this includes the elaboration and implementation of educational plans, in addition to the strengthening of school councils and social control systems and, mainly, in the public consultation with the school community in the choice of; 2) About the reports: the MEC has a good structure in the PNE in Motion Portal to monitor the monitoring reports (annual) and evaluation reports (periodic), but it is outdated, having only the reports of the municipalities of the first evaluation cycle of SMEs (2015-2017). From these partial data it is possible to observe advances, in the sense of the strategies to be carried out, such as, for example, the strengthening of the Municipal Councils of Education, and stagnation, such as, for example, the maintenance of the choice of principals of municipal schools by appointment. 3) Of the commitment made on the creation of the Democratic Management Law expressed in the SME strategy 19.1: of the five municipalities investigated, three have the Law approved.