Processo de provimento ao cargo de diretores escolares: interseção da rede estadual de ensino de Mato Grosso do Sul com a rede municipal de ensino de Dourados/MS

Abstract

This research - inserted in the Line of Political Research and Management of Education of the Graduate Program in Education at Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD) - aims to analyze the process of filling the position of school principal (“PPCDE”) in the standardization of the State Educational System (Rede Estadual de Ensino- “REE”) of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) and the Municipal Educational System (Rede Municipal de Ensino- “Reme”) of Dourados. We also investigate the conception of educational management that both systems present. In order to do that, our specific goals are: to apprehend the concept of democratic management and managerial management in the educational literature; to present the process of filling the position of school principals as a management mechanism in the educational literature; to analyze the “PPCDE” in the “REE” of Mato Grosso do Sul and in the Dourados “Reme” in the educational legislation; what it expresses in terms of relations between them in the period from 2015 to 2020; and finally what conception of educational management they present. The research has a qualitative approach and it uses bibliographic survey and document research. As a bibliographic corpus, the study uses books, chapters of books and articles concerning democratic management, managerial management and “PPCDE”. As a document corpus, we used not only the national educational legislation, but also the State of Mato Grosso do Sul and Dourados / MS legislation regarding both educational management and the “PPCDE”. We concluded that in most educational institutions of both the “REE of MS” and the Dourados “Reme”, the “PPCDE” happens in a mixed modality, but there are school principals who are appointed by the powers of the State. As for the conception of management that the educational system standardization presents, we found out that despite announcing the democratic concept of management, it has characteristics of managerial management, such as: competitiveness, results control, technical criteria of merit and performance. This process is previously thought by the governments, excluding the participation of the school community in the discussion, in the decision-making process and in its elaboration (although the unions and some councilors claim such participation). The community participation happens in the election phase, which constitutes a secondary stage, considering that the candidate can be eliminated before reaching the election, therefore the school principal can be defined without having participated in that election.