Política salarial docente: valorização do profissional da rede pública municipal de Dourados/MS (2008–2020)

Abstract

This doctoral thesis addresses the theme of teacher valorization based on the elements: education (initial and continuous), salary, career, and working conditions. It investigates the salary and remuneration, elements that constitute teacher valorization. The research is inserted into the research line of Policies and Management of Education, belonging to the Postgraduate Program in Education of the Federal University of Grande Dourados, located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). The general objective is to analyze the policy of teacher valorization in the municipal public education network of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, focusing on salary and remuneration. It is based on qualitative theoretical and methodological approaches and resorts to the combination of the following methodologies: bibliographic research, documentary research, and field research. The research was developed in pursuit of resolving the following question: how is the policy of teacher valorization constituted, through salary and remuneration, in the municipal public network of Dourados/MS? From the presented problem, the thesis holds that remuneration is an essential element of teacher valorization, because, like other professions, it is aimed that remuneration ensures the worker a decent quality of life and satisfactory financial stability for professional fulfillment. The relevance of the research to the field of education and research in educational public policies lies in the need to investigate, analyze, and disseminate research at the regional and local levels, such as this one, which focused on analyzing the municipality of Dourados/MS, with the temporal scope from the year of approval of Law No. 11.738/2008 to the year of entry of this researcher into the Postgraduate Program in Education (2020). It is considered research with a contribution to the area it is intended for, being able to fulfill the social role of providing theoretical subsidies to educational institutions, influencing the necessary decision-making for teacher valorization. Additionally, it can contribute to legitimizing debates, discussions, and concerns for future research.