Diretor(a) escolar da rede municipal de Londrina: uma abordagem da sociologia das profissões

Abstract

One of the biggest difficulties faced by school directors is the excess of work in school institutions, since school management adds different dimensions inherent to work. Among which are listed the pedagogical, administrative and financial dimensions. In this sense, the research was developed from the following research problem: how do school principals in the Municipality of Londrina organize themselves to define and guarantee their professional performance? How does the demarcation of the professional activity of the school principal take place in the Municipality of Londrina? What credentials are required to be a school principal in the Municipality of Londrina? When considering this scenario, a qualitative field research was proposed, with the objective of understanding how the demarcation and professional organization of school principals in the Municipality of Londrina occurs. The discussion, supported by the Sociology of professions, is based on the theoretical assumptions of authors such as Freidson (1998), Coelho (1999) and Diniz (2001). An analysis of the legislation and authors that address the subject of school management was carried out. The empirical field research was developed from the application of a questionnaire, which had the participation of approximately 15% of the directors of the basic municipal network of Education in Londrina. As a result, the data point to a lack of common knowledge characteristic of the activity; broad academic accreditation; great bureaucratization and lack of specific criteria regarding the director's work. Based on these observations, the infographic was created as an educational product, as required by the Graduate Program in Teaching Human, Social and Natural Sciences (PPGEN), at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Londrina campus.