Avaliando o conselho escolar nas escolas de ensino médio no município de Natal/RN

Abstract

The research comes to assessing the contribution of School Council for the learning of students from state secondary schools of the city of Natal. The research is based on the Democratic Theory in representative and participatory aspects and empirical knowledge of the councils as an instrument of participation. The approach is qualitative and evaluative with data collection made by documentary research of the minutes of council meetings, semi-structured interviews and focus group meetings. Data analysis identified imbalance in the representation of stakeholders and lack of participation of the full School Council in the management of schools. There are management difficulties to update the political-pedagogical project, management of staff and building maintenance. The conclusion points to the need to redesign the School Council, to encourage participation and social control of public schools, and boosting the training of counselors and school leaders for the mission to provide education for democracy.