Gestão escolar para uma escola inclusiva: conquistas e desafios

Abstract

This research was carried out to identify actions developed by school management aiming at organizing an inclusive school, in a public school within Presidente Prudente Education Superintendency. The methodology proposed for it comprises the qualitative approach and the research subjects are professionals working in the school divided into the following categories: principal, assistant principal, grade/junior high school pedagogical coordinator and senior high school pedagogical coordinator. To collect the data, individual interviews were held, with previously organized scripts and documental analysis; work plans developed by the pedagogical coordinators; team pedagogical meetings (HTPC) minutes and pedagogical proposal of the school at issue dealing with its daily life and the people involved in it. The collected data were organized and analyzed by means of content analysis, which allowed a definition of the analysis categories. This research showed that the understanding of the concept, the principles which guide the proposal for inclusive education in the school at issue have not been well defined yet by the official managers. In spite of prevailing an understanding of the shared management, the interviewed people did not show the need of that management in the construction of an inclusive school. However, this research suggested that in that school actions for achieving an inclusive education are precise, isolated, and are not, organized, planned or based on the general guidelines of the school.