A Contribuição da Gestão da Mudança para os Desafios da Gestão Escolar: Análise das Escolas Públicas Municipais da Cidade de Pelotas/RS.

Abstract

From the popularization of education, the processes of educational decentralization and the greater speed achieved through new technologies, school activities have changed significantly, now requiring from school institutions a constant need for reinvention and improvement of its competencies. When new challenges and demands are presented to the school, it must not only face these challenges, but also overcome them. In this, it is essential that school managers know the reality and have the ability to make the necessary adjustments and changes in the face of emerging demands. Still, with the pandemic period, the school community, in general, was forced to face and overcome even more challenges. Thus, the main challenges faced by municipal public schools can be related to the areas of school management (pedagogical management, administrative management, financial management, people management and planning) and the elements of change management (people, process and content). Thus, this research is justified by the need to analyze the relevant changes that have recently occurred in school institutions, as well as the role that their managers play in the face of such changes. As a result, the general objective proposed for this study is to know the challenges that the managers of municipal public schools in the city of Pelotas face in relation to organizational change, analyzing how change management inside the schools has been occurring. For this, a qualitative exploratory study was carried out, where managers of municipal public schools in Pelotas were interviewed. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were used, based on a script elaborated from dimensions of school management and change management, identified in the literature. As for the technique used in data analysis, it consisted of content analysis, which was realized with the help of NVivo software. The main challenges faced by municipal public schools in the city of Pelotas in the face of recent changes were identified: 1) Resistance to change by stakeholders; 2) Lack of adequate communication and information; 3) Difficulties in implementing and adopting new practices; 4) Impact on pedagogical practices and school culture; 5) Need for engagement and involvement of interested parties. Two tools were also developed to assist in school management practices in the face of change in the municipality of Pelotas: 1) Guidelines for school management in times of change; 2) Change management proposed model for municipal public schools.