Desafios e possibilidades da gestão educacional nas unidades educacionais de uma Rede Confessional Católica

Abstract

The present study results from research conducted in four Educational Units of SAGRADO – Rede de Educação, with the general objective of analyzing the challenges and opportunities encountered in the educational management of these Units from 2021 to 2023. The specific. The theoretical framework includes the school as a space and place of society; educational management; democratic management; educational management within SAGRADO – Rede de Educação.The methodological approach was based on a qualitative, exploratory method supported by the analysis of bibliographic, documentary, and data sources – the latter being obtained through questionnaires applied to staff members who are part of the educational management teams of the four researched Educational Units. The results are grounded in the Content Analysis technique, as per Moraes (1999), as it better fits the study's objectives and the work's intentionality. The research shows that the Network has effectively developed a significant “school into pastoral” movement, demonstrating its commitment to Catholic identity and the charisma of its sponsor. However, concern is highlighted in this sphere of pastoral care, regarding “being a school in pastoral care. The answers given by the participants point to a certain “reserve” of those who work in this service, although convinced of their functions, it is clear that the Pastoral cannot show its “face” in the dimension presented by the Network. As a result of the research, a set of recommendations was drawn up covering the challenges encountered in SAGRADO – Education Network schools, which aim to strengthen the identity of the Catholic school in the Network and the school in Pastoral. It is hoped that this study can contribute to the advancement of discussions about the Chaolic identity and the challenges pointed out by the managers of educational institutions, especially with regard to a certain contradiction between what the Network describes and maintains as being a pastoral school and the that the research result presented.