Historicizando a (des)construção da gestão democrática em São Leopoldo: um olhar sobre o papel do CEPROL-Sindicato, do Executivo Municipal e das direções de escola

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the implemented educational politics in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from1984 to 2004, following the contour of the principle of democratic management at the Public School System. The interwoven work among the Union for Municipal Teachers in São Leopoldo - CEPROL, the Municipal Executive Power and Public School Heading Boards constituted the main problem leading to this research. The text analyzes the election of school principals as a mechanism from democratic management, achieved by the category in 1985 and removed by the Executive Power in 2002. This demonstrates that politics is a process under permanent construction and that its formulation does not hold guaranteed assets. The woven work of the teaching movement favored the establishment of strategies for democratic School Management in the Municipal Network. However, the tactics for the cooptation of school leaders - involved in a wider political framework - by the Management weakened the organizational capacity of