LIDERANÇA PEDAGÓGICA E COMPLEXIDADE DA GESTÃO ESCOLAR: UM ESTUDO EM ESCOLAS DE SÃO PAULO, BRASIL

Alex Moreira Roberto; José Weinstein

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.7353

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Alex Moreira Roberto Diego Portales University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4282-5441
José Weinstein Diego Portales University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.7353

Keywords:

Pedagogical Leadership, Teacher Professional Development, School Management, School Principal, Pedagogical Coordinator

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the pedagogical leadership practices of principals and pedagogical coordinators who support teacher professional development in schools with high academic performance, in an intermediate socioeconomic context and with different levels of complexity in school management. A multiple case study was conducted in three public schools in São Paulo. Data collection included semi-structured in-depth interviews, focus groups, non-participant observation, shadowing, and documentation gathering. As a result, we found seven central pedagogical leadership practices directly or indirectly related to teacher professional development. The complexity in school management is focused on the implementation of such practices, that cross 14 mapped factors, distributed in five axes: student, teacher, pedagogical coordination, school organization, and educational policy. It is recommended that more complex schools have larger and more competent management teams. The study contributes to the formulation of local educational policies, highlighting the importance of leadership in school improvement and suggesting the need for additional research on management strategies.

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Author Biographies

Alex Moreira Roberto, Diego Portales University

Researcher at Universidad Diego Portales. He works in partnership with Education Departments in Brazil, was a Researcher at the Group for Studies and Research in Educational Evaluation at the University of São Paulo, and has published articles about the Implementation of Educational Public Policies, Educational Evaluation, and Educational Leadership, among other topics.

José Weinstein, Diego Portales University

Sociologist from the University of Chile and PhD in Sociology from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). Full Professor at the Diego Portales University. He served as Undersecretary of Education and Minister of Culture in the Government of President Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006). He has worked as a consultant in international institutions such as OECD, UNESCO, ECLAC and others. Between 2012 and 2015 he was a member of the National Education Council. He has more than 60 publications in books and magazines on the topics of education, youth, culture and poverty. Currently he works on issues of educational leadership, school improvement and teacher policies.