GESTÃO ESCOLAR EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA: impactos e desafios das escolas privadas de Varginha-MG

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the impacts and challenges of school management in private schools in the municipality of Varginha-MG aggravated by the times of pandemic, considering the dimensions of pedagogical, administrative, culture and school climate, people, results, proposals by Luck (2009). Of a qualitative nature, this study has six school managers as a population, among the thirty private schools located in the municipality of Varginha-MG. The criterion for participation in the research was adherence to the invitation. The questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used as instruments for data collection, carried out online, given the protocols for social distancing, necessary as a result of the Covid19 pandemic. Questionnaire data were treated statistically. The data from the interviews, which were recorded, transcribed and processed by the IRaMuTeQ software, were analyzed considering the Content Analysis. The results showed that the main difficulties and facilities of the action of managers in schools, both in the general context and in the one experienced during the pandemic, are related to the dimensions of Pedagogical and People Management, however, People Management was the most impacted. in this period. For managers, there are two main axes to be considered in the context of the pandemic: (i) school management as a whole and the changes incorporated in pedagogical and people management due to the incorporation of digital technologies; and (ii) the importance of strengthening the school culture and climate, in order to overcome the fear and uncertainties triggered by the pandemic.