The work of the pedagogical coordinator in a Municipal Center for Early Childhood Education in the context of public policies of the Municipal Education Network of Salvador
Pedagogical Coordination. Child education. Public policy. Side dish
The research has as its central theme the work of the pedagogical coordinator in monitoring the practice with the teacher, considering the context of public policies of the Municipal Education Network of Salvador. Therefore, it was defined as a general objective to understand the work developed by the pedagogical coordinator with the teacher in the daily life of a public institution of Early Childhood Education in the Municipal Education Network of Salvador, considering the municipal public policies for this stage of Basic Education. A case study was carried out in a Municipal Center for Early Childhood Education, using the qualitative research approach, through analysis of municipal documents, observation of the routine of pedagogical coordinators in the daily life of CMEI and listening to their narratives, through moments entitled by Circle Dialogues. From the audio recording resources, photographic record and record book, the research data were collected and analyzed, using the content analysis technique. The analyzes and reflections pointed out in this dissertation permeated the analytical framework of the policy cycle approach. The chosen methodological theoretical path runs through the references on Early Childhood Education and the field of public policies, at the national and municipal levels, as well as the historical path of the pedagogical coordinator and the perspectives of his performance in the education networks. The results of the investigation point to the manifestation of public policies in the work of the pedagogical coordinator, which has had little influence on the work of this professional at the Municipal Center for Early Childhood of the research. The findings indicate that the strategies adopted by the pedagogical coordinators to develop their work, in monitoring with the teachers, are contained in what the official documents establish, but are distanced from them by the ways in which they are instituted in daily practices. It was concluded that the work of the pedagogical coordinator in Early Childhood Education is of great significance and complexity in the Municipal Education Network of Salvador and it became evident that the municipality's policy is not managing to promote a more effective work of pedagogical coordination in what refers to the Municipal Child Education Center in question.