THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHOOL COUNCIL AS EXECUTIVE UNIT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DEMOCRATIC 

MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DELMIRO GOUVEIA/AL

Democratic management. Management Management. School Council.

This study has as its research object the School Council as an executing unit in the construction of democratic 

management in the municipal public schools of Delmiro Gouveia - in the state of Alagoas. The general objective

 of the study was to investigate the implications of the School Council's performance as an executing unit in

 the practice of democratic management in public schools in the municipality of Delmiro Gouveia, in the state of 

Alagoas, from 2021 to 2022, and the specific objectives were: ) Know the school management concepts defended 

by public institutions in the municipality; b) Understand the dynamics of the School Council as an executing unit in

 the effectiveness of democratic management in municipal public schools; c) Identify, in the school management 

practices developed by public schools in Delmir, evidence of the School Council's impact as an executing unit. 

The methodology was characterized by its qualitative nature, with an exploratory approach, and the case study,

 as a research technique. The instrument for data collection was through a semi-structured interview, and 

Content Analysis will be used to analyze the collected and researched data. Up to the present moment of the 

research, the results obtained highlight that in the 1980s, with the redemocratization of the country, the 

conception of democratic management in the school comes into force, since it was linked to the new standards

 of society and that it fit the aspects structural and social aspects of education. In the 1990s, with neoliberal 

ideals and the economic crisis in western countries arising from the 1980s, managerial management was

 configured. The last two conceptions are those that are present in school contexts, and this causes

 contradictions in the School Council guidelines, because on the one hand, there are the guidelines of 

democratic school management that seeks, from participation and collectivity, to build a dynamic and 

democratic space; on the other, managerial management, arising from educational policies that value 

efficiency in the execution of functions and organize the functioning of the institution, according to 

the logic of the market.