A gestão do câmpus São Vicente do Sul do Instituto Federal Farroupilha,RS, frente às demandas e peculiaridades locais

Abstract

The current study is characterised by a qualitative investigation on educational management, departing from a historical approach of vocational education in the country up until the current configuration of the federal institutes of education. The general objective was to learn about the management of the Farroupilha Federal Institute’s São Vicente do Sul campus so as to verify its effective conditions in attending to local peculiarities, regarding demands. The consolidation of a democratic and participatory space will always be a challenging activity for the manager so that the community debates and proposes actions which might contribute for attending to local and regional needs. We have performed the approach of the theoretical benchmark and we have also interviewed a significant number of key-managers who knew the transition process which defined the current setting of the campus. From the work done, it has been verified that the management is indeed participatory and that there are conditions for attending to the local productive settings. Nonetheless, it is necessary there to be an improvement in the interaction process of students, teaching, and community. We have approached questions regarding the rescue of the co-op school model, the creation of business incubators and junior companies. The strengthening of performance in some specific area has been pointed as another alternative for the strengthening of the institutional identity. So as to support the advisory and deliberative instances, the enabling of technical chamber by area has been recommended. As for the institution’s top organ, the review of its composition has been recommended so as to provide equity and force balance, which would legitimise the process of discussion and construction of solutions in a way which represents the community.