“Traçando planos para contra-atacar”: os desafios dos agentes escolares no enfrentamento à evasão escolar nas escolas municipais de Fortaleza.

Abstract

The research presented here has as object of study the school agents of the municipality of Fortaleza - Ceará and as an analysis unit the project to combat school dropout developed by the Municipal Department of Education of Fortaleza. Its general objective is to analyze the implication of the insertion of these agents in the school environment of the teaching units of the municipal network of Fortaleza, especially those located in the Conjunto Ceará neighborhood. To this end, it sought to understand the dynamics of practical learning for the performance of their functions, the techniques and strategies of interaction with the community of students and their families, as well as to analyze how school agents perceive their role of social mediation and the results they have achieved with their work from August 2021 to December 2022. This is qualitative exploratory research. As methodological procedures, interviews were conducted with school agents. The research highlights positive and negative aspects faced by school agents and concludes that, despite the difficulties, the program has fulfilled the role of controlling school infrequency and, consequently, avoiding the phenomenon of school dropout. It also emphasizes the importance of the work of school agents in the construction of relationships with the students' families.