Diretor de turma

: o elo multitasking na comunidade educativa

Abstract

In today’s school, the form teacher assumes, more and more, a multiple role of
connection between the various educational players. If the curriculum management is the responsibility of the teacher, the student learning management is almost exclusively the responsibility of the form teacher, to the point where he is responsible for the failure of his students.
Although the technical and bureaucratic work is often the most obvious and the one that, in the eyes of schoolmate, is more evident the lack of preparation for the position, it is expected that the form teacher will assume a deciding role in the conflict mediation within the Educational community (teacher < ̶ > student < ̶ > student < ̶ > school < ̶ > family), coordinate the activities of class council teachers, coordinating horizontal interdisciplinarity (intermediate management position) and be also the promoter of Educational policy of the grouping.
The teacher profile, who holds the position of form teacher, conditions his
performance, being repeatedly presented as an argument for his assignment, but is more often than not seen as an increase in work and responsibilities that many would dispense.
The choice of teachers does not always underlie the basics of meritocracy, since the management of the human resources of schools obeys the multiple factors to be taken into account.
This reflective report considers my professional experience as a form teacher and
also has as a base, the coordination of the form teachers, with a seat in the pedagogical council, which gives me a close view of other actors in performing this role.
In a first part, theoretically grounded, will be reviewed the role and profile of the
form teacher, in a diachronic perspective and its current institutional framework. In the second part, the experience acquired during the last four years of the position will be presented, with emphasis on procedures that are positively reflected in teaching and learning.

Date of Award	5 May 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Carlos Estevão (Supervisor)