Contributions of spirituality for school managers

Abstract

This work aims, in general, to identify how spirituality can directly contribute to school management. The concept of spirituality was understood through literature (Murad, 2007; Balbinot, 2010, 2015; Barbosa, 2018) and personal experiences, seeking to understand how spirituality directly contributes to the productivity of a school manager. For this, it was investigated how the work with spirituality can act, directly, in the actions within the school management. The process of predilection to the researched theme took place through the acquired and felt experiences, in the attentive and uneasy look lived in the educational environment. For this reason, concepts of spirituality were analyzed, as well as the pillars of school management (Fernandes, 2018) as guides to understand how spirituality contributes to the productivity of a school manager, in a bibliographic research. Spirituality and school management were also addressed in this work, understanding that the school environment can bring together different perspectives, leading to reflection on how spirituality is present in school management. The present research showed that different opinions and visions, as well as spirituality contribute to a harmonious environment, horizontal exchanges and transformation from the individual to the collective. Through the research, it was also understood that school management and spirituality are interconnected, enabling management in a more humane way.