Power, Authority, and Participation Process of the School Government at Educational Institution Fundadores Ramón Bueno and José Triana of the Municipality of Girardot Cundinamarca

Abstract

This article refers to a research carried out at the Fundadores Ramón Bueno and José Triana Educational Institution of the municipality of Girardot Cundinamarca. The main focus is on participation in school administration and leadership, as currently contemplated and regulated in Colombia by the Political Constitution of 1991, and the General Education Law and its regulatory decrees. For the purpose of this research study, decision-making was assumed as a mechanism of participation of each Institution, through the establishment of the school Government as the highest decision-making body. This research, which is a case study, was aimed at describing and analyzing, first, the establishment and operation of the School Government, second, the contribution processes of the educational community, third, the power assumed by the different school actors and the style of authority adopted by the teaching directors, and finally its contribution to strengthening institutional participation. The information was collected through surveys and semi-structured interviews; all of them statistically analyzed and contrasted with the theoretical references cited throughout the research work. It was also reviewed in the light of the micro-political perspective of school and the current regulations proposed from the National, Regional, Local and Institutional levels. It finally provided conclusive results that answered the questions and validated the research objectives.