Avaliação do desempenho de professores na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This dissertation was developed within the scope of the Professional Master's degree in Management and Evaluation of Public Education (PPGP) of the Public Policies Center and Education Evaluation of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd/UFJF). The management case deals with the performance evaluation of professors in the Higher Education Career at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The approval of the performance evaluation subsidizes the processes of functional progression/promotion and consequent career development, as one of the legal requirements. However, performance evaluations related to the promotion processes for Associate Professor and Full Professor are not the object of this study, since they have corresponding rules, procedures and criteria. In the current system, determined by UFJF regulations, each department is responsible for evaluating the performance of its professors, based on its criteria. Given that, and to highlight the object of the research, a preliminary exploratory survey was carried out in the 79 departments, distributed between the Juiz de Fora and Governador Valadares campuses. This investigation confirmed that the lack of a unified performance evaluation process could lead to weaknesses in the treatment equity system. In this context, the research started from the following question: how should the performance evaluation of the professors of the Higher Education Career be structured, for progression and functional promotion? Thus, the study aims to analyze how performance evaluation occurs and to propose actions aimed at restructuring the process from the possible difficulties/problems found. The research was conducted through a qualitative approach of a case study, exploratory, and applied. From the point of view of technical procedures, documentary, bibliographic, and field research were used. The documentary research dealt with the legislative scenario that circumscribes performance evaluation, from the general guidelines established by the Federal Government to the UFJF regulations. The bibliographic research presented an overview of the main aspects of People Management and Performance Evaluation. The field research had as an instrument the semi-structured interview conducted with eight department heads from different areas of knowledge. The data were treated from the technique of categorical content analysis. The results show that the difficulties/problems found are due to the lack of objective and minimum criteria. Therefore, UFJF must establish a technically developed evaluation system, specifying the criteria that should be unified for all departments, leaving, however, a margin of discretion for the establishment of supplementary criteria by departments, according to their characteristics. Based on the results, an Educational Action Plan was prepared to contain proposals to improve the performance evaluation process. The actions, divided into four axes and presented in the form of the 5W2H methodology, focus on aspects related to the design of the construction process of a new evaluation model.