Collective pedagogical work class (ATPC) in public school in the state of São Paulo: brief critical considerations

Abstract

The debate about continuing education processes is the subject of educational policies and extensive bibliographic production, revealing not only its importance, but also its problems. In the State of São Paulo, in the context of the continuing education policies of SEE / SP (State Education Secretariat of São Paulo), the Collective Pedagogical Work Activity (ATPC) was created in order to create a space that would allow teachers to discuss pedagogical issues, their daily lives and problems, acquiring the necessary knowledge to overcome these problems. The article presents a brief trajectory of the ATPC regulation processes in the State of São Paulo, analyzes the intentions of continuing education expressed in the legislation and points out its problems. It concludes by reinforcing the need to rethink ATPC as an isolated training policy, since the way in which the teaching career is fragmented, prevents the teacher from exercising his activity in a single school.