This work, developed in the Juiz de Fora’ Federal University Program of PostGraduation in Evaluation and Management of Public Education, aims to analyse how school managers use the strategic management tool provided by Ministry of Education (MEC), through the School Development Plan (PDE Escola). This study case analysed four urban state school located in Belo Horizonte and Sabará (both in Minas Gerais). The research has as guiding question: how the PDE Escola has been used as strategic management tool for school units? The examination and description of implementation and appropriation process of PDE Escola by school managers in this four cases, show the need of a continuous training for school managers with focus on strategic, participatory and integrated management, considering also the Political Pedagogical Program materialization most suitable to school’s reality. Thus was elaborated an educational action plan as a pilot project for a continuous formation in school management for 148 state schools and 2 experts of Metropolitan A Regional Educational Superintendence (SRE) of Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Education. This study expects to contribute to strengthening of an integrated, strategic and participatory school management in Minas Gerais’ state schools and, with this, promote an improvement in educational quality. ; Esta dissertação, desenvolvida no Programa de Pós-graduação Profissional em Gestão e Avaliação da Educação Pública da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, tem como objetivo analisar como os gestores escolares se apropriam da ferramenta de gestão estratégica disponibilizada pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), através do programa Plano de Desenvolvimento da Escola (PDE Escola). Como estudo de caso, foram analisadas quatro escolas estaduais urbanas, localizadas nos municípios de Belo Horizonte e Sabará, em Minas Gerais. A pesquisa buscou responder a seguinte pergunta: como o PDE Escola tem sido utilizado como ferramenta de planejamento estratégico pelas unidades escolares? A análise e ...