In units with more than 1,500 students, the number of professionals in management could reach three times the current number
From 2026, schools in the São Paulo state network will have management teams proportional to the number of students enrolled. The measure, announced by the Department of Education (Seduc-SP), seeks to adapt the administrative structure to the size of each unit and improve school organization and pedagogical monitoring.
Under the new model, all schools will have a minimum set of professionals: director, pedagogical coordinator (CGP), school organization manager (GOE) and school organization agent (AOE). Above 200 students, new positions begin to be added. Between 201 and 500 students, the units will receive a vice-director and one to three new organizational agents.
From 501 enrollments onwards, reinforcement increases progressively. In schools with more than 1,500 students, the number of professionals in management could reach three times the current number. The detailed rules will still be defined in resolution.
According to Seduc-SP, the expansion meets a demand from teaching directors and regions, who report greater complexity in running units with a large number of students and teachers. The ministry states that the redistribution aims to make management more balanced and appropriate to the reality of each school.
The package also foresees changes in the role of pedagogical management coordinators by area of knowledge (CGPAC). The role will be replaced by the articulating teacher per area of knowledge (PAAC), whose workload will be defined according to the number of teachers in the unit — reaching up to six professionals in larger schools. The position will be open to any teacher with assigned classes, and not just permanent teachers, as is the case today.
