Special Education in the countryside: an analysis of profile and working conditions of teachers in the Piemonte Diamantina - Bahia

The objective of this article was to describe the profile and the working conditions of the Special Education teachers who work in the rural schools of the municipalities of the Piedmont region of Diamantina, state of Bahia. A questionnaire with closed questions was applied to 11 teachers who work with Special Education in rural schools in the municipalities of the Piedmont region of Diamantina. It was possible to observe that, in general, the profile of the teachers is: women, mostly self-declared browns, most between 36 and 50 years of age; are married or live with partner; has mostly 2 children; with salary between 1 and 5 thousand reais and are satisfied with the remuneration; work in two schools at most; are Licensed in Pedagogy and Specialization, mostly attended by private institutions; most of them have more than 11 years of time in education but less than 5 years of work in Special Education; are mostly insolvent; most affiliated to the union of the category and consider their performance satisfactory; are generally satisfied with the teaching career.