From the 90’s on, it is possible to highlight in Brazil that the issues which comprehend the
organization and implementation of educational policies for teachers’ background concerning
the public basic education have been considerably intensified, where such background intends
to minimize problems regarding school failure in order to improve teaching quality, and
furthermore, value these professionals .This way, this paper is inserted in the qualitative
approach for data analysis. It has as a general objective to analyze the National Plan of
Teachers’ Background concerning Basic Education (PARFOR) as an educational policy of the
Education Ministry (MEC) for teaching background and its implementation process at the
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (Ufopa) in front of the demand regarding professional
training in Monte Alegre town, aiming its operating mode , goals and intentions , as well as its
coverage area concerning the teaching background in the period of 2010 – 2014. As
analytical references the bibliographic production about the theme, the PARFOR regulatory
rules, the available information at the electronic website which manages the process of
teachers’ registration and selection – Platform Freire, the questionnaires and surveys applied
to the PARFOR coordinators in Santarém and Monte Alegre cities and to the Education
Secretary of Monte Alegre city were used .From this analysis , it was possible to highlight the
features in the implementation process concerning this Plan at this University, its limits and
possibilities ,successes and weaknesses , as it was possible to obtain quantitative data which
show this Plan achievement concerning teachers’ background / training who deal with the
public Basic Education in the west region of Pará.
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