Pros
+ Autonomy: teachers in the arts receive the freedom to focus on projects, media, and subject matter of their choice as long as it pertains to the state standards + Coworkers: many teachers have decades of experience and can be of assistance + some flexibility in the duty schedule to accommodate those with children or parents with special needs
Cons
- Upperlevel administration: Meetings are not useful and scheduled so that those teaching similiar subjects do not have the opportunity to collaborate during their planning period, at least in many departments - Resources: Teacher must purchases nearly 100 % of supplies out of their own pocket making extensive grant writing a necessity. For needs like technology, basics are not provided, even as dictated by DE or AP curriculum. - physical building is in a state of disrepair in some buildings and classrooms are not maintained appropriately by cleaning staff.