What is CAS? The opportunity to help an individual in order to allow

student to develop IB Learner Profile qualities.

◆ Inquirers

◆ Knowledgeable

◆ Thinkers

◆ Communicators

◆ Principled

◆ Open-minded

◆ Caring

◆ Risk-takers

◆ Balanced

◆ Reflective

What is CAS?

◆CREATIVITY To be able to utilize resources to make

something beautiful in order to make people feel good!

◆ACTIVITY To be able to take initiative in order to improve

your physical well being in order to be able to better help others to feel good!

◆SERVICE To actively and creatively help other people feel

good about themselves and the environment they live in!

What is GOOD CAS??????

Good CAS is when the activities are:

➢Involving

➢Challenging

➢Novel

➢Lead to personal development

The most rewarding CAS

often involves:

*One or two projects that are each a combination of Creativity, Action and Service

What is GOOD CAS?

Good CAS MUST allow the person doing it, the STUDENT, to DEVELOP through:

EXPERIENCE,

and more importantly

REFLECTION!

✖Paid work

✖Bookkeeping

✖Logistics

✖Self promotion

✖Boring

✖Indifferent

✖Neutral

WHAT IS NOT CAS?

WHAT IS NOT CAS?

Will this activity or project

result in a grade, points, or

credit in a class?

Writing poetry for personal

growth will not count if the

poetry is handed in to a teacher

for a grade or points.

Are you doing this activity for

the sole purpose of fulfilling

CAS requirements?

Be careful. Remember that the

spirit behind CAS is that you

learn about yourself or others

through the activity.

Reflection ◆ Writing is not the only possible outcome of

reflection.

◆ Students can present their activities orally to peers, parents or outsiders and record this experience. They can make scrapbooks, photo essays, videos/DVDs or weblogs.

Recording and reporting

◆ There should be consultations between each student

and a CAS Advisor where the student’s progress is discussed and appropriate encouragement and advice is given.

◆ These consultations should be briefly documented on the CAS form. If any concerns arise, the IB coordinator and the parents should be notified at the earliest opportunity.

◆All eight Learning Outcomes must be addressed in student reflections at least once during the T3 and4 year.

Recording CAS

◆What do you need to do ?

◆Reflect

◆How many times must you reflect?

◆Eight times total during grade 11 and 12.

◆When do you write reflections?

◆During Advisory classes and on your own

CAS 8 Learning Outcomes

• increased awareness of students own

strengths and areas of growth

• undertaken new challenges

• planned and initiated activities

• worked collaboratively with others At least one project, involving collaboration and the

integration of at least two of creativity, action and service, is required.

CAS Learning Outcomes cont…

• shown perseverance and commitment

in their activities

• engaged with issues of global importance

• consider the ethical implications of their actions

• developed new skills

CAS Oversight by IBO

◆ UNIS is required to submit sample student

CAS records to the regional office ( IBA).

◆ The records required will be:

• A Summary form and the UNIS IB Office sends a completion form

• Up to 8 sample pages from the student’s ongoing documentation.

◆ Documentation must include a

List of the principal activities undertaken

Evidence of both planning and reflection.

Schoology- Advisory-CAS

Find this class on your Schoology site:

Creativity, Action, Service

Two Year Plan Proposal ◆https://connect.unis.org/assignment/159261542/info

CAS Overview and Reflection form

https://connect.unis.org/pagehttps://connect.unis.org/page/173486118

June of T3 CAS completion

https://connect.unis.org/assignment/159261544/info

CREATIVE ACTION SERVICE Reflections Showcase

https://connect.unis.org/album/159261546

So how will CAS proceed…?

◆ Each CAS Advisory period will be assigned a task.

◆ Discussion of student activities is basis for CAS Advisory period.

◆ Task will mostly be writing/ creating a reflection based on one learning outcome.

◆ Samples of reflections based on learning outcomes can be read in class

CAS Guidelines

reflections supervised by

Advisor- not hour counting

◆ MAY of T3

–25 hours of C

–25 hours of A

–25 hours of S

◆ MARCH of T4

- 25 hours of C

–25 hours of A

–25 hours of S

For a total of about 150 hours of CAS