What is CAS?

•Learning through experience

•Personal development

•Understanding your capacity to make a difference to others

The BEST bit of the IB Diploma!•Trying new things

How CAS is related to my studies in the Diploma?

CAS is at the center of the Diploma Programme and represents part of the Diploma Programme’s ongoing commitment to the IB learner profile.

From the IB CAS guide (2017)

What do you actually have to do?

• Be involved in CAS experiences for 18 months• Minimum two experiences in each CAS strand (Creativity, Activity, Service)

• CAS Project (a one-month group project)• Community service• Balance (between C/A/S; in/out of school)• Reflect on your experiences

What sort of experiences

count for CAS?

Creativity‘Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original

or interpretive product or performance’

Art, drama, dance, music Developing a website Teaching Photography Learning a new language Developing a project Model United Nations Writing short stories

Activ

ity‘Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle’

Football Netball Yoga Kayaking Trampolining Golf Dance Jungle trekking / expeditions

Service

‘Collaborative and reciprocal community engagement in response to an authentic need ’

Primary Homework Club Deaf School Art Project Volunteering at 4Paws Environmental work at REACH Art sessions for refugee children Teaching English to local children Running computer classes at the Down Syndrome Association

Deaf School Art project

Football Tournament & Marathon

Random Acts of Kindness

Teaching English at Laura’s School

Primary Homework ClubPeer Mediation Team

Show evidence that you have achieved these 7 Learning Outcomes:1. Identify strengths & develop areas for growth2. Undertake new challenges, develop new skills3. Plan and initiate CAS experience4. Work collaboratively with others5. Show perseverance and commitment 6. Engage with issues of global significance7. Consider the ethics of choices and actions

How do you pass?

You should achieve at least one learning outcome in each experience…and all learning outcomes at the end of the programme

You need to provide evidence of the achievement in your reflections and portfolio.

What is a CAS project?A CAS project is a collaborative, well-considered series of sequential CAS experiences, engaging students in one or more of the CAS strands of creativity, activity and service

Please remember that a CAS project has to:

have a clear purpose

be a collaborative experience

have all CAS stages

involve at least two out of the three CAS strands (Creativity, Activity, Service)

be executed for the period of at least one month

Include elements of international mindedness and global engagement.

be present at least once in your CAS portfolio From the Platon School CAS handbook

What is a CAS portfolio?The CAS portfolio is your evidence of achieving your CAS engagement; it is completed through ManageBac.

A regular student portfolio should include the following:

Student profile stating student’s interests, strengths, aspirations, weaknesses, goals and anything else the students wants to include

Personal and school CAS plan and timeline

Evidence of Weekly Involvement in CAS

CAS reflections

Evidence of the three CAS interviews with the CAS Coordinator (one at the beginning of CAS, one at the end of Year 12 and one at the end of CAS)

Evidence of completing a CAS experience: i.e. Supervisor’s reports, certificates, letters, planning documents, tickets, messages etc.

Photos, Videos, any other MediaFrom the Platon School CAS handbook

Using ManageBac to built your CAS portfolio

Screenshot from Platon School ManageBac site

CAS stages! Steps towards an effective CAS experienceInvestigation: When you identify your interests, skills and talents to be used in considering opportunities for CAS experiences.

Preparation: When you clarify roles and responsibilities, develop a plan of actions to be taken, identify specified resources and timelines, and acquire any skills as needed to engage in the CAS experience.

Action: When you implement your idea or plan.

Reflection: When you describe what happened, express feelings, generate ideas, and raise questions

Demonstration: When you make explicit what and how you learned and what you accomplished.From the IB CAS guide (2017)

Why is CAS important?

Harvard University recognises that:“Students with good CAS performance have qualities and skills that other students don’t possess”.

• University applications

• Balance

• Self development