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Welcome class of 2014
 The
 Let
 IB
year so far… changes?
me know if….
exam registration forms for T3
 What
to expect next October.
C.A.S.
 What
is CAS?
 CAS is EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
 CAS
is
DOING!
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
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What is CAS?
 CREATIVITY
To be able to utilise resources to make
something beautiful in order to make people
feel good!
 ACTION
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!
C
reativity is interpreted as imaginatively as
possible to cover a wide range of arts and other
activities and to include creativity by the individual
student in designing and carrying out service
projects.
A
ction can include participation in
expeditions, individual and team sports and
physical training; it can also include carrying
out creative and service projects as well as
training for service.
S
ervice is community or social service; it can include
environmental and international projects. It may
include helping children with special needs, visiting
hospitals, working with refugees or homeless people
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!
WHAT IS NOT CAS?
Paid work
 Bookkeeping
 Logistics
 Self promotion
 Boring
 Indifferent
 Neutral

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.
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
Reflection
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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.
Students can use journals or make up varied
portfolios.
Recording and reporting
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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.
 Think
 Let’s
of one of your CAS activities:
see how to construct a
reflection.
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.

A Project as part of CAS
 For
one or more activities, it
must be possible for the reader
to tell
>what happened,
>why it happened,
>how it happened,
>what its value was and
>what the student learned from it.
So how will CAS proceed…?
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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
Save all reflections and forms
in UNIS CAS folder
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

Why follow the Deadline?
Collage
Applications and
letters of recommendation
Yearbook-etc.
IB
Diploma and IB Courses
Programs
Calendar of IB
Assignments
T3 and T4
Other concerns…
 PE
 Independent
project: Senior
Project or Extended Essay
 Your
social life… integrate CAS
and other requirements into your
life. CAS is not an add on– it is
the core of your program/life.