What should I aim to gain through the CAS?
● Enjoy and find significance in a range of CAS experiences
● Explore possibilities
● Purposefully reflect upon your
● Identify goals experiences
● Develop strategies and determine further actions for personal growth
● Explore new possibilities
● Embrace new challenges and adapt to new roles
● Actively participate in planned, sustained, and collaborative CAS projects
● Understand you are a member of local and global communities with responsibilities
towards others and the environment
What is a CAS experience?
● Is a specific event in which the student engages with one or more of the three project
Strands (Creativity, Action, Service)
● Can be a single event or a series of several events but it should not be based on single
events only
● Must be based on personal interests, talents and opportunities for growth must provide
opportunities to develop the attributes of the IB Learner Profile
● Must NOT be used or included in the student's course requirements
● Must be enjoyable, meaningful and have an impact on the community and/or the
environment
● Must address the learning outcomes
What are the learning outcomes?
● Student completion of CAS is based on the achievement of the seven learning outcomes
realized through the student's commitment to his or her personal project over a period of
18 months
● LO1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
● LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the
process.
● LO3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a PP experience.
● LO4: Show commitment to and perseverance in PP experiences
● LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively
● LO6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
● LO7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions
● You need to achieve at least one learning outcome in each experience and all Learning
outcomes at the end of sophomore year.
● You need to achieve the seven learning outcomes and provide evidence of the
achievement in your reflections and portfolio
What is not a CAS experience then?
● Anything that is a paid task.
● Anything that is unethical.
● Anything that can offend religious or political beliefs
● Anything that promotes violence.
● An activity where you are passive and does not give you the opportunity to interact.
● Anything that is a task for another class.
● Fundraising without a clear purpose.
● Work experience.
● Family or religious duty
Steps towards an effective CAS experience
● Investigation: When you identify your interests, skills and talents to be used in
considering opportunities for PP 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 PP 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
What is a CAS extended experience?
● 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
● display all stages
● involve at least one of the three 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
What is a CAS portfolio?
● The CAS portfolio is your evidence of achieving your CAS engagement
● A regular student portfolio should include the following:
● personal and school CAS plan and timeline
● Evidence of Weekly Involvement in CAS (logs and documentation)
● CAS reflections Evidence of the CAS interview (contact form)
● Evidence of completing a CAS experience such as Supervisor's reports, certificates,
letters, planning documents, tickets, messages etc.
● Photos, Videos, Any other Media
