CAS
(Creativity, Action, and Service)
Creativity: arts, and other experiences that involve creative thinking.
Action: physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the Diploma Program.
Service: an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.
CAS should involve:
As a result of the CAS experience as a whole, including reflections, there should be evidence that students have:
References:
Creative, action, service guide: For students graduating in 2010 and thereafter
Creativity: arts, and other experiences that involve creative thinking.
Action: physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the Diploma Program.
Service: an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.
CAS should involve:
- real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes
- personal challenge – tasks must extend the student and be achievable in scope
- thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting
- reflection on outcomes and personal learning
- reflective thinkers – they understand their own strengths and limitations, identify goals and devise strategies for personal growth
- willing to accept new challenges and new roles
- aware of themselves as members of communities with responsibilities towards each other and the environment
- active participants in sustained collaborative projects
- balanced – they enjoy and find significance in a range of activities involving intellectual, physical, creative and emotional experiences
As a result of the CAS experience as a whole, including reflections, there should be evidence that students have:
- increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth
- undertaken new challenges
- planned and initiated activities
- worked collaboratively with other
- shown perseverance and commitment in their activities
- engaged with issues of global importance
- considered the ethical implications of their actions
- develop new skills
References:
Creative, action, service guide: For students graduating in 2010 and thereafter
About CAS
Powerpoint by Mr. Carella about CAS.
ManageBac
ManageBac is the site we use to track and help students keep a hold on their CAS. It's been founded by IB students and is the top software provider for IB schools.
*(Jeremy Lee's CAS Project)
As you read at the top of every page, it says "Jeremy Lee's CAS project". Mr. Buettner wanted me to put this at the top of every page so people know what a CAS project might be like. If you didn't already know, this is Lecanto High International Baccalaureate's second website. After I created a website called IB № Γ - to store my study guides so people could take them whenever I completed them instead of constantly e-mailing me - Mr. Buettner saw it and asked me to create LHS's IB site for my CAS project. As CAS is described above, the student's big project should incorporate two of the three CAS aspects. This website incorporates creativity and service. I hope this furthers your understanding about CAS and that the website serves you well.