CAS and ASA

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CRITERIA FOR AN ACTIVITY TO BE A CAS CASE

• Real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes

• Personal challenges – the tasks must extend you and be achievable in scope

• Thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing your progress and reporting

• Reflection on outcomes and personal learning IBLP

REFLECTIVE

REQUIREMENTS

• Develop a number of personal skills

• 150 hours • Eighteen months• Time should be evenly spent

• CAS activities should be meaningful

• Reflection • Self-development.

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REFLECTIVE

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Increased awareness of ones own strengths and areas for growth.

2. Undertook new challenges.

3. Planned and initiated activities.

4. Worked collaboratively with others.

5. Showed perseverance and commitment in activities.

6. Engaged with issues of global importance.

7. Considered the ethical implications of actions.

8. Developed new skills.

COMPULSORY REQUIREMENTS

EVIDENCEPROJECT INVOLVING COLLABORATION AND TWO COMPONENTS OF

CAS

Procedure for each activity• They must think

carefully about how the activity fits into their overall CAS programme.

• Submit the activity proposal form.

• Answer the guiding questions and send these to the CAS adviser. These will help decide if the activity really is a CAS activity.

• Check with the CAS adviser that the activity has been approved.

• Carry out the activity.

• Reflect continuously on the activity and document the reflection. They should reflect on each activity before beginning it, while carrying it out, and after completing it.

Questions they must ask themselves• What did I plan to do?• What did I do?• What were the outcomes, for me, for the

team I was working with, and for others?

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INQUIRERS

Their reflections can be

• Public or private• Individual or shared• Objective or subjective

Expressions of reflections• In private thoughts that they keep for

themselves• In writing, such as in a diary or journal, in

the planning and evaluation forms, etc.• In oral presentations to other students

and to parents, such as in the CAS fair.• In photo essays, DVDs, web logs, or some

other ICT medium.

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COMMUNICATORS

GUIDIN

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QUESTI

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•Is it a real task that I am going to

undertake? What is this task?

•What are my personal goals for this

activity? •

Does it have real consequences for

other people and for me? What are

these?•

How will the task extend me as a

person?•

Will the task be achievable?

•How will I plan the activity?

•How will I review my progress in the

activity?•

How will I reflect on the outcome and

on my personal learning?

• CAS PLAN• Guiding

questions• Activity proposal

and approval• Letter to parents

and guardians• Letter to activity

supervisor• Reflections and

evidence

DOCUMENTATION

• Report by activity supervisor

• Completion of activity

• CAS Progress form• CAS Completion

form

ASA STUDENT SUPPORTIn this activity CAS students have the opportunity to mentor and support younger students that require help.

Characteristics of a good CAS candidate

• Academically proficient in the subject chosen

• Must plan the activity to meet the learning outcomes

• Must show reflection

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Increased awareness of ones own strengths and areas for growth.

2. Undertook new challenges.

3. Planned and initiated activities.

4. Worked collaboratively with others.

5. Showed perseverance and commitment in activities.

6. Engaged with issues of global importance.

7. Considered the ethical implications of actions.

8. Developed new skills.