IBDP

Creativity

Action Service
Mr. Gerben Silvis CAS Coordinator

CAS allows students to extend what they have learned in the classroom and apply that knowledge to service activities for other people while improving the living conditions for a person or an entire community.

CAS is experiential learning, involving students in new roles with set goals and ongoing reflection.
The goals behind the philosophy of Creativity, Action, and Service are to:

Share talents with others in a community Experience education beyond the classroom Develop positive attitudes and values Serve the community as a complement to intellectual development Develop the ability to work with others Promote international understanding Encourage the development of new skills and interests Develop links with local, national, and international communities Develop a sense of responsibility and discovery

Nature of CAS
The Diploma Program aims to develop in students the knowledge, skills and attitudes they will need to fulfill the aims of the IBDP, as expressed in the organizations mission statement and the learner profile. Teaching and learning in the Diploma Program represent the reality in daily practice of the organizations educational philosophy.

Creativity, Action, Service Guide, IBO 2007

All proposed CAS activities must involve:

1. real, purposeful activities with significant outcomes

2. personal challenge tasks must extend the student and be achievable in scope 3. thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting 4. reflection on outcomes and personal learning
Creativity, Action, Service Guide, IBO 2010

Learning outcomes of CAS

All eight outcomes must be present for a student to complete the CAS requirement. Some may be demonstrated many times, in a variety of activities, but completion requires only that there is some evidence for every outcome. This focus on learning outcomes emphasizes that it is the quality of a CAS activity (its contribution to the students development) that is of most importance.
The guideline for the minimum amount of CAS activity is approximately the equivalent of half a day per school week (three to four hours per week), or approximately 150 hours in total, with a reasonable balance between creativity, action and service. Hour counting, however, is not encouraged.
Creativity, Action, Service Guide, IBO 2010

Learning outcomes of CAS

Increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth. Undertaken new challenges Planned and initiated activities. Worked collaboratively with others Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities Engaged with issues of global importance Considered the ethical implications of their actions Developed new skills.
Creativity, Action, Service Guide, IBO 2010

Guiding questions
Is it a real task that I am going to undertake? Does it have real consequences for other people and for me? What do I hope to learn from doing this activity? How can this activity benefit other people? How does this CAS activity address the Learning Outcomes of CAS

It is the students responsibility to have parent permission and an adult supervisor at all CAS endeavors that are not school-sponsored activities. QLA does not officially sponsor any outside CAS activities and students assume their own risk for these events.

Weekly commitments for 18 months

JULY 2012 AUGUST 2012

CAS Timeline

Requirement: Ongoing, Sustained CAS Activity throughout the Diploma Program

SEPTEMBER 2012

OCTOBER 2012

NOVEMBER 2012

DECEMBER 2012

JANUARI 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

MARCH 2013

APRIL 2013

MEI 2013

JUNE 2013

JULY 2013

AUGUST 2013

SEPTEMBER 2013

OCTOBER 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

DECEMBER 2013

JANUARI 2014

FEBRUARY 2014

MARCH 2014

APRIL 2014

Creativity
Personal challenge, real task and real consequences

Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful: Yourself. Alan Alda

Creativity
Athletic Circle Painting Murals Performance in school play/ Doha Players Decorating Classrooms Model United Nations Dances National Day, Blind school concert, Talent show Designating posters National Day, Open house etc. Learning to draw Choir Make up Artist (school play) Assistant choreographer Mixing Music (DJ)

Action
Must imply physical exertion and contribute to a healthy life style

Action
Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Track & Field athletics, Badminton School teams. Performing Dances Gymnastics Legs, Tums and bums program/ Step class Run for Medicine sans Frontier/Terry Fox run Personal fitness program Triathlon Intra Mural sports program Ice-skating

Service
Must involve the development of an exchange relationship with a learning benefit for the student. Work with others to help other.
Student Indirect: Donation Exchange in relationship PEOPLE IN NEED

Direct

OTHERS

To help and to learn

Service

SYRIA
Grade 11 Indirect: Donation Exchange in relationship People in Syria Direct Syrian people in Qatar To help and to learn

Service
Helping at Open House Working with elementary classes teaching reading etc. Helping in school during holidays Ushering parent/teacher conferences, graduation. Red crescent food drive National day assistant Beach Clean up Tutoring Math/English (unpaid) etc Helping in Biology Class Feline Friends Palestinian charity volunteering Supervising children during ice skating Bowling with the elementary school Sports Day Library Help Helping with the sports tournament Graduation Band Swimming assistant Student Council Teach rollerblading Helping PE department Stock take, care of equipment etc.

What CAS is not

Doing simple, repetitive or tedious tasks, such as filing, replacing books on library shelves, club meetings and routine activities Anything for which money is paid or other credit is given All forms of duty within the family Passive pursuits such as visits to sports events, exhibits, concerts, conventions or museums Fund-raising attempts with no clearly defined purpose Activities where there is no responsible adult on site to evaluate and confirm the candidates performance. Work experience (internship) that benefits the student only Any course that is part of your IB Diploma Program.

CAS Coordinator CAS Adviser CAS Supervisor

CAS Coordinator
The coordinators role is to maintain oversight of every aspect of the schools CAS program. It includes: developing and maintaining policy documents (ex. this web site). providing leadership for staff involved in CAS training activity supervisors supervising the professional development of CAS advisers ensuring that staff, parents and other students are kept informed about CAS publicizing achievements ensuring that students are prepared for the challenges they will face (actual preparation/training to be provided by an appropriate person) reporting student achievement to the IB

CAS Adviser
The CAS advisors role is provide students with mentoring and advice. CAS advisers are involved in: helping students to identify personal and social goals monitoring the range and balance of activities undertaken by individual students developing students powers of reflection through group discussion and individual consultation help and guide students in with their reflection (presentation) supporting students in their consideration of ethical concerns reading/responding to diaries/journals helping students to make connections (for example, CAS activity to subject learning, local activity to global concerns)

CAS supervisor
All activities undertaken by students require a supervisor. Supervisors are teachers but may also come outside the immediate school community. Activity supervisors responsibilities include: monitoring attendance. providing guidance and support related to the activity including setting meaningful goals. alerting the CAS coordinator, administration or relevant CAS adviser to any problems. reporting on student performance.

C.A.S.
At QLA
Mr. Gerben Silvis CAS Coordinator

Qatar Leadership Academy

http://qlacascoordinator.blogspot.com/

Qatar Leadership Academy

CAS activities should be pre-approved by Mr. G. Silvis in order to confirm that the experience will qualify as a CAS activity. It is the students and advisers responsibility to find, select, and organize CAS activities during the two-year program. Reflection and signatures for CAS hours follows completion of the activity, preferably within one week so that the impressions made will be fresh in mind. Presentations and Forms cannot be made or written up in advance. For each of the CAS activities, students should focus on one or more of the Learning Outcomes of CAS (p.5). TIP: Let them use technology to reflect on their activity (Global Classroom, Advisement Discussions, Videos, or presentations). Students are responsible to stay up-to-date with their CAS LOG book for documentation and reflection. It is the students responsibility to keep up with all of his CAS activities and to make sure that he completes the CAS requirement for the IB Diploma.
Students must try completing a minimum of 150 hours before March of Grade 12 Students are strongly urged to complete 75-100 hours by the end of grade 11. For the summer of 2011, students may complete up to 50 hours in June and July.

ORDER OF FLOW
Student finds a adviser (must be a teacher) and writes a proposal (available on blogger) Students writes down the details of their supervisor (name, phone and email) Students gets a signature of their supervisor CAS coordinator approves the proposal and contacts the Adviser. There must have been contact between the adviser and the CAS coordinator before the student gets permission to work on his project. Student gets to work on his project Students and adviser logs the hours (dates) Supervisor signs Student reflect with a presentation or written reflection Adviser checks the reflection and when satisfied signs the document. The students have to reflect on their activity while taking the learning outcomes in consideration. Student shows his work (presentation or written) to the CAS coordinator CAS Coordinator signs Activity done lets start the next.

EVALUATION
Four components of a good evaluation:
1. 2. 3. 4. Brief description of the activity. What you personally got from the activity learning outcomes. What you think others got from the activity, including anecdotal evidence, photos, movies, etc. What you have learned from the experience and how you would amend it in the future. Using a presentation or written evaluation (four different levels of reflection in the CAS Log book.)

What some past QLA IB students said about CAS.

I would not have done the things I have done if it was not for CAS These CAS hours, for the most part, have given me great insight into things which I would normally overlook for take granted. I realized I had to be more disciplined as CAS was students orientated I developed lots of new skills and find out many new things about myself It was only in the end I realized that CAS could be so much fun

Now please
Pick a activity from the basket Go to the BLOG http://qlacascoordinator.blogspot.com Open the proposal form link Proposal form Fill in the form according to your activity
IDNR: 12345 Think about the 8 learning outcomes

Submit the form Download the Evaluation Document Activity Evaluation form Fill in the form according to your activity Open the supervisors form Supervisor evaluation form Fill in the form as you were the supervisor

Thats all Folks