Keeping on Track

Continuity

CAS is not something you can do all in one go.  It is not something you can do 'afterwards.' The idea is that you participate in CAS experiences for at least 18 months of the IB Diploma programme.  This might mean that some weeks you spend several hours, another week just one, but you must always have a CAS experience that is ongoing.

Planning - writing a description and setting goals

CAS experiences should be planned.  Before you start you should have added your goals and a description of the experience. The experience should then be approved and you can start participating.  It should not happen the other way around.

Adding Evidence

This should be ongoing.  As soon as you start an experience, you should have some evidence of participation.  This can be schedules, emails, photos, planning documents, receipts for payments, membership cards, posters, recordings, minutes from meetings showing attendance, screen shots of websites you are working on etc. Do it as you go along and it will not be a big chore.  Wait until the end and it will take much more time.

Adding Reflections

By now you should be thinking about reflecting. If you started something at the beginning of the term and have not yet found a moment to do a reflection, start to think about it now.  Reflection can be done at any time - maybe after a match if you play a sport, at the end of campaign, when something significant happens.... Reflections can be in writing, audio recordings, videos, pictures that show how you felt.  They should show how you covered the learning outcomes, but can also be other points.  They can be done individually or in groups.

CAS Project Planning

CAS projects must follow the CAS stages.  The first stage must be filled in and completed and then approval gained from the CAS coordinator before you continue.  If you are doing a project and haven't followed this procedure, you are at risk of not being able to count it as a project. At this point, everyone should have an idea and start planning their project.

Deadlines - for green flags 

At the end of this week - November 17th you need to have the following to get a green flag.

• planned and approved CAS experiences
• evidence for all CAS experiences that you have commenced
• reflection for all CAS experiences that have gone for longer than a month
• the CAS stages document for projects - filled in to at least stage 1 for projects that have not started.  Filled in to end of stage 3 for projects that have already commenced.

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