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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.
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
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.
CAS Timeline
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
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.
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
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.)
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