IB CAS training Light the Fire!

Agenda Library 7:18 – 7:30Sign-in & verify information for ManageBac 7:30 – 8:00Welcome Introductions Ice-Breaker Activity 8:00 – 9:30What is CAS? (presentation & work sheets) 9:30 – 9:40Break 9:40 – 10:15What is CAS? (cont) 10:15 – 11:00How to use ManageBac 11:00 -11:50Lunch (seniors eat first) 11:30 – 11:50Senior Update and Status Check 11:50 – 12:00 Transition to LGI-1 for “Light the Fire!” 12:00 – 1:30Information from local organizations 1:30 – 2:45Q & A with organizations/ Early Planning

What is CAS? & Why do we do it? Activity

Activity #1 “In school, you learn everything you need to know in life.” What do you think? Means…Learning… Fun…Questions…

According to the IB CAS guide for graduates class of2017: CAS is at the core of the Diploma Program. CAS involves students in a range of activities that support and are supported by their academic studies. It enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development, their self-awareness and a develop a sense of identity. A good CAS program should be both challenging & enjoyable, a personal journey of self-discovery. CAS students develop individual and shared responsibility, and effective teamwork and collaboration. Each individual student has a different starting point, and therefore different goals and needs, but for many their CAS activities include experiences that are profound and life-changing.

Apathy – don’t’ know or don’t care Sympathy – Feels good, but no learning takes place Empathy – Reflective learning & understanding Advocacy – Fights “For” and “With” Why CAS? We are all on a continuum of service & learning. The aim of CAS is move students up this continuum to citizens that exemplify the IB Learner Profile! Where are you now?

Activity

Creativity Exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance.

Activity Physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle

Service Collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need

Criteria for All CAS Real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes Personal challenge – tasks must extend the student beyond their norm and be achievable in scope Thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress and reporting Reflection on outcomes and personal learning *All proposed CAS activities must meet these four criteria! In every CAS Experience - Students must always consider what they are learning, how they are growing and developing towards the Learning Outcomes set out by IB.

CAS Activities should: Offer experiential learning – planning, doing, and reflecting Meet one or more of the 7 Learning Outcomes Prescribed – Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth – Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process – Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience – Show Commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences – Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively – Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance – Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions have a goal or outcome be planned and evaluated vary in length vary in the amount of commitment required from the student be initiated by the student(s) where possible – Each CAS student will be involved with initiating ONE CAS experience their Junior year and then ONE their Senior year in order to complete their CAS work requirements

Activity #2 How do you apply the Learning Outcomes to your CAS experiences? As a group, discuss each example and decide which LO’s would best fit the experience. 1.) Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth 2.) Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process 3.) Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience 4.) Show Commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences 5.) Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively 6.) Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance 7.) Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions

CAS is NOT: Counting community service hours (in isolation) – “Any criminal can perform service hours!” Attending performances or sporting events in isolation Participating in a class (orchestra, choir, dance) – must go beyond the “Norm” Receiving any monetary compensation A service in isolation (raising money for an organization without knowing the cause or how the money will be used) Redundant activities (you may only count once) Without learning, growing, and developing (towards the Learning Outcomes) Self-serving

CAS Formalities Must continue for 18 months from the beginning of Junior year through March of Senior year (August Jr year – March Sr year) * you can not do a bunch in a short period and time and be done! Requires 2 formal interviews with IB CAS Coordinator per school year (Interviews begin in Sept. sign up today for your time) Requires documents for Student-Initiated experience to be completed PRIOR to start of planning. (See CAS Handbook – work pages) Requires all experience summaries to be logged into ManageBac prior to experience taking place (wait for my approval) (See Summary Guidelines in the CAS Handbook) Requires careful thought and consideration to the “Learning Outcomes” assigned to experience. You must show mastery of all of the Learning Outcomes over the course of CAS (See Learning Outcomes in CAS Handbook) Requires all experience Reflections to be complete no later than 1 week following the experience (See Reflection Guidelines in CAS Handbook). * Reflections are NECESSARY for any CAS to be considered Complete.

How much CAS is enough? Your CAS begins NOW – no CAS may be entered with dates prior to August 13, 2015 – and continues for 18 months! All Juniors will need to complete Two CAS experiences that are Student- Initiated (no larger than groups of 4- must have prior approval) that “integrates 2 or more of Creativity, Activity, Service, and is of significant duration” (IB CAS Handbook 2015)= one their Junior Year and one their Senior year* Additional CAS experiences should be on-going and show thoughtful recognition of the Learning Outcomes and continued success of CAS (students should expect to log at least 1 CAS experiences every 3 weeks of a variety in nature) CAS Completion will be based on your over-all CAS experiences and the completion of at least two major experiences that were student initiated, planned, facilitated, and reflected upon NO CAS experience will be considered “complete” without the Reflection (completed within 1 week following the experience)

What will a Student-Initiated CAS Experience look like? Requirements: Examples: Cardboard City Peace One Day 2013 The Mentoring Program Wildcat Salute to Veterans Out on a Limb for LIMBS walk-a-thon And More… Initiated by students (groups up to 4 depending on the project depth) Meet at least 2 of the 3 elements of CAS (creativity – activity – service) Thoughtfully Considered Formulated Plan (shown in writing) Submitted in Timely manner Examination/Record of Process Follow-through / Facilitation of the entire project shared across the group. Take time (at least a month) Submit online in ManageBac *Information here available in IB CAS Handbook 2015

Reflection All Reflection should be guided by what you did, who you did it with and for, what did you learn, how did you grow and develop! Reflection shows your personal growth over time using your experiences as markers! Reflection Is honest varied done in many ways sometimes boring building self-awareness necessary for learning surprising sometimes fun helpful for planning done alone or with others about thoughts, feelings, and ideas Reflection Is NOT Only led by teachers Forced Right or wrong Good or bad To be graded Difficult Copying what someone else said Predictable To be judged by others Done to please someone else A waste of time Only written Only discussed

Reflection Writing Guide Summarize what you did in this experience and how you interacted with others. Explain what you hoped to accomplish through this experience. Use the following questions to guide the rest of your Reflection: – How successful were you in achieving your goals? – What difficulties did you encounter and how did you over come them? – What did you learn about yourself and others through this activity? – What abilities, attitudes, and or values have you developed? – Did anyone help you through out this activity? If so who and how did they help? – How did this experience benefit others? – How did it reflect the IB Learner Profile or Learning Outcomes? – What did you do exceptionally well? What might you do differently next time to improve? – How can apply what you have learned through this experience to other areas of your life or future?

Activity #3 What does a Reflective student look like? Use your markers to draw in the features of a Reflective Student -

ManageBac The What – Where - When

What is it? ManageBac is an online tool used for many parts of the IB program Specifically – we use this program to Log our CAS Experiences, Learning Outcomes, and Reflections Every time you plan to do ANYTHING that can be considered a CAS Experience it must be logged Must be used to log you Student-Initiated CAS Experience (after you submit Student-Initiated Proposal and have it approved) Is the only way the CAS Coordinator will view and approve your CAS experiences – you will be able to see when each experience was approved, when it is considered complete, and any notes from the CAS Coordinator to you Must include Reflection for EVERY CAS experience (no matter how big or small) and MUST be done within 1 week of ending the CAS experience For IB Seniors - All CAS Experiences must be submitted on ManageBac NO LATER THAN MARCH 11, 2016 in order for them to count towards your IB Diploma

Initial Contact – Where to Look

Where to go to go from there

Once you log in – you can see…

Adding your CAS Experiences

When? You may add a CAS experience any time (except for your Student-Initiated CAS Proposal – these may only be submitted on ManageBac after you submit your written Proposal and have it approved) When you add something it will appear with an orange clock while waiting for approval. In order to be sure that what are you are doing will count towards your CAS – you should wait until you see the “Approved” blue thumbs-up to begin actual work You will know your CAS experience is “GOOD” when you see the GREEN check- mark showing “Complete) *You will only get the GREEN check when you have successfully done your reflection on that experience!

To Reflect – click on Add Reflections & Evidence Complete your reflection – be sure To check the LO’s you successfully Used for this experience and the Click – Add Reflection & Evidence

You can Monitor your Success with the Learning Outcomes On the bottom Right of the Screen. When your CAS is complete, you must show mastery of all 7 LO’s.

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