CAS Experiences

CAS Ex­pe­rien­ces

A CAS ex­pe­rien­ce is a spe­ci­fic event in which the stu­dent en­ga­ges with one or more of the three CAS strands.

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CAS

A) Sing­le CAS ex­pe­rien­ce

CAS sta­ges may/may not be used

B) Se­ries of CAS ex­pe­rien­ces

CAS sta­ges used

C) CAS pro­ject: Col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve se­ries of CAS ex­pe­rien­ces

CAS sta­ges used

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A me­a­ning­ful CAS prog­ram­me must be more than unp­lan­ned/sin­gu­lar ex­pe­rien­ces. A se­ries of plan­ned CAS ex­pe­rien­ces are re­com­men­ded for a more en­ga­ging CAS prog­ram­me.

CAS ex­pe­rien­ces may in­cor­po­ra­te one or more of the CAS strands. For examp­le:

• Going for a moun­tain hike could be a sin­gu­lar ex­pe­rien­ce wit­hin the “Ac­ti­vi­ty” strand.
• A stu­dent plans a num­ber of vi­sits to a nur­sing home re­sul­ting in a se­ries of CAS ex­pe­rien­ces wit­hin the “Ser­vi­ce” strand.
• A group of stu­dents plan and sta­ge a bas­ket­ball tour­na­ment for the lo­cal com­mu­ni­ty, re­sul­ting in a se­ries of CAS ex­pe­rien­ces in­vol­ving the strands of “Ac­ti­vi­ty” and “Ser­vi­ce”.

A CAS ex­pe­rien­ce must:

• fit wit­hin one or more of the CAS strands
• be ba­sed on a per­so­nal in­te­rest, skill, ta­lent or op­por­tu­ni­ty for growth
• pro­vi­de op­por­tu­ni­ties to de­ve­lop the att­ri­bu­tes of the IB le­ar­ner pro­fi­le
• not be used or inc­lu­ded in the stu­dent’s Dip­lo­ma cour­se re­qui­re­ments

Con­ci­der the fol­lo­wing qu­es­ti­ons:

• Will the ex­pe­rien­ce be en­joyab­le?
• Does the ex­pe­rien­ce al­low for de­ve­lop­ment of per­so­nal in­te­rests, skills and/or ta­lents?
• What new pos­si­bi­li­ties or chal­len­ges could the ex­pe­rien­ce pro­vi­de?
• What might be the pos­sib­le con­se­qu­en­ces of your CAS ex­pe­rien­ce for you, ot­hers and the en­vi­ron­ment?
• Which CAS le­ar­ning out­co­mes may be add­res­sed?

Whi­le it is not ne­ces­sa­ry for each CAS ex­pe­rien­ce to add­ress a CAS le­ar­ning out­co­me, upon comp­le­ti­on of the CAS prog­ram­me, CAS stu­dents are re­qui­red to pre­sent evi­den­ce de­monst­ra­ting ac­hie­ve­ment of all CAS le­ar­ning out­co­mes.