Creativity, Action and Service

There is one error on the dead­lines below. Your 1st CAS reflec­tion is actu­ally due on Sep­tem­ber 22nd, not the 29th as it says below.

CAS Forms

These forms are also avail­able on the ‘class’ resources site.

CAS Pro­posal Form (.odt File)

CAS Plan Form (Word File)

CAS Reflec­tion Tem­plate #1 (Word File)

CAS Reflec­tion Tem­plate #2 (word File)

CAS Reflec­tion Tem­plate #3 (word File)

CAS Con­sul­ta­tion (.odt File)

CAS and Your TOK Class

1. Your TOK teach­ers super­vise the CAS progress for the grade 11 & 12 TOK stu­dents they teach.
2. This involves: help­ing them set up their CAS pro­gram, mon­i­tor­ing their CAS progress (report­ing ‘at risk’ stu­dents to the CAS Coor­di­na­tor), read­ing and mark­ing reflec­tions three times a semes­ter; inter­view­ing and advis­ing stu­dents about the sta­tus of their CAS com­mit­ment; keep­ing records of reflec­tion marks and inter­views; enter­ing results online.
3. The CAS Coor­di­na­tor (Miss MM) will over­see and advise the CAS super­vi­sion duties.

Grade 11—Semester 1 CAS Requirements:

CAS Require­ments:

By the end of Semes­ter 1, you should have com­pleted a total of 2 com­po­nents, with at least one com­po­nent in two areas of CAS. Keep in mind that you need com­plete your CAS by Dece­me­ber 2012 (Semes­ter 1 Grade 12).

End of Semes­ter 1 Grade 11: 2 com­po­nent, cov­er­ing at least two areas of CAS

End of Semes­ter 2 Grade 11: 5 com­po­nents, with at least one in each area of CAS

Begin­ning of Semes­ter 1 Grade 12: 7 com­po­nents with at least 2 in each area of CAS

End of Semes­ter 1 Grade 12: 9 com­po­nents with 3 in each area—CAS Completed

Reminders:

1. Build evenly in each area: C, A, S
2. Don’t over com­mit – you need to make sure you have time to study!
3. Don’t under commit—making up CAS in a hurry is HARD
4. Plan well, join clubs early, don’t wait until it is too late, and take advan­tage of all the         activ­i­ties hap­pen­ing at school.

5. Remem­ber

1. you must do at least one SOCIAL SERVICE club in your 2 years (a list of these is below)
2. you also need to be involved in at least one activ­ity of global importance
3. you need to show ini­tia­tive —         plan and orga­nize at least one of your activities—this can be done indi­vid­u­ally or in a group

6. You must par­tic­i­pate in your club con­sis­tently in order to get credit for it
7. Keep the due dates some­where important—you must hand things in on time
8. If you do not reflect on your activ­i­ties, you do not get credit for them
9. Reflec­tion is more about what you are learn­ing than just what you are doing (see reverse side for more about writ­ing reflections)

Social Ser­vice Activities:

1. Bis­han Home
2. Read to Reach
3. MINDS
4. RDA
5. Or, any out­side activ­ity work­ing with a ser­vice group in Sin­ga­pore (speak to Mrs Mares to con­firm it’s okay).

More CAS infor­ma­tion (from Miss Mares Manton’s talk)

1 com­po­nent is worth 15–20 hours

Half a com­po­nent is worth 7 to 10 hours.

A social ser­vice is out­side the school, with a shar­ity orga­ni­za­tion, work­ing with people.

Global impor­tance is some­thing that is good for the whole world.

Lead­er­ship is plan­ning or tak­ing initiative.

1. You need to sub­mit a pro­posal before the activ­ity takes place.
2. Then you’ll need to make sure you get atten­dance ver­fi­ca­tion from the per­son lead­ing the group and that your yel­low sheet gets filled in. You’ll need to sub­mit these after the activity.