This document provides an introduction to the International Baccalaureate (IB) Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) program for parents and students. It outlines the IB learner profile, defines what CAS involves, and its goals of developing reflective, engaged global citizens. Examples of CAS projects are given for creativity, action and service. The roles and expectations of students and advisors are explained. International student conferences are introduced as experiential learning opportunities for CAS.

1. Creativity
Action
Service
An Introduction for Parents and Students
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3. IB Learner Profile
 Inquirers - They develop their natural curiosity, have the skills to conduct
research and actively enjoy learning.
 Knowledgeable - They explore a broad range of concepts, ideas and issues
that have local and global significance.
 Thinkers - They exercise initiative and make reasoned, ethical decisions.
Communicators They express information creatively and work effectively in
collaboration with others.
 Principled - They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of
justice.
 Open-minded - They evaluate a range of points of view, and are willing to
grow from the experience.
 Caring - They have a personal commitment to service, and show compassion
towards the needs of others.
 Risk-takers - They approach unfamiliar situations with courage and are
articulate in defending their beliefs.
 Balanced - They understand the importance of intellectual, physical and
emotional balance to well-being.
 Reflective - They are able to assess and understand their strengths and
limitations.

4. What is CAS?
CAS is one of three essential elements in the IB
Diploma Program experience
Creative: arts and other experiences that
involve creative thinking
Action: physical exertion contributing to a
healthy lifestyle, complementing academic
work
Service: an unpaid and voluntary exchange that
has a learning benefit

5. What are the goals of CAS?
CAS aims to develop students who are:
Reflective thinkers
Willing to accept new challenges and new roles
Aware of themselves as members of
communities with responsibilities towards each
other and the environment
Active participants in sustained, collaborative
projects
Balanced

6. Why is it important?
 At ISK we are dedicated to excellence in both
academics and PERSONAL development.
 CAS enables students to enhance their personal
learning through experiential learning.
 The CAS program is challenging and enjoyable- it is a
personal journey of self-discovery!
Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that
is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic
possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person. Wilfred Peterson

7. How is CAS different from other service
learning?
Many components and aims will continue: plan,
act, reflect; and the goal of creating a better
and more peaceful world.
Emphasis for younger students was on
developing an awareness of community, but in
CAS there is growing involvement in service to
the community, in line with students’ maturity
and autonomy.
Students will have more opportunity to take
responsibility for their experiences, take risks,
and challenge themselves.

8. What is my role?
Over the next two years I will work with you to
plan, do, and reflect in order to achieve the
eight specific CAS outcomes:
Increase your awareness of your own strengths
and areas for growth
Undertake new challenges
Plan and initiate activities
Work collaboratively with others

9. Show perseverance and commitment in
your activities
Engage with issues of global
importance
Consider the ethical implications of
your actions
Develop new skills
To know the road ahead,
ask those who are coming back.
- Chinese proverb

10. Communication
Email – s.smith@takapuna.school.nz
Facebook – TGS IB CAS group https://www.facebook.com/groups/tgs.ib.
cas/
Wordpress http://tgscas.wordpress.com/
Managebac – how the students plan,
track and record their activities. They can
take you through this.

11. What is expected of the student?
 Plan, do, reflect
 Undertake at least one interim review and one final
review with me
 Take part in a range of activities, including at least one
project- some of which you have initiated yourself
 Keep records of your activities and achievements
 Show evidence of achievement of the eight learning
outcomes

12. Examples of Successful CAS Projects
Creativity:
Form a band and schedule a performance
Organize a talent show
Paint with a group at a mentally disabled
facility
Photography
Organize a city beautification project

13. Examples of Successful CAS Projects
Action:
Give dance lessons at a community center
Teach football to youth
Give swimming lessons to
underprivileged children
Join a new team sport (or individual) with
which you are unfamiliar

14. Examples of Successful CAS Projects
Service
Read to the blind
Serve meals at the city mission
Take your pet to a home for the elderly
for ‘Pet Therapy’
Organize an environmental clean-up day
Tutor a younger / older person

15. Thank you!
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing,
we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the
cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as
well as we can.
~ Robert Cushing ~
You may encounter many defeats,
but you must not be defeated.
In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so
you can know who you are,
what you can rise from,
how you can still come out of it.
~ Maya Angelou ~

16. International Student Conference
The IBWSC is Hosted in a creative and inspiring
university setting, IB students from around the world
collaborate to develop innovative solutions to global
issues.
Students hear from inspiring speakers, engage in
thoughtful inquiry focused on the conference theme in
small sessions, and participate in excursions and
recreational activities
These experiences encourage building meaningful
relationships with peers and developing international
understanding and leadership skills that benefit
participants far beyond the conference week.

17. University of Queensland, Brisbane,
AUSTRALIA
6-12 July Empowering Diversity: exploring
ways to make an impact in all communities
University of Bath, UNITED KINGDOM
27 July- 02 August
Urban Planning: Building the city of the
future

18. Costs
Students register for the conference and
pay direct to IB for this portion of the
conference (US$925)
This covers all costs from landing at the
conference to leaving the conference.
Flight costs are extra and will be booked
as a group with one teacher chaperone.
UK - $2800, Australia - $750 (approx)

19. So… what is the next step ?
Some of you have emailed me already to
say you are interested in one of the
conferences.
Please fill in the handout available and
return the permission slip to me in the
social sciences office – top floor of the
Ralph Roberts building.

20. Some photos of the Hong Kong IBWSC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crispysmith
/sets/72157635043472638/
See this presentation at
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