1. C.A.S. C reativity A ction S ervice

2. Goal Setting (Remember: Goals should be SMARTER ) S pecific[Detailed] M easurable[Timeline] A ction[What will you do?] R ealistic[‘Doable’ goals] T imed[Realistic Time frame] E valuated[Review at end & amend as necessary] ‘ R ’ritten[Write them down and check as you go] Long Term Planning Goals (Until end IB programme) Medium Term Planning Goals (Until end IB1) Short Term Planning Goals (Each term)

3. C.A.S. is Experiential Education i.e. Learning from Experience. CAS aims at developing the personality of the students helping them become MORE active, compassionate and aware citizens than they would have been otherwise. Learning has occurred only if there is an improvement. Learning from experience is only possible THROUGH ASSOCIATED ONGOING REFLECTION GUIDED

4. CAS must not be self-taught!!! Ongoing Reflection: Before: Setting Goals During: Monitoring, Assessing After: Evaluation, Improvement Guided Reflection: CAS Coordinator IB Coordinator and Members of Staff External Supervisors and Experts

5. Why are you doing CAS To develop a sense of tolerance, value and respect towards others. Take responsibility for your behavior, develop your talent in sport and the arts. Understand the notion of fellowship, charity and community service, learning the importance of mental and physical health, and being sensitive to the environment. An international education must be involved in the development of young person’s attitude and moral values. Serving the community (local, national, and international) is a must for intellectual development and social awareness. Young people of today are going to be the authorities of tomorrow. You must deserve your position in the future. Creativity and action are two important features, which a leader of the, future should have. CAS will develop in you a spirit of discovery, modesty, self-confidence and self-reliance; it will encourage new skills and interests, and will inspire a sense of responsibility towards people everywhere.

6. Why CAS? What some past IB students said about CAS. “These CAS hours, for the most part, have given me great insight into things which I would normally overlook for take granted.” “All of my activities taught me about life and gave me a better insight about the world.” “CAS helped me to also find out many new things about myself…” “I believe the CAS experience was a lot of FUN. It allowed me to escape my studies and relax.”

7. CAS ACTIVITIES 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) Creativity

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Who Will Help You? Cas supervisor - Will be responsible for setting up, monitoring, evaluating, counseling and documenting your CAS activities. Teaching staff – Your teachers can help you by supervising activities that they are involved in, offering suggestions for activities or by giving you service tasks to do. Outside agencies – Red crescent, Doha Players, Orphanage, Old peoples home, Schools for disabled children, elementary schools, language schools. Sports clubs etc can all act as opportunities for you to serve them. Parents – An invaluable partner in the CAS programme. They can help with activities and supervise activities {not their own children, if possible}

11. EVALUATION Four components of a good evaluation: 1.Brief description of the activity. 2.What you personally got from the activity. 3.What you think others got from the activity, including anecdotal evidence. 4.What you have learned from the experience and how you would amend it in the future. (four different levels of reflection in the CAS Log book.)