1. UAIS IB Diploma Parent Presentation September 7, 2016 Welcome
UAIS IB Diploma Parent Presentation September 7, 2016 Welcome! Please pick up your family packet at the back of the cafeteria and have a seat!

2. Tonight’s Goals/Objectives
Provide a general overview of special program requirements: IB Rules & Regulations, Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and Extended Essay (EE)
Review requirements for IB diploma eligibility
Explain the general roles and responsibilities of students, teachers, and parents
Discuss support structure and communications with parents

3. General Regulations: Diploma Programme
Please return by Tuesday, September 13,
Document for students & their legal guardians
Content and requirements of the IB Diploma (art.8)
Award of the IB Diploma (art. 13)
Recognition of the IB Diploma (art. 5)
Academic infringement and malpractice (art )
Plagiarism and falsifying CAS records

4. Layson’s Drop-off Box

5. IB Diploma Framework

6. CAS Definition (Broad)
Creativity: arts and other experiences that involve creative expression or design
Activity: physical exercise that contributes to a healthy lifestyle
Service: unpaid, voluntary exchange that has a learning benefit for the student
All three components center on experiential learning that must take place outside IB classes.

7. CAS Requirements for IB Diploma
At least 150 total hours of CAS
Sustained 18 months (including summer!)
Completion of one CAS project
Sustained reflections (TOK)
Adequate balance of creativity, action, and service
Completion of five personal interviews with CAS advisor

8. CAS Community Service At least 150 hours Less than 75 hours
Goal-oriented Hour-oriented
Ongoing evaluation by interviews Single evaluation by completion
Internationally-minded Locally focused
Requires extended project Requires none
Requires deep reflection Requires minimal or no reflection
Activities demand personal challenge Activities often menial in nature
Creativity and activity required Only service required

9. CAS Requirements for IB Diploma
CAS is not awarded points on the traditional 45-point scale
Advisors recommended pass or fail condition
Failure renders the student automatically ineligible for the IB diploma

10. Managebac (uais.managebac.com)
Funded by IB Parent Boosters
Website storage facility for all CAS and other IB-related student information
All documentation, proposals, and reflections are virtual

11. CAS Advisors (UAIS Teachers)
Conduct student interviews
Monitor range of activities and reflections
Help students develop and alter goals
Read and respond to reflections
Verify involvement of CAS supervisors
Help troubleshoot potential issues
Make final recommendations (pass/fail) to coordinator

12. CAS Supervisors & CAS Safety
Can be teachers or other adults in the local community, but not UAIS parents or family members
Required for experiences/projects
Provides guidance/training
Monitors attendance
Report on student performance
Know the key players in their CAS world!

13. Extended Essay Between 3,500-4,000 words
Subject area of choice for students
Involves university-level research
3 formal reflective sessions submitted
Completed outside of coursework
Represents a 50-hour commitment
Externally assessed by IBO evaluator
Training begins October of junior year

14. Role of Supervisors A UAIS teacher who:
Uses expertise in subject area to provide advice and guidance to students, for a total of five hours
Helps define research question
Aids in the research process
Reads and comments on one rough draft
Submits a predicted grade to the IBO

15. The UAIS EE Schedule Process begins October junior year
Topics chosen/supervisors assigned early November 2016
Background reading and research begins mid- November 2016
Summer homework focus: CAS/EE/College
Quality draft due first day of senior year
Final draft due no later than November 2016

16. The Core Points Matrix – TOK/EE

17. 2018 EE Parent Reminder

18. UAIS Intervention System
Level 1: Student informed via and CCed to Yeokum, Spear, and Layson; alternate deadline set
Level 2: Student informed via and CCed to Yeokum, Spear, and Layson; parent contact by teacher warning of DP eligibility implications; alternate deadline set
Level 3: Student informed via that diploma eligibility status is temporarily suspended until student responds; meeting to plan solution with Mr. Spear and Mr. Layson; parent contact by coordinator

19. UAIS Intervention System
This is not a punishment! We’re here to help!
Sets specific internal deadlines among students and teachers
Requires communication with parents to help address the issue
Provides a specific, individualized student plan to catch up
Maximizes IB diploma eligibility

20. Academic Misconduct Ultimate responsibility lies with student
Works or ideas of others must be correctly acknowledged
Supervisor confirms that the EE the student submits is authentic work of the student
Both plagiarism and collusion—accidental or not—are forms of malpractice
Any falsified CAS document, including reflections, is grounds for malpractice

21. DP Don’ts for Parents
Focus too narrowly on grades at the expense of the core requirements of the program
Shy away from asking your child questions
Fill up the summer between junior and senior year
Assume that your otherwise responsible child will handle all of this gracefully

22. DP Dos for Parents
Make the core (TOK, CAS, EE) as much a part of your school discussions as classes
Be informed and responsible about their activities
Provide transportation for CAS and EE work, when needed
Support completion of full EE rough draft before senior year begins
Suggest experiences/projects that may develop future career skills
Utilize the DP Parent Calendar!

23. Sample Questionnaire

24. Contact Information
Websites: uaiscas.com & uaisresearch.com
Managebac: uais.managebac.com
Phone:
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