1. UAIS IB Diploma Parent Presentation September 9, 2014

2. Tonight’s Goals/Objectives
Provide a general overview of special program requirements: Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) and Extended Essay (EE), and Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
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, Sept 16th, 2014.
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. IB Diploma Framework

5. CAS Definition (Broad)
Creativity: arts and other experiences that involve creative expression or design
Action: 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.

6. 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 action required Only service required

7. CAS Requirements for IB Diploma
At least 150 total hours of CAS
Sustained 18 months (no interruptions)
Completion of one extended CAS project
Sustained reflections
Adequate balance of creativity, action, and service
Completion of five personal interviews with CAS advisor

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

12. Extended Essay Between 3,500-4,000 words
Subject area of choice for students
Involves university-level research
Completed outside of coursework
Represents a 40-hour commitment
Externally assessed by IBO evaluator
Training begins late fall of junior year

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

14. The UAIS EE Schedule Process begins junior year
Topics chosen/supervisors assigned early 2014
Research period/OU field trip in spring 2015
Summer homework focus: CAS/EE/College
Rough draft due first day of senior year
Final draft due no later than December 2015

15. EE Parent Reminder

16. Academic Integrity 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

17. Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
Prior to TOK – 16 years
Acquire vast amounts of knowledge, beliefs and opinions from academic disciplines and their lives outside the classroom
During TOK – 2 years
Student as the ‘knower’
Critical thinkers
Knowledge questions– different DP subjects, CAS experience, Extended Essay research, real world application

18. Knowledge Questions
How is the meaning of what is said affected by silences and omissions, pace, tone of voice and bodily movement? How might these factors be influenced in turn by the social or cultural context?
Is reason purely objective and universal, or does it vary across cultures? Is logic purely objective and universal?

19. International dimensions
Attributes a citizen of the world needs:
Self-awareness
Reflective, critical approach
Interest in other people’s points of view
A sense of responsibility

20. The Assessments Students need to complete two assessments:
External Assessment— Word Essay
This is NOT a research paper
Internal Assessment—Oral Presentation (10 minutes)
Student created knowledge issue

21. The Core Points Matrix – TOK/EE

22. 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

23. UAIS Intervention System
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

24. 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 requirements
Encourage completion of full EE draft and CAS Extended Project before senior year begins
Suggest activities/projects that may develop future career skills
Utilize the DP Parent Calendar!

25. 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

26. Coordinator Contact Information
Websites: uaiscas.com & uaisresearch.com
Managebac: uais.managebac.com
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