CAS AIMS and Learning Outcomes
CAS Aims and Learning Outcomes – what will I achieve by doing CAS?
Although CAS is not formally assessed and you do not receive points for CAS towards your final IB score, you cannot pass the Diploma Programme without it. The purpose of CAS is to encourage and nurture personal growth and development, with the IB Learner Profile as a guide to what we strive to be.
CAS is a personal journey and each student’s portfolio of CAS experiences will be unique. Therefore, it is very hard to quantify CAS and it should only be evaluated on an individual basis. It is not just about outcomes but rather importantly, about how you get there and how you have developed as young people along the way.
CAS Aims
The CAS programme aims to develop students who:
• enjoy and find significance in a range of CAS experiences
• purposefully reflect upon their experiences
• identify goals, develop strategies and determine further actions for personal growth
• explore new possibilities, embrace new challenges and adapt to new roles
• actively participate in planned, sustained, and collaborative CAS projects
• understand they are members of local and global communities with responsibilities towards each other and the environment.
CAS Learning Outcomes
To complete CAS, the final decision will ultimately lie in the question “Have the seven learning outcomes been achieved?”
The learning outcomes are therefore a key tool on your CAS journey and must be present for you to complete the CAS requirements. Some may be demonstrated many times, in a variety of experiences, but completion requires that you have evidence of meeting each outcome a minimum of one time.
The seven learning outcomes are clear in definition and through the use of descriptors for each outcome, they can be easily understood.
We will also involve you in an introduction to CAS session when we will look at the seven learning outcomes more closely and help you to make decisions about which learning outcomes can be achieved by a particular CAS experience.
