CAS Project

• Every IB Diploma student needs to initiate and complete at least one CAS project.

• CAS projects lead students to: 

  1. Collaborate with different people to achieve common goals or help mitigate real-life challenges.

  2. Explore opportunities to offer their skills and passion to do the above.

  3. Grow by enhancing their awareness and understanding of commitment and perseverance, and how to consider ethical implications in tackling global issues in their local environment.

• Every IB Diploma student must undertake at least one CAS project in addition to the regular CAS experiences.

• A CAS project should arise from: an authentic need in a cause AND an area of a student's strong interest and passion.

If you have difficulty coming up with a project idea or proposal, please feel free to contact the CAS Team. 

CAS projects may be done within the ISKL community or beyond. 

Your project must: 

• Serve or benefit individuals, community, the environment, a cause, or a body of knowledge. 

• Be planned with the five CAS stages

• Be in one or more of the three CAS strands (Creativity, Activity, Service)

• Involve your collaboration with others (e.g. other students, supervisors, community partners, etc.)

• Demonstrate your initiative and leadership through your passion and vision

• Be sustained for at least a month or longer, including all the investigation, preparation, action, and demonstration (e.g. a product or new features to be shared with others, as per your project design)

• Be done holistically. 

  • Shown through all the material evidencing your progress and achievement (housed in a shared folder for your project from the start). You can then upload these to your CAS project entry on ManageBac. 

  • CAS Project reflections should discuss your crucial decision-making, challenges, adaptations, etc. 

In order to begin your CAS project, learn about the five CAS stages below:

1. Investigation: Research the cause or an idea for your CAS project. 

2. Preparation: Write your proposal and secure your CAS project supervisor. 

3. Action: Implement the steps you identified to achieve your goals in your project proposal. Collaborate with others to ensure that you are on track for achieving your desired outcomes.

4. Reflection: What is going well? What needs to change? Discuss these with your supervisor and collaborators as you work on your project, and record the milestones and challenges in your CAS project entry on ManageBac.

5. Demonstration: Share your outcomes with other people to inform and inspire.