Types of Service

It is recommended that our students engage with different types of service within their CAS  program. 

These types of actions are as follows.

• DIRECT SERVICE:

Student interaction involves people, the environment or animals. 

For example, this can appear as one-on-one tutoring, language, math tutoring with local kids, peer-to-peer listening, musical instrument teaching, science experiments with local kids.

• INDIRECT SERVICE:

Though students do not see the recipients of indirect service, they have verified their actions will benefit the community or environment. 

For example, this can appear as re-designing a non-profit organization’s website, letter writing to politicians, businesses, and journalists call for change on matters of humanitarian and environmental concern.

• ADVOCACY:

Students speak on behalf of a cause or concern to promote action on an issue of public interest. 

For example, this may appear as initiating an awareness campaign on hunger, performing a play on replacing bullying with respect, or creating a video on sustainable water solutions.

• RESEARCH:

Students collect information through varied sources, analyze data, and report on a topic of importance to influence policy or practice.

For example, they may conduct environmental surveys to influence their school, contribute to a study of animal migration, compile effective means to reduce litter in public spaces, or conduct social research by interviewing people on topics such as homelessness, unemployment, or isolation.

CAS is intended to help you develop as an individual, through a process of self-discovery, self-awareness and reflection.

During this process, you will think about yourself and about how others see you. You will assess your strengths and areas to work on, and you will reflect on the experiences as you carry them out. During and after an experience, you will have to reflect on what you are doing, how you are doing it, and what thoughts or feelings it creates for you. As a result, before you start, you need to stop and look at yourself and the activities in which you would like to take part in. How to do this is explained in the WSA CAS Handbook.

A good CAS program must relate to your personal qualities, aims, and ambitions so that it is relevant for you and has a powerful learning value. Setting goals, making plans to achieve them, and the assessment of your results are fundamental to experiential learning. It is essential that you develop the habit of critical reflection.

Naturally, CAS experiences should be something you both enjoy and feel are worthwhile to you and the
community of our school and beyond!

We hope you all enjoy this framework and make the most of the opportunities it provides.