Creativity Action Service GUIDEBOOK FOR MAYNARD HOLBROOK JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL C.A.S. Full Name (first & last): ________________________________________ Graduation Year: ________________ CAS Advisor Name & Email: ___________________________________________ CAS Coordinator Name & Email: Ms. Adrianne Williams / aewilliams@atlanta.k12.ga.us IB Academy Leader Name & Mrs. Sharonda Murrell / smurrell@atlanta.k12.ga.us CAS Advisor & CAS Coordinator’s Room Number(s) __________/___Room 327___ Created 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS MJHS Mission Statement …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Pg. 3 IB Learner Profile …………………………...….…….………………...........................................…….……………… Pg. 4 Creativity, Action, Service …………………………………………………………….……………………………..…….…… Pgs. 5-8 CAS Student Expectations ……………………………………………….…………………………..……………………………… Pg. 9 CAS Student Responsibilities …………………………………………………………………….………………….…………… Pg. 10
Learning Outcomes ……………………………………………………………………….…….……….…………………………… Pg. 11 CAS Timeline ……………………………………………………….………………………………….………………………………… Pg. 12 Sample CAS Activities ……………….…..……………….……………………………………….…..…….……………………… Pg. 13 CAS Reflective Writing Themes ………………………………………………………………………………..…….…… Pgs. 14-15 Exemplar CAS Reflections ……….…………………………………………………..……………………………………… Pgs. 15-16 Forms Appendix ……………………………………………………………………………..….………………….…………… Pgs. 17-26 MJHS Mission Statement (Developed with input from students, parents, staff, and community stakeholders- May 2011) Ensure a rigorous academic program for all students that develops critical and creative thinkers and caring global citizens. Empower our school community to cultivate a more peaceful through understanding and respect. CAS Quote “…everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”- Martin Luther King, Jr. cultural
This plan should outline some of the activities that you will do over the next 18 months, have a loose timeline for when you will you will participate in these activities, and identify the learning outcomes that each activity will address. Make sure that each of your proposed activities (and any activity that you plan on counting as part of your CAS) meets all 4 requirements (see pgs. 13, 24-25): i. Real, purposeful activities, with significant outcomes ii. Personal challenge – tasks must extend the student and be achievable in scope iii. Thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, reporting iv. Reflection on outcomes and personal learning You must show evidence of accomplishing the 8 Learning Outcomes (see pg. 11). Initiative and planning is required, and you must show evidence of planning and initiation in some of the activities you choose (see pgs. 24-26). Collaborative action is required, and you must plan and complete at least one collaborative project/activity during your CAS programme. You must document ALL activities using the Reflection Questions and Forms given in this guidebook as well as the pictures and other artifacts you collect as you complete your approved CAS activities. (see pgs. 8, 9, 13, 26). You must communicate with your CAS Advisor (your academic advisor) and the CAS Coordinator. You will do this through scheduled interviews, one-on-one meetings, as well as planning and development time during Advisory (see pg. 12). You must complete a series of meaningful activities throughout the two-year CAS program (approximately 150 hours in total) with a reasonable balance between creativity, action, and service. Emphasis is on quality and sustained engagement/interaction as opposed to hour-counting. Learning Outcomes Learning outcomes are different than assessment objectives because they are not rated on a scale. The completion decision for the school for each student is, simply “Have these outcomes been achieved?” THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE HEART OF YOUR PROGRAM. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE. As a result of their CAS experience as a whole, including their reflections, there should be evidence that students have: increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas of growth