The responsibility of the CAS student

Key to a student’s CAS programme is personal engagement, choice and enjoyment of CAS experiences. Throughout the Diploma Programme, students are expected to:

• undertake a variety of CAS experiences, ideally on a weekly basis, for a minimum of 18 months. These plans should have been discussed with the CAS Coordinator/ Adviser through casual and formal interviews. 

• plan for and complete at least one CAS project with a minimum duration of one month.

• reflect on CAS experiences at significant moments throughout CAS and maintain a CAS portfolio, The CAS portfolio is a collection of evidence that showcases CAS experiences and student reflections. 

• demonstrate achievement of the seven CAS learning outcomes via their digital Managebac portfolios of students’ work including proposals, evidence (such as photographs, videos, links to websites, etc) and reflection entries. 

Note: The official CAS sign-off date for MDID DP year 2 students is in the last week of March, with the final interviews happening during the time period between Mock exams and External Exams. If students have not completed their portfolio by the sign-off date then their progress is personally monitored by the CAS coordinator until finished. A letter is sent home to parents/guardians again if a student’s CAS portfolio is unsatisfactory with a warning about the IB Diploma now being “at risk”.