CAS Project

Project Requirements

You are required to complete at least one CAS Project during your CAS programme.

The project needs take a minimum of one month, from planning to completion.

During the project you must to collaborate with a group of students or members of the wider community. You must be part of a team where all members contribute.

You can address a single strand of CAS, or combine two or all three strands.

The CAS stages are used to create a plan and ensure all requirements are met. The group may complete the CAS Project - Planning Form together, but each member needs to upload it to their portfolio in ManageBac.

The Project should have:

- a clearly defined purpose

- specific goals

- identify the learning outcomes you will address

You also need to ensure:

-there is genuine need for the project

-there is a liaison who has a good relationship with the community

-you have assessed the safety of the project

-you receive permission from the CAS coordinator for the project

-you share the experience with the LJA community, as other students may be inspired by your experience!

Examples:

Creativity- A group plans, designs and creates a mural
Service- Set up and conduct tutoring for people in need
Creativity and activity - Choreograph a routine for a musical group
Service and activity - Plan and participate in the planting and maintenance of a garden with members of the local community
Service and creativity -Identify that children at a local homeless shelter need backpacks and design and make backpacks out of recycled materials
Creativity, activity and service - Rehearse and perform a dance production for a community retirement home

Description of the CAS Stages used in the Planning Form:

1. Investigation: Students identify their interests, skills and talents to be used in considering

opportunities for CAS experiences, as well as areas for personal growth and development. Students

investigate what they want to do and determine the purpose for their CAS experience. In the case of

service, students identify a need they want to address.

2. Preparation: Students clarify roles and responsibilities, develop a plan of actions to be taken, identify

specified resources and timelines, and acquire any skills as needed to engage in the CAS experience.

3. Action: Students implement their idea or plan. This often requires decision-making and problem-

solving. Students may work individually, with partners, or in groups.

4. Reflection: Students describe what happened, express feelings, generate ideas, and raise questions.

Reflection can occur at any time during CAS to further understanding, to assist with revising plans, to

learn from the experience, and to make explicit connections between their growth, accomplishments,

and the learning outcomes for personal awareness. Reflection may lead to new action.

5. Demonstration: Students make explicit what and how they learned and what they have accomplished,

for example, by sharing their CAS experience through their CAS portfolio or with others in an informal

or formal manner. Through demonstration and communication, students solidify their understanding

and evoke response from others.