Learning Outcomes

Below are the learning outcomes of the CAS. By doing the CAS, we are encourage and expected to achieve one of the learning outcomes below. Also, it is to be reminded that the CAS activities should reflect one of the following learning outcomes. The list of the learning outcomes below are a direct copy from the school’s website. This is just to make my work more convenient and efficient.

• Increased their awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth - they are able to see themselves as individuals with various skills and abilities, some more developed than others, and understand that they can make choices about how they wish to move forward.
• Undertaken new challenges - a new challenge may be a new activity or the extension of a previous one.

• Planned and initiated activities – planning and initiation will often be in collaboration with others. It can be shown in activities that are part of larger projects, e.g., ongoing school activities in the local community, as well as in small, student led activities.

• Worked collaboratively with others – collaboration can be shown in many different activities, such as team sports, playing music in a band, or helping in a kindergarten. At least one project involving collaboration and the integration of at least two of Creativity, Action and Service, is required.

• Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities – at a minimum this involves attending regularly and accepting a share of the responsibilities for difficulties that arise in the course of the activities.

• Engaged in issues of global importance – students may be involved in international projects, but there are many global issues that can be acted upon locally or nationally (e.g. environmental concerns, caring for the elderly)

• Considered the ethical implications of their actions – ethical considerations arise in almost any CAS activity (e.g. on the sports field, in musical composition, in relationships with others during service activities). Evidence of thinking about ethical issues can be shown in various ways, including journal entries and conversations with CAS advisors.

• Developed  new skills - as with new challenges, new skills may be shown in activities that the students has not previously undertaken, or in increased expertise in an established area.