Because CAS is, in many ways, your own version of stepping into the world. Not the world of perfect answers and structured lessons, but the one where things don’t always go as planned, ideas evolve (a lot), and impact isn’t always immediate, but it’s real. Somewhere, in some quiet or unexpected moment, a student’s life will be impacted by CAS... and by all the other defining pieces of the IB journey. And you? You’re the one who gets to walk alongside them as it unfolds. So, e

Image created with CANVA by the author “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good way to start…when you read you begin with A, B, C.When you sing, you begin with Do, Re, Mi…” I always go back to this song from The Sound of Music when I need to explain something. There’s something about starting simple... grounding things before they get layered, complex, and slightly overwhelming. And if I had to translate that into this context, it would be this: CAS is our “Do, Re, Mi.

This Wasn’t Supposed to Be About Data (But Here We Are)! At first glance, CAS and data don’t seem like obvious partners. CAS is messy. It’s human. It’s built on reflection, uncertainty, and experiences that don’t always fit neatly into boxes. It’s not supposed to be about checklists and tracking. And yet… I found myself building a dashboard. Not because I wanted to quantify CAS, but because I needed to UNDERSTAND it. When our students first encountered CAS, there was hesitati

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: my very specific love for CAS and project management… and the slightly suspicious amount of joy I get from chaos. Because somewhere along the way, I realized I might not just be a CAS Coordinator. I might be a Chaos Coordinator... Funnily enough, last July I went on holiday in the UK and I brought my boss back a "Chaos Coordinator" table sign. Maybe I should've gotten one for myselt too! Give me a routine email and I’l