NAVY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT MANUAL

When a student is accelerated, the course supervisor is
responsible for ensuring that a CeTARS Schoolhouse Person
Event (PEVT) Code is assigned and provided to TSC/DET SCO
for input into CeTARS. Total number of accelerations for a
course will be tracked and summarized as a training quality
indicator.
1.4. Setback. The idea is for a student to complete training
in the time scheduled. A setback occurs when a student is
unable to complete the training in the designated time.
Setbacks are classified as either academic or non-academic, in
addition to increase the student's pipeline. Because setbacks
are costly, they should be granted only after all other forms of
remediation have been exhausted and when there is an indication
that a setback is in the best interest of the military and
student.
Academic setbacks for "A" and ”C” school students may be
initially granted by the course supervisor as a result of a
preventative counseling session and only after all means of
remediation and retesting have been used with inadequate
results. Subsequent academic setbacks will occur only
because of an Academic Review Board’s (ARB) recommendation.
All decisions to academically set back a student from other
type courses (i.e., “D” and “G”), will be based on a
decision by supervisory personnel above the level of the
immediate instructor. Schoolhouse administrative
procedures resulting in automatic academic setbacks are not
authorized. Students designated as academic setbacks will
be allowed to repeat only that portion of a course for
which they have failed to achieve the objective(s).
Non-academic setbacks may occur when the student is unable
to complete the material due to illness or special
circumstances outside the control of the course or student.
The decision to set back non-academically is a management
decision.
Training managers and course supervisors are responsible
for evaluating the causes for setbacks and taking action to
lower this rate without lowering training standards.
When a student is set back, the course supervisor should
inform student control so the appropriate PEVT code can be
found/used to support the TSC/DET SCO for input into
CeTARS.
If a student in a high-risk course is set back due to a
medical problem, which may result in future problems while
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