Any tips on making it through all the schooling and training?

prop827 · 11-29-2012, 08:13 PM

Mandatory Study Hours are different for A and Power schools. Hours programs are set up as XX-Y, where XX is how many hours per week you are required to complete (weeks run Monday-Sunday) and Y is how many hours per night preceding an academic night you have to do (ie, on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). So, for example, 15-2's means you have to do at least 2 hours of study after school on the days listed and on sunday when you leave you have to have completed 15 hours total. Which hours program you are on is determined by your SLPO, and is loosely based on your GPA and your study habits. If you fail any exam (less than a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale) you will be on the maximum hours program (A School) or A step below max hours (power school) until you pass another exam in that subject. If you are failing a course you will be on the highest hours program for the school until you are passing the course overall. Again, GPA is the main factor but SLPO's have very wide discretion!!
Sample Hours:
0-0 (called "vol's" or Voluntary)
10-0
10-2
15-2 (You will start here in A School and If you were vols in A School you start here in power school)
20-3 (You start here in Power School)
25-4 (A School or Power School Exam Failure; also Highest SLPO hours in A School)
30-5 (A School requires DOS Permission; Power school 2 failed exams in a row OR currently with a course failing average; Highest SLPO Hours in Power School)
35-5 (Power School ONLY with DOS Permission)
40-5 (Power School ONLY requiring CO's permission)

Of course SLPO's have wide latitude so you could be on 20-0's or 14-3's or whatever they feel like putting you on, above is just the most common.

Also, you have mandatory IA's each week (Instructor Assistance sessions). You are required to go during study time to see an instructor in specified subjects and get help. When the instructor has helped you, they will sign off on an IA Sheet saying you got help. These are also based on GPA in each subject, so you only get IA's in subjects you struggle in. The most you can have in A School is 5 per week or 3 per subject per week in power school, as far as I'm aware.

Also note study hours are from 0500 to 0645 and 1615 to 2400. Also, in power school, Any day preceding an academic test you are required to complete 2 hours no mater your hours program inside of the 1615-2400 block (morning hours don't count).

11-29-2012, 08:13 PM	#1
prop827 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 633 Rep Power: 0	Mandatory Study Hours are different for A and Power schools. Hours programs are set up as XX-Y, where XX is how many hours per week you are required to complete (weeks run Monday-Sunday) and Y is how many hours per night preceding an academic night you have to do (ie, on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). So, for example, 15-2's means you have to do at least 2 hours of study after school on the days listed and on sunday when you leave you have to have completed 15 hours total. Which hours program you are on is determined by your SLPO, and is loosely based on your GPA and your study habits. If you fail any exam (less than a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale) you will be on the maximum hours program (A School) or A step below max hours (power school) until you pass another exam in that subject. If you are failing a course you will be on the highest hours program for the school until you are passing the course overall. Again, GPA is the main factor but SLPO's have very wide discretion!! Sample Hours: 0-0 (called "vol's" or Voluntary) 10-0 10-2 15-2 (You will start here in A School and If you were vols in A School you start here in power school) 20-3 (You start here in Power School) 25-4 (A School or Power School Exam Failure; also Highest SLPO hours in A School) 30-5 (A School requires DOS Permission; Power school 2 failed exams in a row OR currently with a course failing average; Highest SLPO Hours in Power School) 35-5 (Power School ONLY with DOS Permission) 40-5 (Power School ONLY requiring CO's permission) Of course SLPO's have wide latitude so you could be on 20-0's or 14-3's or whatever they feel like putting you on, above is just the most common. Also, you have mandatory IA's each week (Instructor Assistance sessions). You are required to go during study time to see an instructor in specified subjects and get help. When the instructor has helped you, they will sign off on an IA Sheet saying you got help. These are also based on GPA in each subject, so you only get IA's in subjects you struggle in. The most you can have in A School is 5 per week or 3 per subject per week in power school, as far as I'm aware. Also note study hours are from 0500 to 0645 and 1615 to 2400. Also, in power school, Any day preceding an academic test you are required to complete 2 hours no mater your hours program inside of the 1615-2400 block (morning hours don't count).