Non-SES Accomplishment Narratives

Non-SES employee self-accomplishment narratives, element narratives and summary narratives may be required, optional, or not available depending on agency-specific guidelines. Administrators can review and edit element level narratives for employees and supervisors when they are required, and release employee self-accomplishment narratives (SAN) to rating officials as necessary.

Employee Self-Accomplishment Narrative

1. Open the performance plan.
2. Click Narratives on the plan navigation bar or navigate to Part 9. Employee Self-Accomplishment Narrative.

3. Click Edit in Part 9: Employee Self Accomplishment Narrative. 

   

4. Copy and paste using Ctrl C and Ctrl V, or type directly in the narrative box as applicable and click Done.
5. Click Release Self-Accomplishment Narrative to forward the employee self-accomplishment narrative (SAN) to the rating official for review.

6. Click Release Self-Accomplishment Narrative to Rating Official to confirm your action. The self-accomplishment narrative release date will be documented.

   

7. To retrieve the employee self-accomplishment narrative for changes, click Unrelease Self-Accomplishment Narrative from Rating Official.  The SAN can be re-released to the rating official using the same process as above. 

   

8. The date that the narrative was released to the Rating Official; as well as the verification date once the employee self-accomplishment narrative is reviewed by the rating official will be documented.

Element Level Narratives

Administrators can edit and review mandatory element level narratives for employees only.

1. Open the performance plan.
2. Click Performance Elements on the plan navigation bar or navigate to Part 7. Performance Elements.

3. To edit element narratives click Edit next to the corresponding supervisor or employee element narrative boxes.

   

4. Provide an element narrative in the Employee Element Self-Accomplishment Narrative text box and click Save Narrative, Save Narrative and Close, or Close Without Saving. 

   

5. The element narrative will appear under the applicable Element Narrative text box.

   

Release a Plan with no Employee Self-Accomplishment Narrative

If an employee is unable or unwilling to write a self-accomplishment narrative (when required by the agency), the administrator will need to bypass the employee self-accomplishment narrative.

1. Open the performance plan.

2. Click Narratives or navigate to Part 9. Employee Self-Accomplishment Narrative. Click Bypass Narrative.

   

3. Click Yes, Bypass Narrative to confirm the action.

   

4. The administrator and bypass date will be documented. This plan may now move forward in the process.