Transcript Path to Eagle

Path To Eagle Rank
Path To Eagle Rank
Be active in your troop,
team, crew, or ship for
a period of at least six
months after you have
achieved the rank of
Life Scout.
Demonstrate that you
live by the principles of
the Scout Oath and Law
in your daily life.
Earn a total of 21 merit
badges, including the
ones on this list (LINK):
While a Life Scout,
serve actively for a
period of six months in
one or more of the
selected positions of
responsibility
While a Life Scout, plan,
develop, and give
leadership to others in
a service project helpful
any religious
institution, any school,
or your community
Take part in a
Scoutmaster
conference.
Successfully complete
an Eagle Scout board of
review.
Be Active
• Active in your Troop means participation in weekly meetings, support
to the Scout and Scouter Leadership Team, and participation in Troop
activities, to include Camping, Hiking, Boating, Fund Raising, Parades,
among other activities.
• It is NOT semi-monthly attendance at meetings, skipping out on
Popcorn sales or other fund raisers, showing up in body but not in
mind and spirit to Troop / Patrol activities.
• It IS Helping the Troop Go, BY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION.
Live by the Principles of the Scout Oath and Law
• How do you demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout
Oath and Law in your daily life?
• The law of this troop is the Scout Law. Scouts also live by another
code, which is the Scout Oath or Promise. The Scout Oath describes
three duties that every Scout must accept-duty to God and country,
duty to others, and duty to self.
• What specific actions do you execute in your duty to God? To Country? To
Self?
• How do you do this? Is your effort externally visible? Do others recognize
your actions?
Earn a total of 21 merit badges
• Earn a total of 21 merit badges, including the following twelve:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
First Aid
Citizenship in the Community
Citizenship in the Nation
Citizenship in the World
Communication
Personal Fitness
Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving
Environmental Science
Personal Management
Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling
Camping
Family Life
• You must choose only one merit badge listed in items g and j. If you have earned
more than one of the badges listed in items g and j, choose one and list the
remaining badges to make your total of 21.
While a Life Scout, serve actively in positions of responsibility
• Serve actively for a period of six months in your unit in one or more of
the following positions of responsibility:
• Patrol leader, Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader, Venture
patrol leader, Troop Guide, Order of the Arrow troop representative, Den
Chief, Scribe, Librarian, Historian, Quartermaster, Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster, Chaplain Aide, Instructor, Webmaster, or Leave No Trace Trainer.
• Open this PDF for full Job Descriptions for these and other positions:
While a Life Scout, Plan, Prepare, and Lead a Service Project
• While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a
service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or your
community. Emphasis is on the planning, development, and
leadership, as opposed to the wrench-turning/wood-cutting tasks.
• The project must benefit an organization other than Boy Scouting.
• A project proposal must be approved by the organization benefiting
from the effort, your unit leader and unit committee, and the council
or district before you start.
• You must use the Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook, BSA
publication No. 512-927, in meeting this requirement. (To learn more
about the Eagle Scout service project, see the Guide to Advancement,
topics 9.0.2.0 through 9.0.2.15.)
Scoutmaster Conference
• At each of his rank advancements, a Boy Scout takes part in a
Scoutmaster conference. These conferences help the Scout to set
goals for himself in line with his individual talents and abilities. At
each conference, the Scoutmaster helps him evaluate how well he
accomplished his present goal and then works with him in setting
new goals.
Eagle Board of Review
• Successfully complete an Eagle Scout board of review. In preparation
for your board of review, prepare and attach to your Eagle Scout Rank
Application a statement of your ambitions and life purpose and a
listing of positions held in your religious institution, school, camp,
community, or other organizations, during which you demonstrated
leadership skills. Include honors and awards received during this
service. (This requirement may be met after age 18; see further
information on “Special Notes and Considerations” slide)
Special Notes and Considerations
• AGE REQUIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. Merit badges, badges of rank, and Eagle
Palms may be earned by a registered Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or Venturer.
He may earn these awards until his 18th birthday. Any Venturer who
achieved the First Class rank as a Boy Scout in a troop or Varsity Scout in a
team may continue working for the Star, Life, and Eagle Scout ranks and
Eagle Palms while registered as a Venturer up to his 18th birthday.
• Scouts and Venturers who have completed all requirements prior to their
18th birthday may be reviewed within three months after that date with
no explanation. Boards of review conducted between three and six
months after the candidate's 18th birthday must be preapproved by the
local council. A statement by an adult explaining the reason for the delay
must be attached to the Eagle Scout Rank Application when it is submitted
to the Eagle Scout Service.
• The Eagle Scout Service at the national office must be contacted for
procedures to follow if a board of review is to be conducted more than
six months after a candidate's 18th birthday.
Special Notes and Considerations
• If you have a permanent physical or mental disability, you may become an
Eagle Scout by qualifying for as many required merit badges as you can and
qualifying for alternative merit badges for the rest. If you seek to become
an Eagle Scout under this procedure, you must submit a special application
to your local council service center. Your application must be approved by
your council advancement committee before you can work on alternative
merit badges.
• A Scout or Venturer with a disability may work toward rank advancement
after he is 18 years of age if he meets the guidelines outlined in
the Advancement and Recognition Policies and Procedures.
• A Scout or Venturer with a disability may work toward rank advancement
after he is 18 years of age if he meets the guidelines outlined in
the Advancement and Recognition Policies and Procedures.
Resources
• Eagle Scout Challenge: What it Means to Be Awarded the Eagle Rank
• EAGLE SCOUT RANK APPLICATION, BSA Form 512-728, 2013 printing
• Eagle Workbook Procedures - link to BSA Page with download for Mac
and PC
• Navigating the Eagle Scout Service Project - Information for
Beneficiaries of Eagle Projects
• Application for Alternative Eagle Scout Rank Merit Badges
• The National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) provides a number of
online resources to assist Scouts in earning the Eagle rank — including
an electronic version of the Eagle Scout Rank Application and the
Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook — via their
Webpage at www.nesa.org