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) First Aidb) Citizenship in the Communityc) Citizenship in the Nationd) Citizenship in the Worlde) Communicationf) Personal Fitnessg) Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesavingh) Environmental Sciencei) Personal Managementj) Swimming OR Hiking OR Cyclingk) Campingl) 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:

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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 Beneficiari

es 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