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Life to Eagle Conference March 2010. Presented by Michael Cox Sandia District Advancement Committee Chairman With Thanks to John Varney.
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Presented by Michael Cox Sandia District Advancement Committee ChairmanWith Thanks to John Varney
Requirement #1 Be active in your Troop, Team, or Post for at least 6 months after you have earned the rank of Life Scout.
Requirement #1 (interpreted) Be active in your Troop, Team, or Crew for at least 6 months after you have earned the rank of Life Scout.
Requirement #2 Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life.
Requirement #2 (interpreted) Prove that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life by getting witnesses.
Recommendation Options • At present, who and how someone is contact for a letter of reference is determined by your Troop. • Letters • Most desirable • Delivered sealed to Eagle Board of Review • Telephone interview • Form letter or survey
Letters of Recommendation • Parents or guardians • Religious leader • Teacher or other educator • Employer (if any) • Two other references
Selecting References • Always ask first. • Explain the purpose of the recommendation ( you might also have to explain the Scout Oath and Law). • Explain how the recommendation will be given. • Allow plenty of time. • “Will your recommendation be positive?”
Requirement #3 Earn 21 merit badges (12 required and 9 optional)
Required Merit Badges • Camping • Citizenship in the Community • Citizenship in the Nation • Citizenship in the World • Communications • Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving
Required Merit Badges • Environmental Science • Family Life • First Aid • Personal Fitness • Personal Management • Swimming or Hiking or Cycling
Previous Required Merit Badges • 1911 – Athletics, Personal Health, Public Health • 1934 – Bird Study, Civics, Cooking, Pathfinding, Pioneering, Safety • 1961 – Firemanship, Nature
Merit Badge Requirement • Be able to document the merit badges that you list. • Merit badges can be earned in any sequence and at any time. • Merit badges do not need to precede project. • 21 is the minimum number of merit badges. It’s OK to earn more.
Requirement #4 While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months or more in a designated position of responsibility.
Requirement #4 While a Life Scout, serve actively for a period of 6 months or more in a designatedposition of responsibility.
Designated Positions • PL, SPL, ASPL, Troop Guide, OA Rep., Den Chief, Scribe, Librarian, Quartermaster, JASM, Chaplain Aide, Instructor, Historian, Venture Patrol Leader • Varsity team Captain, Co-captain, Program Manager, Squad Leader, Team Secretary
Designated Positions (continued) • Venturing Crew/Ship positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer / Boatswain, Boatswain’s Mate, Yeoman, Purser, Storekeeper
Requirement #5 While a Life Scout, plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project...
Planning Document • Use either the paper Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook (18-927) or better yet… • The Eagle Scout Application can also be found here. Download the form from the BSA website www.nesa.org/trail/manual.html
Planning Document (continued) • The .rtf file can go straight into your word processor. • Photos can be scanned into the planning document. • Use of the electronic form permits electronic review and corrections. • Keep signatures on a separate page.
Project Selection • It must benefit a religious institution, school or the community (and be approved by the benefiting organization). • It cannot benefit a business or your Troop. • It must have “lasting value.”
Project Scope • Total time is usually 100 or more man-hours. • It requires the direction of others. • It must be challenging. • It must be within the skills of the Scout.
Project Proposal • Proposal approval must precede starting the project. • Proposal must be approved by: • Benefiting organization • Scoutmaster • Troop Committee • District representative • Appearances count; use proper grammar and spelling.
District Approval ( What I will be looking for) • Standard - Can I hand your proposal to another Life Scout and the project will still get done without you? • Design or engineering approvals needed? • How many people will participate? • When do you propose to do the project?
District Approval (2) • Complete, step-by-step details? • Drawings, diagrams or photographs? • Detailed list of tools and materials needed? • Plan for acquiring tools and materials? • Plan for transporting materials from the supplier to the worksite?
Safety • How can somebody get hurt during this project? • How do you plan to prevent these injuries? • How do you plan to deal with these injuries when they occur despite your plans to prevent them?
Creature Comforts • How will you use your workers? • Consider work teams • Consider rotating tasks • Adults present at all worksites • Rest periods, food, drink, and toilet? • Transportation to and from worksite - BSA tour permit needed?
Alternative Plans • What will you do if the weather doesn’t cooperate? • What will you do if other major changes occur? • What will you do if the proposal needs changes before it can be approved?
Your Role During the Project • You must execute the plan. • You are in charge - all questions come to you, all direction comes from you. • All adults adults work for you - sometimes as consultants. • You do what needs to be done in order to make the project a success.
After the Project • Thank those who helped. • Make sure that the project meets the expectations of the benefiting organization. • Return, replace and restore. • Write report.
Project Report • It is a detailed description of what happened during the project. • If something goes wrong, that’s OK - How did you deal with it? • Include pictures of completed work and happy, smiling workers. • List all workers and their time. • It must be approved by Scoutmaster and benefiting organization.
Project Report • Standard 1 -- Someone who wasn’t at the project site can read your report and explain exactly what happened. • Standard 2 -- 20 years from now, your kids will find your report in the attic - They should be impressed.
Project Name and Grand Total Hours • Enter project name or description • Enter grand total hours ( from page 10 of the Eagle Leadership Project Workbook. • Use new form 58-728A
Requirement #6 • Write a statement of your ambitions and life purpose and a listing of positions held in your religious institution, school, etc. • Participate in a Scout Master Conference
The Statement • Listing of positions is easy; describing life purpose is hard. • Describe your future life. • Describe how you plan to get there. • Share the statement with your Scoutmaster during the Scoutmaster conference.
After All 6 Requirements Are Met • Certify the application by signing and dating it. • Get Unit approval by having the Scout Master and Committee Chair sign the application
After All 6 Requirements Are Met (continued) • Take the completed application and statement of ambitions and life purpose to the GSW Council Service Center for Certification. • Wait for their review and certification before scheduling a Board of Review (allow 2 weeks).
The Board of Review • A Troop responsibility • Requires a Sandia District representative (allow 2 weeks for one to be assigned) • Decision must be unanimously positive. • You are now an Eagle Scout!
After the Board of Review • Take everything (application, statement of ambitions and life purpose, project proposal and final project description) to the Council Service Center. • Wait up to 6 weeks. • Schedule a presentation only after your Scoutmaster receives your certificate.
Common Misconceptions • I have to earn all of the required merit badges before considering a project. • I can decide to become an Eagle Scout any time before my 18th birthday. • Once I have completed all of the requirements, becoming an Eagle Scout is almost automatic.
How to reach Mr. Varney Home phone 883-4407 Work Phone 348-1105 E-mail JCVFIRST@MSN.COM
Leadership Service project workbook electronic version. Can be found at http://www.scouting.org/nav/scouts.html