Eagle Preparation The Whole Package

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Eagle Preparation The Whole Package

• Adam Sullivan
• Scoutmaster - Troop 479

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What an Eagle is

• Core requirements
• Merit badges
• Leadership
• Eagle Project
• Scout Law
• Recognized achievement
• Lifetime of recognition
• Lifetime of expectations

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Expectations

• Skilled in field craft
• At home in the outdoors
• Can cope with crisis
• Service oriented
• Shows initiative seeks responsibility
• Has leadership experience

• In short
• a young leader

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This troops experience

• Many Eagles
• Early Eagles lose interest in the troop and miss
  the leadership development

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Unfair to the Scout

• If a Scout is promoted to Eagle, others will
  expect more from him throughout life. If he
  doesnt get the skills, development and
  leadership experience that meets those
  expectations
• he is set up for failure.

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Unprepared Eagles

• An unprepared Eagle will not have a good
  experience at his Eagle Board of Review.
• The Board is not made up of moms and dads from
  the troop. It is made up of prominent community
  leaders. Complete strangers to the scout who can
  ask tough questions.
• While the Scout may get a pass, he will be told
  that he should have Been Prepared.
• This troop has had Eagle candidates in tears over
  the experience

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My Rules on Eagles

• 15 years or older (necessary for university
  admission credit anyway)
• Demonstrated maturity
• Has mentored others. Leads by example.
• Actually lives the Scout Law every day. All
  words, including brave, courteous, and helpful.

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Other Standards to Help Pave the Path

• No more than 2 Eagle required Merit Badges from
  the same counselor. At least 4 in a
  non-classroom environment.
• Merit Badges are intended to get boys familiar
  with working with adults they dont know who will
  have varying standards.
• That is an important skill for a young man to
  have going into his first job and/or higher ed.
• This is a go forward requirement wont/cant
  make scouts re-do

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Brave

• 4 overnights without mom or dad before next rank
  past 1st Class.
• We have great parent participation in this troop,
  but we cant let that hinder our sons
  development. This standard applies to me too.
• If this is a big issue for your son, please talk
  to me and John Kordela.

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Trustworthy

• We need to eliminate the appearance of conflict
  of interest.
• Dont sign off your sons requirements have a
  trained ASM or the SM sign it off.

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Helpful

• I expect Star and Life scouts to take the
  initiative in being helpful to others.
• Not helpful when asked to be helpful without
  asking.
• That means at home too. Especially so. It takes
  10 consecutive days to form a habit, not one
  night a week.

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Courteous

• Manners arent in style, but they hold societies
  together.
• Star and Life are expected to control their
  bodies and mouths.
• Everyone is expected to think of others.
• I will be on them. Please help.

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Trimester System

• 3 4-month periods
• New patrols each 3rd trimester
• Different training emphasis each trimester
• Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr desert adventure phase
• May/Jun/Jul/Aug outdoor leadership skills phase
• Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec mountain adventure phase

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The Remaining Calendar

• Outdoor Leadership Skills
• Jun 9-10 Pacific Crest Trail backpack
• Jun 24-30 Summer Camp, Cherry Valley
• Jul 21-22 Dos Picos car camp
• Aug 18-19 Lake Poway backpack
• Mountain
• Sep 15-16 Fuller Ridge PCT backpack
• Oct 20-21 Mud Caves car camp
• Nov/Dec Iron Mountain hike / trail build / svc
  project
• Desert
• Jan 19-20 Oraflame backpack challenge
• Feb Colorado kayak / canoe adventure
• Mar Charrizo Gorge adventure
• Apr Blair Valley car camp

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New Patrols (2nd Trimester)

• Evan Knapp
• Michael Schloeder
• Tyler Klekas
• Connor Sullivan
• Ryan Krietz
• Troy McDivitt
• Kyle Prior

• Cameron Dechant
• D J Flaherty
• Ian Crawford
• Carl Sullivan
• Shawn Krietz
• Michael Jacobson
• Andrew Freedman

• Robert Chisholm
• Michael Schmitzerle
• Jacob Hansel
• Greg Elam
• Brandon Folts
• Kyle Gillespie
• Brian Previte
• Zack Salafia
• Ben Shapiro
• David Wilson