Eagle Steps

The following information is provided to assist scouts on their path to Eagle Scout rank advancement. Here, you will find rank requirements, application processes, approval forms, and editable PDF documents.

Before you begin though, take a look at the Value of The Eagle Scout Award video clip hosted by the National Eagle Scout Association. This will provide a better perspective of the rank you are aiming to reach.

Overview:
The path to Eagle is a daunting effort that will challenge your leadership, management, and communication skills. Step #1 on this Web page outlines the specific requirements needed to reach Eagle Scout. Troop participation, earned merit badges, and serving in a leadership position are fairly self explanatory. However, anyone vaguely familiar with the rank of Eagle Scout will undoubtedly ask you upon reaching your goal, "What was your project?", the Grand Daddy of all service efforts.

Up to now, you may have been a follower assisting other scouts with their Eagle Scout service projects. But to be an Eagle Scout, you must be a leader. The purpose of your project is to give you a personal, direct way to demonstrate to the Board of Review, that you have leadership skills. The service delivered, while important, is sort of a bonus. As you consider project ideas, ask yourself "How will this allow me to demonstrate leadership?" The answers to that question will require recruiting some helpers, giving them specific tasks to do, providing them with instructions so that they know their jobs, coordinating the preparations and work so that everything gets done, and monitoring the work so that it is done satisfactorily. You could do a service project by yourself, but you can't do an Eagle Leadership Service Project without leading other people!

Step #1 - Eagle Scout Rank Requirements

Step #2 - Eagle Scout Candidate Guide & Award Procedures

Step #3 - Eagle Scout Service Project Ideas

Step #4 - Eagle Scout Resources

Step #5 - Eagle Scout Time Line of Events

Boy Scout Troop 380
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

For more information regarding the content on this page contact:
Mike Brahosky, Committee Member

Web page last modified November 11, 2009