Scouting, Volume 60, Number 6, September 1972 Page: 27
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ADVANCEMENT REQUIREMENTS AT A GLANCE
Requirements
Tenderfoot
Second Class
First Class
Star
Life
Eagle
Be active in
troop and patrol
At least
2 months
At least 3
months as
Tenderfoot
At least 3
months as
Second Class
At least 4
months as
First Class
At least 6
months as
Star Scout
At least 6
months as
Life Scout
Scout Spirit
Memorize the
Scout Oath and
Law. Show that
you have fol-
lowed them in
everyday life.
Show that you
follow Scout
Oath and Law
Same
Same
Same
Same
Skill Awards
Citizenship and
1 other
Total of 5
Total of 8
including First Aid
Merit Badges
1
Total of 3
Total of 5,
including First
Aid and Citizen-
ship in the Com-
munity
Total of 9,
including 4
required for
Eagle
Total of 15,
including 7
required for
Eagle
Total of
24, including
10 required
(see list below)
Service Projects
At least 6
hours, approved
by Scoutmaster
At least 6
hours, approved
by Scoutmaster
Plan, develop,
and lead ap-
proved commu-
nity service
project
Leadership
Troop office
or assignment
by Scoutmaster
Troop office
or assignment
by Scoutmaster
Troop office
Personal Growth
Agreement Confer-
ence
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Merit Badges Required For Eagle.—First Aid, Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation,
Citizenship in the World, Communications, Safety, Emergency Preparedness (or Lifesaving),
Environmental Science, Personal Management, Personal Fitness (or Swimming, or Sports)
First Aid, Citizenship in the Com-
munity, Citizenship in the Nation,
Citizenship in the World, Commu-
nications, Environmental Science,
Personal Management, Safety,
Emergency Preparedness OR Life-
saving, Personal Fitness OR Swim-
ming OR Sports.
Note that the options make the
program more flexible for boys in
all types of communities and all
socioeconomic groups. For exam-
ple, whether a Scout earns Lifesav-
ing or Emergency Preparedness, he
learns a skill that could save a life.
Thus he develops greater motiva-
tion for service. In a similar man-
ner, Personal Fitness, Sports and
Swimming all develop better knowl-
edge, attitudes and physical profi-
ciency.
Five of the merit badges required
for Eagle—Emergency Prepared-
ness, Citizenship in the World, Per-
sonal Management, Sports and En-
vironmental Science—are new. In
all, there are over 100 merit badges
available to boys, with other sub-
jects to be considered and added
each year.
Another new feature allows local
councils to develop their own merit
badges for their specific areas.
Councils now have details on how
to get such badges approved.
As previously done, requirements
for merit badges are passed to
adult merit badge counselors, re-
cruited either by the district or the
troop, and approved by the council.
Merit badge counselors need not
register with the Boy Scouts of
America, although they are encour-
aged to do so.
Personal Growth Agreement Not long
after a boy joints a troop, he sits
down with his Scoutmaster for a
short, informal conference. The
new Scout is encouraged to talk
about himself: How many brothers
and sisters has he? What subjects
does he like in school? Does he like
to read? What are some of the
things the Scout is really good at?
The Scoutmaster is trying to dis-
cover the strengths of this new boy
so he can help him build on these
strengths. Before the conference is
over—if all goes well—the Scout
will have appraised his abilities and
will have set a few personal goals.
The boy, although he may not be
aware of it, is involved in his very
first personal growth agreement.
How successful the Scout is with
the personal growth agreement
probably will depend on his Scout-
master's skill and attitude. The
agreement is a built-in part of all
the progress awards. Without par-
ticipating in a personal growth
agreement with the Scoutmaster—
or with another adult leader desig-
nated by the Scoutmaster—the boy
cannot advance.
Usually the personal growth
agreement conference comes after
the Scout has completed the other
requirements for a progress award.
The Scoutmaster is supposed to let
the Scout do most of the talking.
Naturally, he counsels the Scout,
but the Scoutmaster is not sup-
posed to act as a sociologist, or a
psychiatrist, or even a teacher. The
Scoutmaster's role is that of a
coach and a counselor. He does not
tell the Scout what goals to set.
Rather, he tries to guide the Scout
in the right directions by seeing
that the Scout:
—Reviews his strengths and abili-
ties, which the Scoutmaster encour-
ages him to build on.
—Establishes a plan for complet-
ing the next progress award.
—Talks about himself and his fu-
ture, both within and outside the
troop.
—Makes a personal growth agree-
ment in which he commits himself
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