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Good
things happen when you advance in rank!
You feel really good
about your achievement.
Others respect you more
You have learned new things - to make scouting more fun
Your Patrol is more capable and experienced
That's
why you must make sure your patrol members advance. Our goal is at
least one advancement per year (except to Eagle), and no more than
12 months to get first class. That
first year is the most important in scouting. That's when you need
advancement the most, because you don't know so much and you want
to learn and get to be as good as the rest of the scouts.
Each
scout is responsible for advancing. He must study the
handbook, listen and watch others, and ask the Patrol Leader or
other scouts to help him understand and learn skills when he needs
it. He must then demonstrate to the Patrol Leader (or to another
leader) that he knows how to do each item in the requirements list,
and make sure each item gets signed off as he does that.
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As
a Patrol Leader, you are also responsible for making sure
the scouts in your patrol advance, no matter what rank they or you
are. You must keep track of each item they need, and help them
schedule the work and the sign-offs. Set target dates for each
thing, and be there for them to sign things off.
After First
Class, the requirements change to include Merit Badges, service
projects and leadership. Your job as a Patrol Leader is still to
help your patrol members make progress in all these areas. Organize
a service project, or remind the scouts of ones you know about. Plan
to work on a merit badge as a patrol. Remind the scouts to look for
Den Chief jobs, or Troop leadership jobs. The adult leaders can also
help with that.
Remember, at the
Greenbar Meeting you will be asked how your scouts are doing. Male
sure you know!
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