Can a Boy Scout Fail a Board of Review
Scouter C.1000. asks how best to inform a Scout (and his parents) that the boy wasn't fully prepared for a rank advancement board of review while all the same encouraging the youth so the setback won't cause him to quit Scouting.
First, a Scout should never neglect a board of review. If the Scoutmaster does his job, especially at the Scoutmaster conference, the Scout should have no problems.
The board of review should be more like a pep rally for continuing in Scouting. Failure tin exist extremely humiliating to a Sentry, and if it is not handled well, the Scout volition quit. Hold a private meeting with the Scout and his parents and explicate why you call back the Scout is not ready. Keep it positive!
South.T.
Hayesville, N.C.
You tin turn a lath of review failure into a stepping-stone instead of a stumbling block past allowing the Scout to larn from the experience and be better prepared for the next review. A wise leader will utilise the moment to encourage, not discourage, the Sentinel into a new level of awareness of back up and understanding.
The leader should assistance the Scout understand his needs, show him how to succeed, and praise positive performance.
B.H.
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Often failure to pass a board of review is not the error of the Picket but of the review board. In my 36 years of Scouting experience, from Scoutmaster to district committee chairman, I have found that over-testing of the Scout was the cause of 99 percent of the failures to complete a rank.
A board of review should never be a exam. It should be a review of the boy'southward Scouting career to the present. It is not the place to ask, "How exercise you necktie a square knot?" but rather, "How are yous doing with knot tying every bit a Second Grade Scout?"
Boards of review should exist conducted by the troop committee, chaired by the advancement chairman, and never include the Scoutmaster.
W.A.B.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Let the Lookout man and his parents know which items were correctly answered and which items need work. Assign a senior Scout to coach the boy on areas where he is weak. Adapt for some other board of review without delay every bit before long as his mentor says the Sentry is ready to testify his stuff.
These steps will arrive clear to the Sentinel and his parents that yous want him to pass—without compromising the standards expected of every Scout.
L.H.S.
Whittier, Calif.
I employ the Scoutmaster'southward conference as a guide both for the Scout and myself. We review his requirements for the adjacent rank, including his potent and weak points.
The conference is the concluding thing before the board of review, so every requirement for the rank should be signed off in his handbook. We go over them together, and if I feel the Scout is not ready, I suggest that the board exist postponed for a short time so he can better prepare himself—with assist from older Scouts.
I explain that it's easier in the Scoutmaster'southward conference to see if he's actually ready, so that he won't be disappointed after by not passing the board. This way, I do not have to explain to parents why he failed the lath.
Scoutmaster D.G.
Portville, N.Y.
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It is of import to stress that advocacy is something to be earned and non given away. Thus, when you explain to a Scout that he has not passed, offering encouragement and not thwarting.
With proper encouragement offered, I believe the Lookout man will then double his efforts to attain the advocacy in rank and volition feel 100 percentage better about it when he receives it.
D.G.
Beale AFB, Calif.
If a Scout fails a board of review, I have failed as a leader somehow. Later on all, I conducted the Scoutmaster conference and thought he would exist ready for the review.
It may not be the Lookout man who failed; it may exist the plan you provide!
In the one instance I had where a boy did neglect the review, I told him, "I'k sorry, I failed to exercise a ameliorate task for you. What tin I practice to assist you ameliorate prepare for your next board of review?"
At the next troop committee meeting, I also asked, "What did I do incorrect with our plan?"
If y'all put the arraign on the Scout, he likely won't attend meetings and outings where the program of troop advocacy is existence presented. But if you lot as Scoutmaster take responsibility for the failure, then you will accept positive input from the Lookout as to what he needs to advance.
(Another question I would inquire the troop committee: "What practice you practise in a board of review? Is it a board of review or a board of final exam?" It should be the one-time, not the latter.)
Scoutmaster R.B.
Pueblo, Colo.
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Source: https://scoutingmagazine.org/2006/03/scouters-speak-encouraging-scouts-who-dont-pass-boards-of-review/
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