SAE SupervisedAgriculturalExperience

What are my agricultural interests? b Students have SAE’s to: provide agricultural experiencesprovide agricultural experiences “Learning by Doing”“Learning by Doing” b SAE Benefits Earn Money Earn Money Learning Opportunities Learning Opportunities Earn Awards, Degrees, Scholarships Earn Awards, Degrees, Scholarships Usually Fun Usually Fun

What is SAE? b Supervised Agricultural Experience b SAE’s are: In the agriculture industry In the agriculture industry Conducted outside school time Conducted outside school time Supervised by the teacher Supervised by the teacher Planned around an agriculture occupation Planned around an agriculture occupation Designed to apply classroom/lab learning Designed to apply classroom/lab learning

What are the types of SAE? b Placement Working for an employer in an ag field Working for an employer in an ag field b Entrepreneurship Owning & operating an ag business Owning & operating an ag business Livestock, crops, lawns, etc. Livestock, crops, lawns, etc. b Exploration “Shadowing” or Experiment “Shadowing” or Experiment

What are Improvement Activities? b Part of all SAE’s b Include learning activities b Improve appearance, efficiency, or living conditions b Betterment of self, workplace, community b May not return cash to you

How is SAE related to classroom instruction and the FFA? b Three parts of Agriculture Education: Classroom + SAE + FFA Classroom + SAE + FFA b Sometimes it becomes difficult to separate the three parts of Ag Ed

Who should assist with my SAE program? b Parents provide equipment, products, financingprovide equipment, products, financing learning skills, selecting animalslearning skills, selecting animals b Teachers keeping records, award applicationskeeping records, award applications setting goalssetting goals learning skillslearning skills b Employer

What must students do in order to have an SAE program b Career Goal or Agricultural Interest b Select SAE to meet goals b Complete needed paperwork b Student keeps accurate records b Receive instruction from teacher, parents, and employer