1. MRS. FICKBOHM SAE

2. Objectives 1. Define SAE 2. Identify the different types of SAE Programs 3. List three examples of each SAE Program

3. Wanted Advertisements Wanted: Landscape Maintenance worker to operate a lawn mower and power blower. Need a person who can work without supervision. Experience Required. Vet Assistant: Animal hospital needs an experienced individual to work 25 hours a week. Duties include: bathing animals, grooming, and feeding. Dependable person wanted to handle over-the-counter sales in garden center. Pay is $7.50/hr. Neat appearance is important and must work well with others. Experience working with plants a must. What do these advertisements have in common?

4. SAE Supervised Agricultural Experience Applies and develops agricultural knowledge and skills under supervision. Planned practical activities Conducted outside of class time. Purpose: gain experience in agriculture

5. Examples Working in a flower shop Operating a pet sitting business Growing a vegetable garden Building a water garden Raising a show lamb Developing a landscape plan for a community center Designing web pages for ranchers or farmers Improving wildlife habitat Growing two acres of corn Operating a lawn care business Writing articles about soil conservation for a newspaper Conducting survey to determine profitable crop

6. Benefits Brainstorm some ideas…consider these questions. What are other skills you might learn from a job? How can SAE’s benefit you (besides getting a job)? What kinds of skills can SAE’s teach you? Do you want to work for free?

7. Benefits Learn record keeping skills Improve decision making skills Teaches responsibility Develops skills that can be used in starting your own business. Develops management skills Develops knowledge and skills that can be used on the job or in college Provides opportunity to win FFA awards Can help your grade in your Ag. class

8. Types of SAE Programs Entrepreneurship Placement Agriscience Research Agricultural Service Learning Exploratory Directed school Laboratory

9. Entrepreneurship Plan, implement, operate, and assume all financial risk. Keeps financial records to determine return investment Entrepreneur Assumes responsibility, risk and rewards for operation

10. Entrepreneurship Examples Growing an acre of corn Operating Christmas tree farm Raising litter of pigs Running pay-to-fish operation Owning and operating a lawn care service

11. Placement Placement of students on farms, ranches, agricultural businesses, or community facilities “Learning by doing” Paid or not paid

12. Placement Examples Placement at Flower shop Working after school at farm supply store Working weekends at a riding stable Placement on general livestock farm

13. Agriscience Research Extensive activity Student plans and conducts agriculture experiment using the scientific process. Hands-on experience 1. Verifying, learning or demonstrating scientific principles of agriculture 2. Discovering new knowledge 3. Using scientific process

14. Agriscience Research Examples Comparing the effect of various planting media on plants Determining impact of different levels of protein on fish growth Determining if phases of the moon have an effect on plant growth Determining strengths of welds using different welding methods

15. Agricultural Service Learning Community service School-based reflections Connection between service learning and knowledge learned in agriculture class. Help make the community better

16. Service Learning Examples Build a nature trail for use by the community Design and install landscape plan for church or other community buildings. Build wood duck nest boxes

17. Exploratory Helps students become literate in agriculture and aware of possible careers in agriculture. Appropriate for students that don’t know exactly what field they want to be in.

18. Exploratory Examples Observing florist for a day Growing plants in a milk jug (greenhouse) Assisting on a horse farm for a day Interview a agriculture loan officer Create a scrapbook on the work of a veterinarian

19. Directed School Laboratory Students apply skills learned in class in labs provided by school Out of class time Such as: land labs, aquaculture, greenhouse, or Ag. Mechanics

20. School Lab Examples Growing bedding plants in school greenhouse Caring for the aquaculture fish Working in the school greenhouse after school.

21. Most common programs… Entrepreneurship Placement Service Learning Exploratory

22. Brainstorming Pick out 3 of the 6 SAE Programs Brainstorm 3 ideas from the 3 programs about what you could do for your own SAE  Entrepreneurship  Placement  Agriscience Research  Agricultural Service Learning  Exploratory  Directed School Laboratory

23. SAE Start thinking about what you would like to do for your SAE SAE’s are a great experience tool REMEMBER… What you put into your SAE is what you will get out of it!

24. Questions…?