1. Types of SAEs

2. An SAE is… Supervised Agricultural Experience
Cognitive approach (purpose is to learn)
Hands on learning experience
Students learn, practice, expand, and enhance the agricultural and natural resources skills

3. Me, my SAE, & my FFA Chapter
Necessary to advance in the FFA program
Necessary to obtain most of your degrees
Needed to be
National FFA officer
State FFA officer
Helps with proficiency awards and money at many different FFA levels

4. My SAE and my Life
Allows the opportunity to learn new skills and make money
Teaches responsibility and management skills
Prepares you to own a business and improves decision making skills

5. Types of SAEs Entrepreneurship Exploratory Placement Research
Experimental
Non-Experimental
Improvement
Supplemental

6. Entrepreneurship “In charge” of almost anything
Plans and operates an enterprise relating to agriculture and natural resources
Owns all the materials
Keeps fiscal records
Assumes all of the financial risks concerned with their SAE
Major SAE that takes TIME

7. Entrepreneurship SAE Examples
Owning and operating a lawn care business
Owning and operating a hen house & selling the eggs
Raising a crop of roses for local florist
Growing an acre (or more) of corn, wheat, soy, etc.
Owning and operating a small community greenhouse

8. Exploratory Research based Primarily for beginners
Designed for students to better understand agriculture and become aware of careers in the agriculture industry

9. Exploratory SAE Examples
Assisting on a livestock farm for a week
Observing a veterinarian at work
Take an agriculture class in high school or at a local college
Interview an agriscience teacher about their experiences in agriculture
Attend an FFA National Convention’s Job Fair

10. Placement “Placed” in a variety of situations
Creates a “learning by doing” environment
Like job shadowing
Similar to Exploratory, but more in depth

11. Placement SAE Examples
Working on a livestock/crop farm
Interning at a local agribusiness
Being placed at an outdoors recreation park/camping grounds
Caring for the plants in the local greenhouse

12. Experimental Research
Research based learning
Plan and carry out a major experiment in agriculture an natural resources using the scientific method
Allows for “hands-on” in:
Learning new knowledge
Using the scientific method
Showing scientific ideals in agriculture

13. Experimental SAE Examples
Analyzing the effectiveness of different fertilizers on plant growth
Comparing three different plant foods on plant development
Determining which of three weed controls are most effective
Determining what diet for a calf will result in the best growth and optimum strength

14. Non-Experimental Research
Select a problem in the agriculture community that does not require experimentation
Make plans to investigate the problem to find a solution
Must research data from many sources and then present some sort of a finished product

15. Non-Experimental SAE Examples
An area-use plan for the school greenhouse
Working out an advertising campaign for the county fair
Forming a recycling plan for your community

16. Improvement Purpose is to improve the value and/or appearance of
Workplace
School
Home
Community
Increase the efficiency of a business or the condition of the home life
Cannot be done in one day due to the number of steps it takes to complete the project

17. Improvement SAE Examples
Building a school or community greenhouse
Landscaping a community center
Overhauling a tractor or lawn mower
Rebuilding a car or truck to run on ethanol
Reorganizing a garage
Building and whitewashing a fence

18. Supplementary Always accomplished in one day Requires very few steps
Perform one specific agriculture skill at a time outside of class
Skill is not a major S.A.E.
Involves practical learning
Contributes to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge

19. Supplementary SAE Examples
Mowing the lawn of neighbors
Artificial inseminating a cow
Pruning a tree or bush
Planting a tree
Picking vegetables from a garden

20. Questions???

21. Part of the FFA motto is “learning by doing”, so let’s go DO!!!