1. SAE and You!

2. Objectives Define what a Supervised Agriculture Experience is.
Explain the benefits of an SAE program.
Describe what the four types of SAE programs are.
Explore opportunities for SAE programs.

3. Supervised Agriculture Experience
Supervised agricultural experience programs involve practical agricultural activities performed by students outside of scheduled classroom and laboratory time.

4. Supervised Agriculture Experience
Provide a chance for “real world” experience
SAE is the application of class instruction:
Enjoyable experiences through SAE
Help you to explore & identify interests
Opportunity to make some MONEY

5. Benefits of SAE Students Schools Employers Communities Parents
Teachers

6. SAE Benefits You the student… Skills development
Money management, record keeping
Responsibility, work ethic
School-to-work

7. SAE Benefits Cont… Future career opportunities Advanced FFA Degrees
Proficiency Awards

9. Exploratory and Service
Allows students to explore subjects or careers in agriculture through specific activities.
Many beginning students use this type of SAE to learn what they want to study in more depth.
The student plans this type of SAE under the direction of the teacher, parent, mentor, or others.
What are some things you want to explore?

10. Exploratory SAE’s

11. Improvement Activities
A series of activities that improve the
efficiency
value
use
or appearance of the place of employment, home, school or community.

12. Improvement Activities

13. Entrepreneurship SAE
Refers to student activities conducted by students as owners or managers for profit.
Student owns the materials and inputs.
A production enterprise is when students own plants or animals for their program.
An agribusiness enterprise is one where the student buys and sells an agricultural commodity for profit, rather than raising or growing the commodity.
What are some ideas?

14. Agri-Entrepreneurship Award
Honors FFA members who have recognized a market opportunity that was overlooked by others and conceived a plan to pursue that opportunity.
Cash awards to student and chapter
Let’s meet some winners… 

18. Entrepreneurship SAE’s

19. Placement SAE
Student is placed with an employer in a production unit to produce commodities for wages.
In this program the student works for another individual.
The students may or may not receive pay.
The students do not own the products used or produced. They belong to the employer.
Some examples…

20. Placement SAE’s…

21. Research SAE
Science-based experience using laboratory procedures to study a problem or investigate a new product.
Research may be done wherever suitable facilities are available.
The National FFA organization provides an award to the outstanding agriscience student and teacher based on this type of SAE.

22. What are some research SAE’s?

23. How can I get started?
Interest Areas – What would you like to learn about?
Ideas…coming soon, SAE card activity
Logistics
Who, what, when, where, how much
National FFA Career Pathway Grants

24. Match the SAE with the Area
Exploratory
Research/ Experimentation
Ownership/ Entrepreneurship
Placement
Working in a florist shop
Owning a Christmas tree farm
Comparing the effect of hormones on plant growth
Shadowing a veterinarian on career day
Growing and selling bedding plants
Working in school greenhouse after school

25. Let’s Review… What is SAE? What are some benefits of an SAE program?
What the four types of SAE programs?