1. Expanding My SAE

2. Next Generation Science/common Core Standards Addressed!
CCSS.Math.Content.HSN-Q.A.3 Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantity.
CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-MD.B.5b Evaluate and compare strategies on the basis of expected values. For example, compare a high-deductible versus a low-deductible automobile insurance policy using various, but reasonable, chances of having a minor or a major accident.

3. Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Standards Addressed!
ABS Devise and apply management skills to organize and run an AFNR business in an efficient, legal and ethical manner.
Sample Measurement: The following sample measurement strands are provided to guide the development of measurable activities (at different levels of proficiency) to assess students’ attainment of knowledge and skills related to the above performance indicator. The topics represented by each strand are not all-encompassing.
ABS a. Define and provide examples of management skills used to organize an AFNR business (e.g., management types, organizational structures, time management techniques, conducting business agreements, etc.).

4. Work!
Identify the factors that should be considered in expanding an SAE program.
Explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded.

5. Terms
Diversification
Ownership SAE
Placement SAE
Scope

6. Making Long Range Plans for Expanding SAE Programs
Lesson 2
Making Long Range Plans for Expanding SAE Programs

7. Interest Approach What is your response to the following questions?
Should you double your SAE program next year?
How can you expand your current SAE program?
How much will it cost to expand your SAE program?

8. Factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program?
Several factors should be taken into consideration prior to expanding an SAE program.
Student interest is of primary concern prior to increasing the scope of the SAE.
Both the career and technical interest should be taken into consideration.

9. Factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program?
Overall financial success of the previous year is important to review.
Was there profit gained in the SAE project or activity?
If no profit was realized, then strong considerations to the benefits of expanding should be reviewed prior to making that decision.

10. Factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program?
How efficient was the enterprise?
Consideration should be given to the efficiency of your project in comparison to the state averages.
Will expansion provide the potential for increasing profit and for efficiency?

11. Factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program?
Comparing the present scope with facility and financial limits is an important factor to consider.
Will your facilities be adequate for your planned expansion?

12. Factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program?
Is there enough labor supply and opportunity to meet the demands of the planned expansion?
What are the financial benefits to the SAE of the expansion?

14. How are the SAE programs expanded and/or diversified?
Several methods can be used in expanding the SAE programs.
An ownership SAE refers to the student activities conducted by students as owners or managers for profit.

15. How are the SAE programs expanded and/or diversified?
Ownership SAE programs can be expanded in the following methods:
By increasing the scope.
Scope is the size, sales volume, number of head, number of acres, etc.
By adding or increasing new products and/or enterprises.
This is known as diversification.

16. Ownership SAE programs can be expanded in the following methods:
By increasing the capital investments, purchasing major equipment, land, building, etc.
By increasing the amount of self labor contributed to the SAE program.

17. Ownership SAE programs can be expanded in the following methods:
By increasing the variety of experiences obtained in the program.
By adding to the knowledge gained through the SAE programs.
By increasing the skills developed from the SAE program.

18. How are the SAE programs expanded and/or diversified?
Placement SAE programs are those where the student is placed with an employer in a production unit such as a farm, ranch, greenhouse, etc. to produce commodities for wages.

19. Placement SAE programs can be expanded in the following methods:
The student can increase the hours of experience in the SAE program.
By increasing the variety of experiences in the SAE program.
By increasing the total wages earned from the SAE programs.

20. Placement SAE programs can be expanded in the following methods:
By adding to the knowledge learned from the SAE programs.
By developing additional skills from experiences in the SAE programs.

22. Review
Identify the factors that should be considered in expanding an SAE program.
Explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded.

26. The End!