1. Introduction to SAE Essential Standard 2.0: Examine Careers Related to Horticulture.

2. Objective 2.02 Implement an SAE

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6. What was the same in all 3 ads? Each advertisement wanted the person to be experienced. People who have experience have the edge in landing a job. But: How do you get experience without first having a job? How do you get a job without first having experience?

7. Gaining Experience!! Question: How can you gain experience to get a job (or prepare for college)? Answer: Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

8. What is SAE? Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs consist of planned practical activities conducted outside of class time in which students develop and apply agricultural knowledge and skills.

9. How Does a SAE Help Me? Develop skills that can be used in getting a job Provides the opportunity to make money Develops skills that can be used in starting you own business Helps development management skills

10. How Does a SAE Help Me...? Learn record keeping skills Improves analytical and decision making skills Teaches responsibility Provides the opportunity to explore possible careers

11. How Does a SAE Help Me...? Develops knowledge and skills that could be helpful in college, as a hobby or for recreation. Provides the opportunity to win awards: FFA proficiency awards are based on the SAE program. In addition to winning awards, money can be won at regional, state and national levels

12. How Does a SAE Help Me...? FFA degrees are partially based on the SAE. You must have a SAE program to advance. In order to be a state or national officer, you first must have an advanced FFA degree which is partially based on SAE. Could help the grade in Agriculture class.

13. Types of SAE Entrepreneurship Experimental Analytical Placement Exploratory Improvement

14. Entrepreneurship Planning, implementing, operating, and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity.

15. Entrepreneurship examples: Growing an acre of corn Operating a Christmas tree farm Raising a litter of pigs Running a pay-to-fish operation Growing bedding plants in the school greenhouse Owning and operating a lawn care service A group of students growing a crop of poinsettias

16. Entrepreneurship cont. Record book includes: Type of enterprise Amount of items bought or sold Expenses Income Efficiency factors Etc.

17. Experimental Planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process or scientific method

18. Experimental Examples and Record Book Comparing different fertilizer rates on plants Comparing different manures in nutrient content Comparing plant growth with different manures

19. Experimental Cont. Record Book: Review of literature Hypothesis Data log Findings Recommendations Etc.

20. Analytical Identify an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and designing a plan to investigate and analyze the problem.

21. Analytical Example Making a marketing display

22. Analytical Cont. Record Book: Title of activity Identification of problem Background information Steps to solve problem Project log of what was done Results Recommendations

23. Placement Placing students in jobs outside the regular classroom hours. May be paid or unpaid (volunteer) hours.

24. Placement Examples Working at a farm supply store Working at a greenhouse Working for a landscape company

25. Record Book: Training agreement Must be signed by employer, student, teacher, and parent or guardian stating what each will do Record of work Record of hours Record of income Placement Cont.

26. Exploratory Helping students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing, or helping. May have to combine more than one exploratory experience.

27. Exploratory Examples: Observing and/or assisting a florist Growing plants in a milk jug "greenhouse" Assisting on a horse farm for a day Interviewing an agricultural loan officer in a bank Preparing a scrapbook on the work of a veterinarian Attending an agricultural career day

28. Exploratory Cont. Record Book: Date Activity Observations Comments Hours

29. Improvement Series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home, or community; the efficiency of a business or an enterprise; or the living conditions of the family.

30. Improvement Examples: Landscaping the home Building a fence Remodeling and painting a room Overhauling a piece of equipment Building or reorganizing a farm shop Renovating and restocking a pond Computerizing the records of an agricultural business

31. Improvement Cont. Record Book: Date started Date completed Improvement activity Steps or tasks involved in project Hours Costs

32. Additions to SAE Supplementary Performing one specific agricultural skill outside of normal class time This skill is not related to the major SAE but is normally taught in an agriculture program, involves experimental learning and contributes to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge on the part of the student ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN A DAY AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A SERIES OF STEPS!

33. Supplementary Examples: Pruning a fruit tree Changing oil in a sod cutter Balling & burlaping a tree Helping a neighbor castrate pigs Cutting firewood with a chain saw Staking tomatoes

34. Supplementary Cont. Record Book: Date Supplementary activities Comments Hours

35. WHY a SAE? 1. Develop job skills 2. Earn money 3. Win FFA awards 4. Develop skills to start your own business

36. WHY a SAE? 5. Develop skills and knowledge that are helpful in college or work 6. Learn about careers 7. Keep accurate records 8. Improve decision-making skills

37. SAE Requirements Must have 40 hours by specified date (to be announced) You must log your own hours in the AET Make sure you have photos before, during, & after project with you in most of them You are responsible for logging your hours Get parent signatures and teacher’s approval