1. Bell Quiz What is the overall purpose of The AET? List three ways that using a programmatic recordkeeping system can benefit an agricultural education program

2. Student SAE Selection AGSC 405 Facilitating Complete Agricultural Science Programs

3. Today YWBAT… Describe the philosophy and learning behind an SAE List the purposes and benefits of an SAE Characterize SAEs based on SAE category Direct students through the process of selecting an SAE

4. What exactly IS an SAE? Supervised Agricultural Experience Supervised by agricultural science teacher Agricultural in nature Experience guided by the student’s interests

5. What is the Philosophy Behind it? Pragmatism (primarily) Peirce, James, and Dewey What we do has a practical use/purpose; it works! Value in what things do for us Prosser’s Sixteen Theorem’s of Vocational Education Deeply rooted in pragmatism!

6. What Learning Theories Support SAE? Experiential Learning Kolb, Joplin, Zull Permanent Learning Theory Lancelot Cone of Experience Dale

7. Where Did They Begin? Rufus W. Stimson Father of the “home project” Home project reinforced classroom instruction and provided practice

8. Legislation of SAEs Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 “… directed or supervised practice in agriculture, either on a farm provided by the school or other farm, for at least six months per year.” National Vocational Education Act of 1963 “vocational education in any occupation involving knowledge and skills in agricultural subjects...and such education may be provided without directed or supervised practice on a farm”

9. Types of SAE Exploratory Research Placement Entrepreneurship

11. Exploratory Student invests time in learning something new about the agricultural industry Learn about an agricultural area before full-scale investment of money and resources. Primary investment is time. Records include information or skills learned hours spent learning about topic.

12. Research Students use the scientific method to analyze a research question or test a hypothesis. Great way to develop scientific research skills Typically involves only an investment in time Records are kept related to hours spent on the research initial research, procedures, data collected from research, conclusions that can be made from the project.

13. Placement Student works for someone else Can occur when student works for any agricultural business, for an individual for pay, or unpaid internships No investment of money, only an investment of time spent working. Records are kept on hours spent, skills learned, any money made through the hours worked.

14. Entrepreneurship Students have the chance to own their own SAE resources and make management decisions related to the entire enterprise. Typically an investment of both time and money Records are kept on time spent with the project, skills learned, money spent, income received

15. Supplemental SAEs Supplemental (Training) SAEs Allow for out of class training related to SAE enterprise Improvement Project Projects related to updating or modifying an existing SAE enterprise i.e. putting power or waterlines in a barn for show animals

16. How Can You Help Students Select SAEs? Identify Interests Resources Planning Setting Goals