s upervised a griculture e xperience sae guidelines july 2009
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Supervised
Agriculture
Experience
SAE GuidelinesJuly 2009
Supervised Agricultural Experience
The SAE program is education. It is hands-on, real-life agricultural
career preparation experiences tied to:agricultural science curriculumstudent aptitudes and interestsstudent career and educational goalsthe agricultural industry
It ties together the entire agricultural education experience.
Read this carefully!
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EXPERIENCE...
What can YOU do NOWto be qualified for a job in the
future ?
How do you get experience without first having a job?
How do you get a job without first having
experience?
How can YOU gain experience?
Gaining ExperienceThrough Hands On Learning
SAE Defined
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.
Make The Connections
Agricultural Education has thrived by implementing teaching methods that utilize three interconnected educational
components.
It is the student’s involvement in all three Agricultural Education components: classroom instruction, FFA and SAE,
that challenges the student and develops the three skill domains.
Agricultural Education develops the student’s cognitive mental skills ( Knowledge ) through classroom instruction.
The FFA student organization component develops the student’s affective skills,( Attitude), through structured leadership and career development activities and events.
The student’s psychomotor skills, commonly called manual or physical skills ( Skills) , are developed through the supervised agricultural experience program (SAE).
The THREE Circles and You
How can a SAE help me?
Develops skills that can be used in getting a job
Provides the opportunity to earn money
Develops skills that can be used in starting your own business (entrepreneurship)
Helps develop management skills
Develops computer skills
More SAE skill development
Improves analytical and decision-making skills
Learn record-keeping skills
Teaches responsibility
Provides the opportunity to explore career options
Offers ideas for your Graduation Project
Still More SAE Skills…… 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.
SAE: Planning For Success
Plan Your WorkAND
Work Your Plan
CAREER GOAL SETTING
SAE Career Ladder
• A “word ladder” is an activity where one letter in a word is changed, in order to form a new word.
• You change one letter at a time until you have a new word.
• See if you can change SAE into JOB.
• J O B
• __ __ __
• __ __ __
• __ __ __
• S A E
Goal Setting Techniques
SMART Goals Once you have planned your SAE
project, turn your attention to developing
several goals that will enable you to be successful.
Goals should be SMART
- specific, measurable, agreed upon, realistic and time based
To check the progress of your goal setting you might hold SAE project evaluation meetings with the key
members of your SAE team: teacher, parents, employer….
The acronym SMART has a number of slightly different variations, which can be used to provide a more
comprehensive definition for goal setting:
S - specific, significant, stretching
M - measurable, meaningful, motivational
A - agreed upon, attainable, achievable, acceptable, action-oriented
R - realistic, relevant, reasonable, rewarding, results-oriented
T - time-based, timely, tangible, trackable
This provides a broader definition that will help you to be successful in both your SAE and personal life.
S.M.A.R.T. GOALS
FIVE Quality SAE Program Measurements
Five factors that define a quality SAE program:
1. Documented Students maintain an accurate and
analytical set of records. Students develop an understanding of managerial practices and identifies alternatives based on his or her records.
2. The SAE is curriculum based Students use knowledge gained from
instruction in planning their SAE. Students use knowledge and skills gained from agricultural and academic principles to arrive at SAE project end products.
Quality SAE Measurements3. The SAE is student managed Student applies classroom-learned skills in
real-world settings with student initiating and controlling decisions.
4. The SAE is planned and comprehensive
Students experience skills that meet or exceed curricular expectations, accomplishing goals and is managed with a collaboration of student, teacher, and parents.
5. Student receives recognition Recognition can begin with academic
recognition for SAE accomplishments and develop into FFA degree recognition and develop further into state and national recognition through FFA proficiency awards and Record Book competitions.
Types of SAE Enterprises
Entrepreneurship
Placement
Improvement
Practicum Skills
Research
While an SAE program may contain just one type of activity, the goal should be to show growth each year, either by improving or
expanding your original project or adding an additional SAE.
This maximizes learning and your opportunities
for FFA awards and recognition.
SAE Growth
Entrepreneurship SAE
The student plans, implements, operates, and assumes financial
risks in a farming activity or agricultural business for an
entrepreneurship SAE.
In entrepreneurship programs, the student owns the materials and other required inputs
and keeps financial records to determine return to investments.
Entrepreneurship Examples. . Growing a garden or an agronomic
crop A group of students growing a crop of
poinsettias Raising rabbits, pigs, sheep, or cattle Running a pay-to-fish operation Owning and operating a lawn care
service Operating a Christmas tree farm Having a pleasure horse
Placement SAE
Placement or employment SAE programs involve the placement of
students on farms or in agricultural businesses to
provide a “learning-by-doing”
environment.
This is done outside of normal classroom hours and may be paid or non-
paid.
Placement Examples. . .
Working in a florist shopWorking at a riding stableWorking in a small animal hospitalPlacement on a farmWorking in the produce or meat department of a grocery storeWorking in a small engine repair shopWorking after school at a farm supply store
Conservation SAEConservation
SAE’s involves the student
studying wildlife and the
environment (soil, water, air,
renewable resources) and
conducting research and activities to improve the
environment and provide habitat
for wildlife.
Conservation projects usually include multiple environmental BMP activities throughout the
year.
Conservation Examples. . . Place bird feeders and maintain a log of birds
seen
Research and plant a butterfly garden
Make casts of animal tracks
Raise pheasants or quail
Plant evergreens and apple trees for wildlife
food and cover
Join a watershed group and conduct a stream
Develop a PowerPoint to identify trees and wildlife common to your area and use it to study for FFA CDE’s
Improvement SAEImprovement SAE projects include a series of learning activities that improve the value or appearance of the place of employment, home, school, or community; the efficiency of an enterprise or business; or the living conditions of the family.
The improvement project can occur at home, school or in your community. It can
be paid or volunteer time.
Improvement Examples. . .
Landscaping the home
Building a pasture fence
Remodeling and painting a room
Overhauling a piece of ag equipment
Building or reorganizing a workshop
Renovating and restocking a pond
Computerizing the records of an agricultural
business
Practicum Skill SAEPracticum Skill projects allow students to gain knowledge through:•Non-experimental research•Exploring various areas of agriculture•Exploring agricultural careers
Practicum Skill Examples. . . Develop a marketing plan for an agricultural
commodity
Write a series of newspaper articles about the
environment
Design a land use plan for your school district
Develop a landscape design for a community
park
Attend an agricultural career day
Attend a county or state conservation camp
School Related Practicum Skill Examples. . .
• Work in the school greenhouse or land lab• Serve as a school lab assistant• Develop and/or maintain the FFA chapter Web
site.• Develop and/or participate in the recycling
program• Plant a butterfly garden at an elementary school
Research SAE
The purpose of the experiment is to provide students “hands-on” experience in:•Verifying, learning, or demonstrating scientific principles in agriculture
•Discovering new knowledge
•Using the scientific process
Research SAE include in depth activities where the student plans and conducts a major agricultural experiment using the scientific process.
Research Examples. . . Comparing the muscle and bone anatomy of a chicken
wing to a human hand Determining the impact of different levels of enzymes
on meat tenderness Comparing three rooting hormones on root
development Determining if phases of the moon have an effect on
plant growth Determining the strength of welds using different
welding methods
SAE: Which one is for you?
Practicum Skill Improvement
PlacementRESEARCH
Conservation
Entrepreneurship
After reviewing this PowerPoint,talk to your parents and agriculture
teacher and decide the type of SAE that will work for you.
What will your SAE project(s) be????
Decision TIME!
Your SAE Record BookAfter you decide which type of SAE you will do:
With your agriculture teacher’s supervision, decide if you will be doing your records by hand (paper and pencil) or electronically on the computer.
With your agriculture teacher’s help, select the appropriate record book(s) to match the type of SAE you have selected. Each SAE type will have a different record book format.
WE WILL BE USING AET RECORD KEEPING
SAE Record Book LayoutDownload the appropriate records sections to your computer from the PA FFA Web site.
Remember every SAE record book MUST include a Common Pages section (see notebook format below).
Three Ring Notebook Format -SAE notebook colored tabs are available from the PA Association of Ag Educators
Tab 1: Planning (Common Pages download) Tab 2: Enterprise 1 Tab 3-5: Additional Enterprises 2-4 Tab 6: Summary (Common Pages download) Tab 7: Leadership (Common Pages download)
State and National FFA Proficiency Awards
Students with outstanding record books are encouraged to complete a National FFA proficiency award application.
State Regional Proficiency winners receive $25 and a plaque.
State Proficiency winners receive $100 and a plaque and represents PA in national competition.
Go to the National FFA website for a list of proficiency areas and applications: www.FFA.org
FFA Proficiency Awards
SAE Resources
1. Classroom discussion, Ag Sci textbook and videos
2. Upperclassmen FFA Members
3. PA FFA Handbook (on PA FFA website)
4. National FFA Student Handbook
5. National FFA Official Manual
6. TX FFA website: www.txffa.org
7. National FFA website: www.ffa.org
8. TX Department of Education SAE Guidebook