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What is SAE?

• SAEs are a great way to get classroom credit and FFA awards for doing things like exploring careers, earning money and having fun!

An SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) is a practical application of classroom concepts designed to provide “real world” experiences and develop skills in agriculturally related career areas.

Over The Years…

• 1908 - Home-School Cooperation Plan - Stimson 

• 1919 - Farming Project - Stimson 

• 1926 - Productive Farm Enterprises - Schmidt 

• 1938 - Supervised Farm Practice Program - Cook 

• 1943 - Supervised Farming - Deyoe 

• 1948 - Farming Program - Beard 

• 1951 - Farming Program - Hammonds and Tabb 

• 1961 - Farming Program - Hammonds and Binkley 

• 1970 - Experience Program - Binkley and Hammonds 

• 1972 - Supervised Occupational Experience Programs - Phipps 

• 1984 - Supervised Occupational Experience - National FFA 

• 1992 - Supervised Agricultural Experience - The Council 

• 1998 - Supervised Experience - Various agricultural educators

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 managementskills

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

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

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.• Help with your Graduation Project!

Why SAE?

• SAE Rewards-– provides an opportunity to explore

careers– allows students to gain experience– earn money– improve communication skills in a

variety of situations– develop management skills– earn FFA Proficiency Awards and

advanced FFA degrees

Types of SAEs

• Entrepreneurship

• Placement

• Research– Experimental– Non-Experimental

• Exploratory

• Improvement

• Supplemental

Entrepreneurship

• Plan, implement, operate and assume financial risks of a farming activity or agricultural business.

• YOU ARE THE BOSS!!!

Placement

• Placed on a farm, in an agribusiness, or at the school laboratory to work for another for pay or no pay.

• You answer to someone else.

Placement

• What you need:

• Training Agreement (signed by all parties)

• Record of work

• Hours worked

• Income earned

Experimental

• Extensive activity where you plan and conduct a major agricultural experiement using the scientific process.

• Get some crazy hair and start experimenting!!

Analytical

• Choose an agricultural problem that is not amenable to experimentation and design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem.

• Market something-advertising

Exploratory

• Become literate and aware of an interested ag career.

• Job Shadowing

Exploratory

• What you need: • Date

• Activity

• Observations

• Comments

• Hours

Improvement

• Series of learning activities that improves the value or appearance of a place of employment, home, school or community.

Improvement

• What you need:

• Date Started

• Date Completed

• Steps involved in the project

• Hours and Costs

Supplementary

• Perform one specific ag skill outside of normal class time.

• Always wanted to learn something. . .well here is your chance

Supplementary

• What you need: – Date– Activities– Comments– Hours