SAESAESupervisedSupervised

AgriculturalAgricultural

ExperienceExperience

What are my agricultural What are my agricultural interests?interests? Students have SAE’s to:Students have SAE’s to:

• provide agricultural experiencesprovide agricultural experiences• ““Learning by Doing”Learning by Doing”

SAE BenefitsSAE Benefits

Earn MoneyEarn Money

Learning OpportunitiesLearning Opportunities

Earn Awards, Degrees, ScholarshipsEarn Awards, Degrees, Scholarships

Usually FunUsually Fun

What is SAE?What is SAE?

Supervised Agricultural ExperienceSupervised Agricultural Experience SAE’s are:SAE’s are:

In the agriculture industryIn the agriculture industry

Conducted outside school timeConducted outside school time

Supervised by the teacherSupervised by the teacher

Planned around an agriculture Planned around an agriculture occupationoccupation

Designed to apply classroom/lab Designed to apply classroom/lab learninglearning

What are the types of What are the types of SAE?SAE? PlacementPlacement

Working for an employer in an ag Working for an employer in an ag fieldfield

EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship

Owning & operating an ag businessOwning & operating an ag business Livestock, crops, lawns, etc.Livestock, crops, lawns, etc.

ExplorationExploration

“ “Shadowing” or ExperimentShadowing” or Experiment

What are What are Improvement Improvement Activities?Activities? Part of all SAE’sPart of all SAE’s Include learning activitiesInclude learning activities Improve appearance , efficiency, or Improve appearance , efficiency, or

living conditionsliving conditions Betterment of self, workplace, Betterment of self, workplace,

communitycommunity May not return cash to youMay not return cash to you

How is SAE related to How is SAE related to classroom instruction and classroom instruction and the FFA?the FFA? Three parts of Agriculture Three parts of Agriculture

Education:Education:

Classroom + SAE + FFAClassroom + SAE + FFA Sometimes it becomes difficult to Sometimes it becomes difficult to

separate the three parts of Ag Edseparate the three parts of Ag Ed

Who should assist with my Who should assist with my SAE program?SAE program? ParentsParents

• provide equipment, products, financingprovide equipment, products, financing• learning skills, selecting animalslearning skills, selecting animals

TeachersTeachers• keeping records, award applicationskeeping records, award applications• setting goalssetting goals• learning skillslearning skills

EmployerEmployer

What must students do in What must students do in order to have an SAE order to have an SAE programprogram Career Goal or Agricultural InterestCareer Goal or Agricultural Interest Select SAE to meet goalsSelect SAE to meet goals Complete needed paperworkComplete needed paperwork Student keeps accurate recordsStudent keeps accurate records Receive instruction from teacher, Receive instruction from teacher,

parents, and employerparents, and employer