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Exploring Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) for Hands-on Learning in Agriculture Careers

Discover how Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) can help you gain valuable skills and experience for agricultural careers. Explore the different types of SAE opportunities, from entrepreneurship to placement, and learn how SAE can benefit you in preparing for college or landing a job. Find out how SAE can enhance your analytical skills, decision-making abilities, and open doors to potential career paths in agriculture. Whether you are interested in exploring agriculture, starting your own business, or conducting agricultural experiments, SAE offers a hands-on approach to learning that can set you up for success. Take the first step towards your agricultural career with SAE!

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Exploring Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) for Hands-on Learning in Agriculture Careers

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  1. Introduction to SAE

  2. Objective 6.01 • Apply employability skills in work-based learning and career planning activities in order to understand the needs of today’s agricultural workplace

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  6. What was the same in all ads? Job Experience • 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) SAE

  8. What is SAE • All supervised Agriscience experiences conducted outside of the regularly scheduled classroom

  9. What is SAE? • SAE makes up the third part of the total agricultural program. • Classroom • FFA • SAE is for every student

  10. How Does a SAE Help Me? • Provides opportunities to explore a variety of subjects about AgriScience • Provides educational and practical experience in a specialized area of agriscience • Teaches students to keep good records in a record system • A computer where applicable

  11. How Does a SAE Help Me...? • Improves analytical and decision making skills • Teaches responsibility • Provides the opportunity to explore possible careers • Win FFA awards. • Could help the grade in Agriculture class.

  12. Exploratory SAE • Short duration usually, fits beginning students well. • Help students become literate in agriculture • Learn of possible careers

  13. Exploratory SAE • Examples • Observing or assisting a florist • Interviewing a bank loan officer • Attending career day

  14. Entrepreneurship SAE • Ownership or part-ownership and assume financial risk • Develop skills necessary to become established in one’s own business

  15. Entrepreneurship SAE • May be production or agribusiness related and involved enterprises

  16. Entrepreneurship SAE • Production Examples • Raise a commodity for profit • Produce vegetables • Grow Christmas Trees • Raise horses • Raise livestock • Grow field crop • Grow nursery crop

  17. Entrepreneurship SAE • Agribusiness Entrepreneurships • Students buy and sell and agricultural commodity or service for profit • Pet business • Crop scouting service • Feed sales • Running a pay to fish operation

  18. Placement SAE • Students are placed with an employer • Usually paid an hourly wage

  19. Placement SAE • Examples • Production • Farm • Ranch • Greenhouse or nursery • Agribusiness • Veterinary center • Florist • Garden center

  20. Improvement SAE • Activities done to improve the appearance, convenience, efficiency, safety, or value of a home, farm or other agribusiness facility.

  21. Improvement SAE • No wages • No ownership • Benefit by learning skills • Examples • Landscaping the home • Building a fence • Painting a room

  22. Supplementary SAE • Short-term activities outside of classroom time • Skill specific, non-wage • Examples • Changing oil in a mower • Pruning a fruit tree

  23. Analytical SAE • Students choose an agricultural problem not easily tested by experimentation • Gather and evaluate data • Example • Marketing plan for poinsettia crop

  24. Experimental SAE • Students conduct an agricultural experiment using the scientific method • Example • Comparing the effects of various fertilizers on plant growth

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