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Supervised Agriculture Experience Program

Supervised Agriculture Experience Program. The Ag. Education Triangle. The Ag. Education Triangle. Student. The Ag. Education Triangle. Teacher. Student. The Ag. Education Triangle. Parent. Teacher. Student. What is an SAEP?.

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Supervised Agriculture Experience Program

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  1. Supervised Agriculture Experience Program

  2. The Ag. Education Triangle

  3. The Ag. Education Triangle Student

  4. The Ag. Education Triangle Teacher Student

  5. The Ag. Education Triangle Parent Teacher Student

  6. What is an SAEP? • The application of concepts learned in agricultural education. • It helps students develop skills and abilities leading toward a career.

  7. Three types of SAEP • Placement • Entrepreneurship • Exploratory

  8. Placement • Students work for someone other than themselves • On farms, ranches, and agricultural businesses

  9. Entrepreneurship • Students work for themselves • Own and manage their own production agriculture or agribusiness enterprises.

  10. Exploratory • Provides students with opportunities to creatively explore subjects and careers in agriculture.

  11. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Make career and personal choices • Develop decision making skills • Expand ag. competencies learned in class • Gain self confidence

  12. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Refine human relation skills • Explore career opportunities • Gain occupational experiences • Apply record keeping skills and learn money management

  13. Why should I participate in an SAEP? • Individualized learning • Develop responsibility • Develop pride in ownership • Achieve independence • Develop a strong work ethic

  14. Examples of Exploratory • Observe and/or assist a worker in your chosen career field. • Writing colleges or universities about careers offered in agriculture • Take a personal inventory to determine occupations of interest • Interview a professional in agriculture

  15. Examples of Exploratory • Prepare a paper on careers including salaries and educational requirements • Read a book or magazine on the career and write a report about that career • Tour an agricultural operation or business • “Surf” the internet looking for opportunities and information in your career area.

  16. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Livestock Production • beef, sheep swine, dairy, poultry, goats • Crop Production • grains, fibers, row crops, fruit • Ag. Processing • cheese, honey, firewood, cedar posts

  17. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Agribusiness • turf installation, tree care, telemarketing, small engine repair, bee keeping, worm farm • Recreational or Specialty animals • horses, dogs, cats, ostriches, llamas, pheasants, etc.

  18. Examples of Entrepreneurship SAE • Recreational Business • hunting or fishing guide, etc. • Specialty Crops • Animals for laboratories and pet stores

  19. Examples of Placement SAEP • Agribusiness • Feed, seed, fertilizer • Equipment, parts, repair • Vet clinic • Lumber yard • Landscape, florist, greenhouse

  20. Examples of Placement SAEP • Agribusiness • Milk, meat, feed processing • Conservation, park, or forest service • Auctioneer • Breeding/A.I. service

  21. Examples of Placement SAEP • Production • Greenhouse, nursery, turf farm • Aquaculture • Dairy farm or livestock operation • Farms - vegetables, grain, fruit

  22. What do Improvement Activities have to do with SAEP’s 1. Help to improve the appearance and value of an agribusiness 2. Improve the efficiency of an agricultural operation 3. Make the agricultural operators work more comfortable, safe, or convenient

  23. Examples of Improvement Activities • Use of computers to improve efficiency and increase profits • Keep records • Maintain facilities and equipment • Conduct soil tests

  24. Examples of Improvement Activities • Improve tool storage/shop efficiency • Build gates, latches, holding pens, etc. • Plan safety practices • Paint, clean-up, control weeds

  25. Things to consider when choosing an SAEP • Personal Interest (MOST IMPORTANT) • Background and Knowledge • Finances Available • Facilities Available • Transportation needs and availability • Local Agriculture Dept. Requirements

  26. Factors to Consider when planning a Long-term SAEP • Areas of Interest • Occupational objective • Facilitates and finances available • Net income expected • Degree of independence expected • Scope of program in four years • Support of parents or other parties

  27. Occupational Objective • A person’s career goal

  28. Enterprise • One part of the total business for which records are kept • Example: On a farm -- wheat, barley, alfalfa. On a ranch -- cattle, sheep

  29. Scope • How many or how much • 36 Head, 40 acres, etc.

  30. Beginning Inventory • Itemized list of assets and their value at the start of the record keeping period

  31. Ending Inventory • An itemized list of assets and their values at the closing of the record keeping period

  32. Asset • An item of value that is owned or claimed as part of the business • What you own

  33. Liabilities • Financial claims against a business • What you owe

  34. Net worth • The difference between total assets and total liabilities • What you own minus what you owe

  35. Unit • Any fixed quantity, amount, distance or measure used for counting or measuring • Pound, bushels, acres, head, etc.

  36. Unit Price • Monetary value assigned to a unit • $4.00/bushel • $.92/pound

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