Long-Range Plans for Expanding SAE Programs

1. Long-Range Plans for Expanding SAE Programs

2. Bell Work • Responses on paper to these questions: • 1. Should you double your SAE program next year? • 2. How can you expand your current SAE program? • 3. How much will it cost to expand your SAE program?

3. Student Learning Targets. Instruction in this lesson should result in studentsachieving the following objectives: • 1 I can identify the factors that should be considered in expanding an SAE program. • 2 I can explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded.

4. OBJECTIVE 1: Identify the factors that should be considered in expanding an SAE program. • Anticipated Problem: What are the factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program? • I. Several factors should be considered before expanding an SAE program.

5. OBJECTIVE 1 continued • A. Student interest should be a primary concern before increasing the scope of an SAE. Both career and vocational interest should be considered. • B. The overall financial success of the previous year is an important consideration. • 1. Did the SAE project or activity make a profit? • 2. If no profit was realized, then strong consideration should be given to the benefits of expanding before making that decision.

6. OBJECTIVE 1 continued • C. How efficient was the enterprise? Consideration should be given to the efficiency of your project in comparison to state averages. • D. Will expansion provide the potential for increasing profit and efficiency?

7. OBJECTIVE 1 continued • E. Comparing the present scope with facility and financial limits is another important factor to consider. • 1. Will your facilities be adequate for your planned expansion? • 2. Financially, can you afford the expansion?

8. OBJECTIVE 1 continued • F. Is the labor supply adequate to meet the demands of the planned expansion? • G. What are the financial benefits to the SAE of the expansion?

9. OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded. • Anticipated Problem: How are SAE programs expanded and/or diversified? • II. Several methods can be used to expand SAE programs.

10. OBJECTIVE 2: Explain how placement and ownership SAE programs may be expanded. • A. Ownership SAE programs refer to the for-profit activities conducted by students as owners or managers.

11. OBJECTIVE 2 continued • B. Ownership SAE programs can be expanded: • 1. By increasing the scope (the size, sales volume, number of head, number of acres, etc.) of the SAE program • 2. By diversifying (adding or increasing new products and/or enterprises) • 3. By increasing the amount of capital investments (e.g., purchasing major equipment, land, building, etc.) • 4. By increasing the amount of self-labor contributed to the SAE program • 5. By increasing the variety of experiences obtained in the SAE program • 6. By adding to the knowledge gained through the SAE program • 7. By increasing the skills developed from the SAE program

12. OBJECTIVE 2 continued • C. Placement SAE programs are those in which students are placed with employers in production units, such as farms, ranches, and greenhouses, to produce commodities for wages.

13. OBJECTIVE 2 continued • D. Placement SAE programs can be expanded: • 1. By increasing the hours of experience in the SAE program • 2. By increasing the variety of experiences in the SAE program • 3. By increasing the total wages earned from the SAE program • 4. By adding to the knowledge learned from the SAE program • 5. By developing additional skills from experiences in the SAE program

14. REVIEW Quiz • 1. What are the factors to consider in deciding whether to expand an SAE program? • 2. How are SAE programs expanded and/or diversified?