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SAE. Horticulture I. 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!. A+.
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SAE Horticulture I
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! A+
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.
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!
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. • The activity is accomplished in less than a day and does not require a series of steps. • Examples: pruning a tree, staking tomatoes, cleaning up brush in a park
Supplementary • What you need: • Date • Activities • Comments • Hours
SAE Project Requirements • An “A” = 10 HOURS OF WORK. Less than 10 hours will drop you a letter grade. • You must keep up with your record book and take before, during and after pictures. • You must keep up with your time worked in your record book. • You must get parents signatures in your book.