Intro to SAE: Developing My SAE Experience

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Intro to SAE Developing My SAE Experience
HS 126
Supervised Agricultural Experience
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Read this carefully!
Wanted Landscape Maintenance worker, Operate a
lawn mower and power blower. Need a person who
can work with out supervision. Experience
required. Call 515-7743.
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Vet Assistant needed. Mayflower Animal Hospital
needs an experienced individual to work 20 hours
a week. Duties including bathing animals,
grooming and feeding of animals. Apply in person
at 316 Walnut Street.
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Wanted Dependable person to handle over the
counter sales in a busy garden center. Pay is
7.50 an hour. Neat appearance important along
with the ability to work with people. Experience
in working with plants a must. Call 515-2396 for
an interview.
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What was the same in all 3 ads?

• 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?

Job
Experience
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How do you gain work Experience?

• Question
• How can you gain experience to get a job (or
  prepare for college)?
• Answer
• Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

SAE
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What is a Supervised Agricultural Experience
(SAE)?

• Planned practical activities conducted outside of
  class time, in which students develop and apply
  agricultural knowledge and skills.
• Your SAE is your opportunity to tailor your FFA
  experience towards what you are interested in

Objective 2 HS 126 TM A
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How does an SAE fit into agricultural education?

• 3 components of agricultural education
• Classroom Laboratory Instruction
• Skills learned in the classroom
• FFA
• Leadership Career Development
• SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience)
• Create your own year-round program
• Use knowledge and skills learned in class
• Do what you are interested in.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Entrepreneurship (Ownership)

• student plans, implements, operates, and assumes
  financial risks in a farming or agricultural
  business.
• i.e. raising animals, landscaping, pet sitter

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B1
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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Placement (Ag Jobs)

• student is placed on farm, ranch, agricultural
  business, school laboratory, or community
  facility to provide a learning-by-doing
  experience may be paid or unpaid.
• i.e. Vet-tech, garden center, pet smart

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B2
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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Research (Ag Science Fair)

• student plans and conducts a major agricultural
  experiment using the scientific process.
• Compete in Ag Science Fair Contest

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B3
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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Exploratory (Research Ag Career)

• students become literate in an agricultural
  career area by conducting research.
• i.e. Internships, research project

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B4
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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Improvement (Home, school Community
  Improvement)

• student is involved in learning activities that
  improve the value or appearance of the place of
  employment, home, school, or community, the
  efficiency of the enterprise/business, or living
  conditions of the family.
• i.e. Building a new room, installing sprinkler
  system, build community a garden

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B5
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What are the types of SAE projects?

• Supplemental (Agriculture Task)

• student performs one specific agricultural skill
  outside of class time the activity is very
  specific, does not require a series of steps, and
  usually requires less thana day.
• i.e. digging a ditch, cleaning a shop, milking a
  cow, washing your dog

Objective 3 HS 126 TM B6
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Quick Fire Quiz!

• _______ 1. Placement
• _______ 2. Research
• _______ 3. Entrepreneurship
• _______ 4. Supplemental
• _______ 5. Improvement
• _______ 6. Exploratory

• a. Conduct an Ag. experiment
• b. One specific Ag skill
• c. Assume financial risk
• d. Work for someone else
• e. Research an Ag career
• f. Improve your home

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Choosing your path.

• What do you like to do?
• What do you want to do?
• What do you think that you are good at?