Introduction to SAE in Pennsylvania

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Introduction to SAE in Pennsylvania
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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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Gaining Experience!!

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

SAE

• Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

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What is SAE?

• Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs
  consist of planned practical activities conducted
  outside of class time in which students develop
  and apply agricultural knowledge and skills.

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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 develop management skills
• Develop computer skills.

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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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Types of SAE in PA

• Entrepreneurship
• Placement
• Conservation
• Improvement
• Practicum Skills
• Research

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Entrepreneurship

• The student plans, implements, operates and
  assumes financial risks in a farming activity or
  agricultural business.
• In Entrepreneurship programs, the student owns
  the materials and other required inputs and
  keeps financial records to determine return to
  investments.

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Entrepreneurship examples

• Growing a garden or a crop
• Operating a Christmas tree farm
• Raising pigs, sheep or cattle
• Running a pay-to-fish operation
• Raising vegetables or flowers to sell
• Owning and operating a lawn care service
• A group of students growing a crop of poinsettias

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Entrepreneurship Examples (continued)

• Raising poultry chickens, ducks, etc
• Raising rabbits or guinea pigs
• Having a pleasure horse
• Breeding show dogs
• Raising goats
• Operating a corn maze
• Growing strawberries or blueberries
• Creating and selling floral arrangements

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Employment

• Employment programs involve the placement of
  students on farms or in agricultural businesses,
  to provide a "learning by doing" environment.
• This is done outside of normal
• classroom hours and may be paid
• or non-paid.

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Employment Examples

• Working in a florist shop
• Working after school at a farm supply store
• Working on Saturdays at a riding stable
• Working in a small animal hospital
• Placement on a farm
• Working in the produce or meat department of a
  grocery store.

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More Employment Examples

• Working in a small engine repair shop
• Working in the nursery of a department store
• Working at a local kennel
• Working at a local orchard
• Working at a livestock or produce auction
• Working in a state or county park
• Working for the Conservation District
• Working at the local hardware store

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Conservation

• The student studies wildlife and the environment
  and conducts activities to improve the
  environment and provide habitat for wildlife.
• Conservation projects usually include multiple
  activities throughout the year.

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Conservation Examples

• Build, erect and monitor bird boxes
• Place bird feeders and maintain a log of birds
  seen
• Plant a butterfly garden
• Make casts of animal tracks
• Design a conservation exhibit for a local fair.
• Raise pheasants or quail
• Plant evergreens for wildlife cover
• Plant apple or crabapple trees for wildlife food

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Conservation Examples

• Construct brush piles for wildlife
• Do a stream improvement project
• Plant a tree seedling nursery
• Develop a PowerPoint to identify trees and
  wildlife common to your area.
• Do a stream study.
• Mow strips in a field to improve habitat
• Plant wildlife food plots corn, sunflowers, etc
• Trap nuisance wildlife (muskrats on a dam)

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Conservation Project Opportunities
The Pennsylvania Game Commission provides
regional (Game Commission regions) and state
level monetary awards for outstanding
conservation projects.
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Improvement

• Improvement activities include a series of
  learning activities that improve the value or
  appearance of the place of employment, home,
  school or community the efficiency of an
  enterprise or business, or the living conditions
  of the family.
• An improvement activity involves a series of
  steps and generally requires a number of days
  for completion.

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Improvement Examples

• Landscaping the home
• Building a fence
• Remodeling and painting a room
• Overhauling a piece of equipment
• Building or reorganizing a shop
• Renovating and restocking a pond
• Computerizing the records of an agricultural
  business

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Practicum Skill

• These projects allow students to gain knowledge
  through
• Non-experimental research
• Exploring various areas of agriculture
• Exploring agricultural careers.

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• To qualify for the Keystone degree with a
  practicum skills project, you must work and
  document 300 hours outside of class time.

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Practicum Skill Examples

• Develop a marketing plan for an agricultural
  commodity
• Write a series of newspaper articles about the
  environment
• Design a land use plan for your school district
• Develop a landscape design for a community
  facility
• Design an advertising campaign for an
  agribusiness
• Attend a county or state conservation camp

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Practicum Skill Examples

• Observe and/or assist a florist
• Grow plants in a milk jug "greenhouse"
• Assist on a horse farm for a day
• Interview an agricultural loan officer in a bank
• Prepare a scrapbook on the work of a veterinarian
• Attend an agricultural career day
• Volunteer at a zoo

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School Related Practicum Skill Examples

• Work in the school greenhouse or land lab
• Serve as a school lab assistant.
• Develop and or maintain the FFA chapter website.
• Develop and/or participate in a recycling or
  litter pick up program
• Plant a butterfly garden at an elementary
  school

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Research

• An extensive activity where the student plans and
  conducts a major agricultural experiment using
  the scientific process. The purpose of the
  experiment is to provide students "hands-on"
  experience in
• 1. Verifying, learning or demonstrating
  scientific principles in agriculture.
• 2. Discovering new knowledge.
• 3. Using the scientific process.

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Research Examples

• Comparing the effect of various planting media on
  plant growth
• Determining the impact of different levels of
  protein on fish growth
• Comparing three rooting hormones on root
  development
• Determining if phases of the moon have an effect
  on plant growth

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Research Examples, continued

• Analyzing the effectiveness of different display
  methods on plant sales in a garden center
• Demonstrating the impact of different levels of
  soil acidity on plant growth
• Determining the strength of welds using different
  welding methods
• Determining the effectiveness of using earthworms
  to recycle various wastes leaves, paper,
  cafeteria waste

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Research Project Opportunities
Your research project is eligible for competition
in the Agriscience and Agri-science Fairs at the
FFA state and national levels as well as at your
local fairs and the state Farm Show in Harrisburg.
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SAE and You
After reviewing this PowerPoint, talk to your
parents and agriculture teacher and decide the
type of SAE that will work for you.
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SAE and You

• After you decide which type of SAE you will do
• With your agriculture teachers help decide if
  you will be doing your records by hand (paper and
  pencil) or on the computer.
• With your agriculture teachers help select the
  appropriate record book section for your SAE.
• If you are using the computer records, download
  the appropriate sections from the state FFA
  website.
• Remember every SAE record book MUST include a
  common pages section.

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SAE and You

• Each February the Pennsylvania FFA sponsors a
  state record book CDE.
• The best SAE books from your chapter may be
  entered.

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SAE and You
The best SAE books entered in the state CDE will
receive gold, silver and bronze awards. The PA
FFA Foundation awards a cash prize for the top
record book in each county.
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SAE and You

• Mid Atlantic Farm Credit and Ag Choice provide
• 250 for the top record book in each of the 4 FFA
  regions.
• 500 for the top record book in Pennsylvania
• These awards are presented on stage at the PA FFA
  Summer Convention in June at Penn State

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SAE and You
As stated before The PA Game Commission also
provides regional (Game Commission regions) and
state level monetary awards for outstanding
conservation projects.
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SAE and You
State and National Proficiency Awards Students
with outstanding record books are encouraged to
complete a proficiency award application by the
beginning of April.
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SAE and You

• State Regional Proficiency winners receive 25
  and a plaque.
• State Proficiency winners receive 100 and a
  plaque and represent Pennsylvania in national
  competition.

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SAE and You
While a SAE program may contain just one type of
activity, the goal should be to show growth each
year, either by improving or expanding your
original project or adding an additional SAE.
This maximizes learning and your chances for
awards.
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SAE Which One is for You?
Improvement
Practicum Skill
Placement
Conservation
Entrepreneurship
Research
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Turning SAE into a JOB

• A word ladder is an activity where one letter
  in a word is changed to form a new word. You
  change one letter at a time until you have a new
  word. See if you can change SAE into JOB.

J O B
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S A E
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Test Your Knowledge

• All Pennsylvania SAE record books require a
  _________ section
• Common pages
• Entrepreneurship
• Improvement
• Research

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Test Your Knowledge

• If you are restoring an antique tractor and will
  be keeping track of your time and expenses, you
  would use a ____ record book section.
• Research
• Improvement
• Practicum skills
• Entrepreneurship

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Test Your Knowledge

• Your SAE is taking care of the rabbits and other
  small animals in the school animal laboratory.
  You are not paid and the school pays all the
  expenses. You will keep a _____ record book.
• A. entrepreneurship
• B. Placement
• C. Practicum skills
• D. research

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Test Your Knowledge

• If you keep your record book on the computer, you
  may download it directly from the
  ________________.
• A. National FFA website
• B. State FFA website
• C. PA Dept. of Agriculture website
• D. Penn State website

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Test Your Knowledge

• You are doing your SAE on the effects of acid
  rain on the growth of oak tree seedlings. You
  would use a ______ record book.
• A. entrepreneurship
• B. placement
• C. conservation
• D. research

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Test Your Knowledge

• You have elected to raise chinchillas to sell to
  local pet stores for your SAE. You will use a
  ______ record book.
• A. Entrepreneurship
• B. Research
• C. Conservation
• D. Practicum skills

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Test Your Knowledge

• At the state record book CDE, your records are
  selected as the best in your county, you will
  receive a check from the ______.
• Pennsylvania FFA Association
• B. Pennsylvania FFA Foundation
• C. Penn State University
• D. National FFA Association

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Test Your Knowledge

• You are working with your local watershed
  association to monitor the quality of water in a
  local stream. This will be part of your _______
  record book.
• research
• B. employment
• C. practicum skills
• D. conservation

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Test Your Knowledge

• Your mother comes home and says that her friend
  is looking for someone to work at their produce
  market. If you take this job you would use a
  ______ record book.
• A. entrepreneurship
• B. employment
• C. practicum skills
• D. research

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Test Your Knowledge

• If you do an outstanding job with your record
  book and SAE you may be encouraged to apply for a
  ____________ award.
• A. American
• B. conservation
• C. computer literacy
• D. proficiency

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Test Your Knowledge

• For your SAE you will be helping your parents to
  convert the garage into a family room. You would
  use a(n) _____ record book.
• A. entrepreneurship
• B. employment
• C. improvement
• D. practicum skills

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• Now that you have decided on your SAE
• And you have selected the appropriate record book
  section, next you should
• View the power point for common pages
• View the power point for the record book section
  you will use
• Decide whether to use the handwritten or computer
  method to record your records
• Good luck with your SAE and record book
• We hope to see YOUR record book in the state
  record book competition!