What

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• Whats in Agriscience Education?

Adapted from Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum
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Components of Agriculture Ed.

• Classroom / Laboratory
• FFA
• organization for students studying agriculture
• Supervised Agriculture Experience Prog.
• SAE
• hands on money-making activities related to your
  agricultural interest

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Opportunities in FFA 1

• Become a Leader
• officers
• public speaking
• parliamentary procedure
• Travel
• Career Development Events (Contests)
• Conventions
• World Travel
• Camps

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Opportunities in FFA 2

• Earn Money
• Supervised Agriculture Experience Program
• Scholarships
• Be Part of a Team
• Career Development Events
• Officer Team
• Chapter Team

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Opportunities in FFA 3

• Have Fun
• FFA Meetings
• Trips
• Camps
• Be a Winner
• Degrees
• Awards

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Opportunities in FFA 4

• Serve Your Community
• Food for America
• (PALS)
• (BOAC) Building Our American Communities
• Go on Field Trips
• State Convention
• National Convention
• Region
• Local

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The FFA and Your Career

• Agriculture Careers

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SAE

• Supervised Agricultural
• Experience

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What are my agricultural interests?

• Students have SAEs to
• provide agricultural experiences
• Learning by Doing
• SAE Benefits
• Earn Money
• Learning Opportunities
• Earn Awards, Degrees, Scholarships
• Usually Fun

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What is SAE?

• Supervised Agricultural Experience
• SAEs are
• In the agriculture industry
• Conducted outside school time
• Supervised by the teacher
• Planned around an agriculture occupation
• Designed to apply classroom/lab learning

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What are the types of SAE?

• Placement
• Working for an employer in an ag field
• Entrepreneurship
• Owning operating an ag business
• Livestock, crops, lawns, etc.
• Exploration
• Shadowing or Experiment

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What are Improvement Activities?

• Part of all SAEs
• Include learning activities
• Improve appearance , efficiency, or living
  conditions
• Betterment of self, workplace, community
• May not return cash to you

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How is SAE related to classroom instruction and
the FFA?

• Three parts of Agriculture Education
• Classroom SAE FFA
• Sometimes it becomes difficult to separate the
  three parts of Ag Ed

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Who should assist with my SAE program?

• Parents
• provide equipment, products, financing
• learning skills, selecting animals
• Teachers
• keeping records, award applications
• setting goals
• learning skills
• Employer

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What must students do in order to have an SAE
program

• Career Goal or Agricultural Interest
• Select SAE to meet goals
• Complete needed paperwork
• Student keeps accurate records
• Receive instruction from teacher, parents, and
  employer