SAE

SAEObjective: Implement an SAE.

SAE

• Supervised Agriculture Experience • Primary Purpose: To gain work experience &

build life skills outside of class

Types of SAE

1. Entrepreneurship2. Experimental 3. Analytical 4. Placement 5. Exploratory 6. Improvement 7. Supplementary

Entrepreneurship

• Planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity

• Example• Raising plants • Owning a lawn

maintenance business

Experimental

• Planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific process

• Example• Comparing different

fertilizer rates on plants

Analytical

• Identify an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem

• Example• Make a marketing

display

Placement

• Placing students in jobs outside of regular classroom hours that may be paid or unpaid work

• Example• Work at a farm supply

store • Work at a greenhouse• Work with a

landscaping company

Exploratory

• Helps students learn about agriculture and become aware of possible agricultural careers through short times spent observing, shadowing, or helping

• Example• Attend career day • Interview a veterinarian • Assist a horse owner

Improvement

• Series of activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, school, home or community; the efficiency of a business or an enterprise; or the living conditions of the family

• Example • Building a fence • Computerizing records • Remodeling a building • Repairing equipment

Supplementary • Preforming one specific agricultural skill

outside of normal class time • This skill is not related to the major SAE but is

normally taught in an agricultural program • Involves experiential learning and contributes

to the development of agricultural skills and knowledge on the part of the student

• Accomplished in less than a day • Example• Pruning a tree • Staking tomatoes • Changing oil

SAE Record Keeping Objective: Correctly record entries in the SAE Record.

SAE Records

• Entrepreneurship• Type of enterprise• Amount bought or

sold• Expenses• Income • Efficiency factors,

etc.

• Experimental• Review of

literature • Hypothesis • Data log • Findings • Recommendation

s, etc.

SAE Records

• Analytical • Title of activity • Identification of

problem• Background

information • Steps to solve

problem • Project log of what

was done• Results • Recommendations

• Placement • Training agreement

signed by student, teacher, employer and parent

• States what each will do

• Record of work • Hours • Compensation

SAE Records • Exploratory • Date• Activity • Observation • Comments • Hours

• Supplementary • Date • Activity • Comments• Hours

• Improvement • Date started • Date completed • Improvement activity • Steps involved • Hours• Cost

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