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!

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 management skills

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!

Why SAE? SAE Rewards- ◦ provides an opportunity to explore careers ◦ allows students to gain experience ◦ earn money ◦ improve communication skills in a variety of situations ◦ develop management skills ◦ earn FFA Proficiency Awards and advanced FFA degrees

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.