1. Supervised Agricultural Experience
SAE
Supervised
Agricultural
Experience

2. What are my agricultural interests?
Students have SAE’s to:
provide agricultural experiences
“Learning by Doing”
SAE Benefits
Earn Money
Learning Opportunities
Earn Awards, Degrees, Scholarships
Usually Fun

3. What is SAE? Supervised Agricultural Experience SAE’s are:
In the agriculture industry
Conducted outside school time
Supervised by the teacher
Planned around an agriculture occupation
Designed to apply classroom/lab learning

4. 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

5. What are Improvement Activities?
Part of all SAE’s
Include learning activities
Improve appearance , efficiency, or living conditions
Betterment of self, workplace, community
May not return cash to you

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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