1. Obtaining Education for a Job

2. Next Generation Science/Common Core Standards Addressed!
WHST Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (HS-PS1-3)

3. Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource Standards Addressed!
CRP Use strategic thinking to connect and apply academic learning, knowledge and skills to solve problems in the workplace and community.

4. Bell Work! Explain the benefits of education.
Describe the different levels of formal education.
Explain continuing education and its importance.
Identify sources of education for a job.

5. Terms Baccalaureate Continuing education Education Exploratory SAE
Formal education
Graduate degree
Level of education
Networking
Ownership SAE
Placement SAE

6. More terms Post-secondary Research and Experimentation SAE
Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

7. Interest Approach
Identify several jobs or careers in agriculture that interest you.
Select three that require varying levels of education and describe the levels of education needed.
How would you obtain the needed education for each job?

8. Education
The process of training and developing knowledge is referred to as education.
Education determines the level at which an individual enters a career.

9. Education
Individuals must view education as a life-long process that produces long-term benefits.

10. Benefits of education include:
Increased self-esteem
Ability to accept change
Ability to establish realistic goals
Ability to accept new ideas

11. Levels of a formal education
Level of education refers to the number of years and degrees of formal education completed by an individual.
Some jobs require individuals with college degrees, specialized trades training while others require no specific level of education.

12. Typical Levels of Education
Less than high school
High school
Post-secondary
Associate/Specialty Military
Baccalaureate
Graduate degree

13. Continuing education
Continuing education is the education an individual obtains throughout his or her lifetime.
Success and advancement on the job are often directly related to the amount of continuing education an employee receives.
Continuing education provides benefits to both employees and employers.

14. Employee benefits include:
Enables workers to stay up-to-date
Allows employees to be cross-trained

15. Employer benefits are:
Better trained employees
More productive employees
Worker satisfaction

16. Continuing education sources include:
Workshops and seminars
Local, state, and national meetings
Such meetings also provide excellent networking possibilities.
Networking is the interaction of workers who hold similar jobs but for different organizations.
Reading of journals, newsletters, and magazines

17. How and where is education obtained for a career?
Formal education is learning in a school setting.
Continuing education may be offered through a school or another organization.

18. SAE’s
Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) refers to the application of class instruction in agriculture outside of the
classroom.

19. There are four types of SAE’s.
Exploratory
Ownership
Placement
Research and Experimentation

20. Review/Summary What are the benefits of education?
What are the five typical levels of formal education?
What is continuing education, and why is it important?
How and where is education obtained for a career?

21. The End!