1. Introduction to SAE

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VETERINARY TECH or Veterinary Assistant. Position requires, strong customer service, personnel & facility management skills. Please reply with resume, experience, references, and salary expectations. Send reply to Box 1755, c/o Quincy Herald-Whig, 130 S. 5th St., Quincy, IL 62301

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5. What was the same in all 3 ads?
Experience was requested in each ad
Experienced people have the competitive edge
Complications:
How do you get experience without first having a job?
How do you get a job without first having experience?
Each advertisement wanted the person to be experienced.
Job
Experience

6. Objectives Identify different types of SAE’s
Describe potential job opportunities in each SAE area
Determine which SAE is best for individual interests

7. Gaining Experience!! SAE Question: Answer:
How can you gain experience to get a job (or prepare for college)?
Answer:
Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)

8. What is SAE and Why?
Planned practical activities conducted outside of class time
Students develop and apply agricultural knowledge and skills

9. How Does a SAE Help Me?
Develop skills that can be used in getting a job, starting your own business or managing other people
Provides the opportunity to make money
Allows you to explore your interests

10. 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

11. 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.
Money can be won at state and national levels

12. 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.
Help your grade in agriculture class.

13. Types of SAE Entrepreneurship Placement Research Exploratory
Experimental
Non-Experimental
Exploratory
Improvement

14. Entrepreneurship
The student plans, implements, operates and assumes financial risks in a farming activity or agricultural business.
Student owns the materials and other required inputs
Keeps financial records to determine return to investments.

15. Entrepreneurship examples:
Growing an acre of corn
Operating a Christmas tree farm
Raising a litter of pigs
Running a pay-to-fish operation
Owning and operating a lawn care service
Raising a vegetable garden
Marketing projects you make

16. Entrepreneurship SAE video

17. Placement
The placement of students on farms and ranches, in agricultural businesses, in school laboratories or in community facilities.
Provides a "learning by doing" environment.
Done outside of normal classroom hours and may be paid or non-paid.

18. Placement Examples Placement in a florist shop
Working after school at a farm supply store
Working on Saturdays at a riding stable
Working in the school shop after school
Placement on a general livestock farm
Grocery store
General store

19. Placement SAE video

20. Research
Student plans and conducts a major agricultural experiment using the scientific process.
Provides student "hands-on" experience in:
1. Verifying, learning or demonstrating scientific principles in agriculture.
2. Discovering new knowledge.
3. Using the scientific process.

21. Research... Two major types of Research Projects Experimental
Non-Experimental

22. Experimental Research Examples
Comparing the effect of various planting media on plant growth
Determining the impact of different levels of protein on fish growth
Comparing three rooting hormones on root development
Determining if phases of the moon have an effect on plant growth

23. Experimental Examples, continued
Analyzing the effectiveness of different display methods on plant sales in a garden center
Demonstrating the impact of different levels of soil acidity on plant growth
Determining the strength of welds using different welding methods

24. Non-Experimental Research
Students choose an agricultural problem that is not amenable to experimentation
Design a plan to investigate and analyze the problem
The students gather and evaluate data from a variety of sources and then produce some type of finished product

25. Non-Experimental Examples:
A marketing plan for an agricultural commodity
A series of newspaper articles about the environment
A land use plan for a farm
A landscape design for a community facility
An advertising campaign for an agribusiness

26. Research SAE Video

27. Exploratory
Designed primarily to help students become literate in agriculture and/or become aware of possible careers in agriculture.

28. Exploratory Examples:
Observing and/or assisting a florist
Growing plants in a milk jug "greenhouse"
Assisting on a horse farm for a day
Interviewing an agricultural loan officer in a bank
Preparing a scrapbook on the work of a veterinarian
Attending an agricultural career day

29. Improvement (minor component)
Series of learning activities that improves the value or appearance of the place of employment, home, school or community; the efficiency of an enterprise or business, or the living conditions of the family.
An improvement activity involves a series of steps and generally requires a number of days for completion.

30. Improvement Examples:
Landscaping the home
Building a fence
Remodeling and painting a room
Overhauling a piece of equipment
Building or reorganizing a farm shop
Renovating and restocking a pond
Computerizing the records of an agricultural business

31. Exploratory SAE Video

32. SAE LISTING

33. Turning SAE into a JOB • J O B
A “word ladder” is an activity where one letter in a word is changed to form a new word. You change one letter at a time until you have a new word. See if you can change SAE into JOB.
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• S A E

34. FFA Proficiency Awards & Degrees

35. Supervised Experience
Four FFA Degrees
American Degree
State Degree
Chapter Degree
Greenhand Degree
Supervised Experience

36. Supervised Experience
The Greenhand
The first FFA degree is the Greenhand
Greenhands receive a pin in the shape of the FFA emblem made of bronze
Many FFA chapters recognize an Outstanding Greenhand at the end of the school year.
Supervised Experience
Greenhand

37. Greenhand Degree Requirements
Be enrolled in Agricultural Education
Have satisfactory plans for a SAE
Explain the FFA creed, motto, salute, and mission statement
Describe the FFA emblem and colors
Have a knowledge of the Code of Ethics and proper use of the jacket
Have a knowledge of the FFA

38. Supervised Experience
Chapter Degree
The second degree, which is given at the local level, is the chapter degree.
Chapter degree recipients receive a pin in the shape of the FFA emblem made of silver.
Supervised Experience
Greenhand
Chapter

39. Chapter Degree Requirements
Have the Greenhand Degree
Completed 180 hours (or equivalent) of agricultural education
Have in operation an approved SAE program
Earned $150 from the SAE or worked 45 hours or a combination thereof
Have plans for continued SAE growth

40. Chapter Degree Requirements....
Help conduct 3 official chapter functions found in the Program of Activities
Lead a group discussion for 15 minutes
Demonstrate 5 parliamentary procedures
Submit a written application for the degree
Show progress in the FFA individual achievement awards program
Have a satisfactory scholarship record

41. Supervised Experience
State Degree
The third degree, given at the state convention, is the State degree.
State degree recipients receive a pin in the shape of the FFA emblem made of gold.
Supervised Experience
Greenhand
Chapter
State

42. State Degree Requirements
Have received the Chapter FFA Degree
Have been an active FFA member for 2 years
Completed 360 hours (or equivalent) of agricultural education
Earned and invested $1000 or worked at least 300 hours or combination thereof

43. State Degree Requirements ...
Demonstrate leadership ability by:
(a) Performing 10 procedures of parliamentary law
(b) Giving 6 min. speech on agriculture or FFA
(c) Serving as an officer, committee chairperson, or member of chapter committee

44. State Degree Requirements...
Have participated in planning and completion of chapter Program of Activities
Have participated in 5 FFA activities above chapter level
Have a satisfactory scholarship record

45. Supervised Experience
American Degree
The fourth degree, given at the national convention, is the American degree.
American degree recipients receive a pin in the shape of the FFA emblem made of gold. It is bigger than the state degree and has a special vertical bar attached.
Supervised Experience
Greenhand
Chapter
State
American

46. American Degree Requirements
Have received the State FFA Degree
Have been an active FFA member for the past 3 years
Have record of satisfactory participation
Completed 540 hours (or equivalent) of agricultural education
Have graduated from high school

47. American Degree Requirements..
Have in operation an approved SAE program
Earned $7,500 from the SAE or earned and invested $1,500 and worked 2,250 hours
Have record of outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement
Achieved a scholastic record of “C” or better

48. American Degree Trivia
During the first 10 years of the FFA the only degree pin with the American eagle on the top was the American degree. The Greenhand, Chapter, and State degrees did not have the eagle. If you ever see a FFA pin without the eagle, it was made during the 1930s.

49. FFA Proficiency Awards

50. What is a Proficiency Award?
An award presented by the National FFA to recognize excellence in a SAE program.
There are over 40 areas of agriculture for which awards are available.

51. Proficiency Awards Proficiency award winners are recognized at the:
local level
district, federation and/or area level
state level
national level

52. Proficiency Awards! There are 40+ categories of proficiency awards
Placement and entreprenuership SAE programs are recognized in each category
Entrepreneurship
Beef
Production
Placement

53. Proficiency Award Categories
At the national level, the top four individuals in placement and in entrepreneurship are recognized in each category (a total of eight). If adequate sponsorship is not available both placement and entrepreneurship are grouped together for judging and the top four are recognized.

54. Proficiency Award Categories
Number of categories vary from year to year depending upon sponsorship.

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56. Agricultural Communications*

57. Agricultural Mechanical Technical Systems

58. Agricultural Processing*

59. Agricultural Sales and/or Service*

60. Beef Production

61. Cereal Grain Production

62. Dairy Production

63. Diversified Crop Production

64. Diversified Livestock Production

65. Emerging Agricultural Technology*

66. Environmental Science*

67. Equine Science

68. Feed Grain Production

69. Fiber Crop Production*

70. Floriculture*

71. Food Science and Technology*

72. Forage Production*

73. Forest Management*

74. Fruit and/or Vegetable Production*

75. Home and/or Community Development*

76. Horticulture*

77. Landscape Management*

78. Nursery Operations*

79. Oil Crop Production

80. Outdoor Recreation*

81. Poultry Production*

82. Sheep Production*

83. Small Animal Care*

84. Soil and Water Management*

85. Specialty Animal Production*

86. Specialty Crop Production*

87. Swine Production

88. Turf Grass Management*

89. Wildlife Management