(Supervised Agriculture Experience)
SAE
The SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience) is a required component of a total agricultural education program and intended for every student. Through their involvement in the SAE program, students are able to consider multiple careers and occupations, learn expected workplace behavior, develop specific skills within an industry, and are given opportunities to apply academic and occupational skills in the workplace or a simulated workplace environment. Through these strategies, students learn how to apply what they are learning in the classroom as they prepare to transition into the world of college and career opportunities.
Types of SAE Projects
Ownership/Entrepreneurship
Research
The student plans, implements, operates and assumes financial risks in a productive or service activity or agriculture, food or natural resources-related business.
Exploratory
As agriculture becomes more scientific, there is a need to conduct research to meet the needs of a growing world. There are three major kinds of research SAE programs: experimental, analytical and invention.
Placement/Internship
This type of SAE is appropriate for all agriculture students. This SAE activity is designed primarily to help students become literate in agriculture and/or become aware of possible careers in the AFNR career cluster and results in the development of a plan to begin an SAE.
Placement/Internship programs involve the placement of students in agriculture, food or natural resources-related businesses, on farms and ranches, in school laboratories, at community facilities, or in a verified
non-profit organization to provide a "learning by doing" environment. These experiences may be paid or non-paid.
Ideas for SAE Projects
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Growing a garden
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Landscaping
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Working in the fields
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Raising a livestock animal for Fair
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Helping a friend in livestock
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Construction
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Mechanics
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Volunteering in your local animal shelter
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