The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program involves practical agricultural activities performed by students outside of scheduled classroom and laboratory time.
The four types of SAE programs are exploratory, entrepreneurship, placement, and research/experimentation. SAE programs should be based on your career interests and available opportunities.
There are five Immersion SAE types that build upon the Foundational SAE component in a real-world application:
Placement/Internship SAE. Ownership/Entrepreneurship SAE. Research: Experimental, Analysis or Invention SAE. School-Based Enterprise SAE. Service-Learning SAE.
In agricultural education, learning does not start and stop at the classroom door! Through FFA and Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE) you will have many opportunities to learn and develop real-world skills outside of the classroom and beyond the school day.
There are three major kinds of research SAE programs: experimental, analytical and invention.
A few examples would include raising and selling animals or crops, building and selling agricultural equipment, buying and reselling feed, seed or fertilizer, owning a pet care business or a business that programs and installs computer equipment in tractors.
Types of SAE
Entrepreneurship.Placement.Agriscience Research.Agricultural Service Learning.Exploratory.Improvement.Supplemental.Directed School Laboratory.
SAE Idea Cards
Each career area provides ideas for all six SAE types, which are Entrepreneurship/Ownership, Placement, Research, School-Based Enterprise, Service-Learning and Exploratory.
Tips to Establish Your SAE
When you fall off the horse, get back on again. “Keep trying. Think beyond your years in FFA. Pay your project forward. Don’t let any resourcesgo to “waste.” Time is of the essence. Think beyond the barn. Climb to new heights. Make hay while the sun shines.
Some important purposes and benefits of SAE programs include: 1. Assisting students in making career and educational decisions 2. Providing an opportunity for students to explore various agriculture subjects 3. Helping students develop self-confidence 4.
Supervised Agricultural Experience
SAE, which stands for Supervised Agriculture Experience, is an agricultural experience that students are required to get throughout their sophomore, junior, and senior years in the agriculture program.
SAE’s are designed to enhance the learning of agricultural students by providing them with hands-on experiences. Students are able to take the knowledge that they have learned in the classroom and apply it to “real-life” experiences.
SAE was established by Tom Misner in 1976 in Sydney, converting a small advertising studio into a classroom. Over the next six years, campuses in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth were established.
