SAE Basics
This type of experience must be student-led, instructor-supervised, and aligned to a career plan.
What is a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE)?
This foundational component involves researching and describing careers in the AFNR industry.
What is career exploration & planning?
This type of SAE places students in an employment setting, paid or volunteer.
What is placement/internship?
A list of tasks performed and hours worked are required for this SAE type.
What is placement/internship documentation?
Items that can quickly be converted to cash or sold within 12 months.
What are current assets?
This should change and grow as students develop skills and interests.
What is the career plan?
Creating a résumé is an example of this foundational area.
What is employability skills for college & career readiness?
Raising a litter of puppies or growing pumpkins are examples of this SAE type.
What is ownership/entrepreneurship?
A training plan and reflection are added to this type of SAE documentation.
What is internship documentation?
Debts that must be paid within the year.
What are current liabilities?
These three people are involved in an SAE.
Who are the student, instructor, and employer/supervisor?
This foundational area includes creating a budget and considering potential salary.
What is personal financial planning & management?
Applying the scientific method to test a hypothesis is part of this research type.
What is experimental research?
Financial records showing all inputs and outputs are part of this SAE type’s documentation.
What is ownership documentation?
The formula for net worth or owner’s equity.
What is total assets minus total liabilities?
This term describes learning that happens in an actual workplace environment.
What is work-based learning?
Conducting a workplace safety risk assessment fits in this foundational area.
What is workplace safety?
This type of SAE is run by students but based at the school and mimics a real business.
What is a school-based enterprise?
Peer reviews at multiple stages and a summary presentation are required for this SAE type.
What is research documentation?
This ratio measures how much debt is used compared to equity.
What is the debt-to-equity ratio?
Name two measurable benefits of participating in an SAE.
What are real experience, real earnings, real employability skills, college & career readiness, and FFA awards & recognition?
Researching agricultural policies and their impacts builds this foundational skill.
What is agricultural literacy
Assisting at a community garden or farmers market fits this SAE type.
What is service learning?
A business plan and financial/operational reports to a board are part of this SAE type.
What is school-based enterprise documentation?
Items that lose value because of age, wear, or technology changes.
What are depreciable items?