Supervised
Agriculture Events (SAE)
Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs (SAEP)
& Recordbooks
SAE stands for Supervised Agricultural Experience. This type of experiential learning is the “hands-on” portion of the total agricultural education program. The SAE program is designed and carried out by the student with the support of the parent and the supervision of the agriculture teacher and/or employer.
Having an SAE is essential for you to succeed in the agricultural education program, and is a required portion of the grade in all agriculture courses.
Types of SAEs
Entrepreneurship: Students with this type of SAE can either own a business, or production oriented.
Examples:
- Owning your own lawn mowing business
- Growing your own alfalfa hay field
- Raising a lamb for the county fair
Placement: Students with this type of SAE work for an employer that provides an agricultural service or product. Hours may be paid or unpaid.
Examples:
- Working for the school greenhouse
- Working as a receptionist for a local veterinarian
- Working on the family farm
Agriscience: Students with this type of SAE complete a science project that is related to agriculture and summarize their findings.
Examples:
- Testing soil to determine nutrient content
- Determining which type of feed makes steers gain weight faster
- Testing the effects of antibacterial soap on salmonella bacteria
Exploratory: This type of SAE is designed to allow students to explore a career or area of agriculture that interests them.
Examples:
- Spending the day following a veterinarian
- Interviewing an international marketing specialist
- Reviewing university requirements for an agricultural engineering degree
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Components of an SAE
- Enterprise: This is the actual item you are using for your SAE. The enterprise must fall into one of the four types of SAE. A student may have more than one enterprise . . . for example, if you work at the local feed store, and raise a pig, the feed store would be one enterprise (placement) and the pig would be another (entrepreneurship)
Examples:
- Growing a field of sweet corn (entrepreneurship)
- Working for a dairy farm (placement)
- Conducting a science experiment (agriscience)
- Interning at a local greenhouse (exploratory)
- Improvement Projects: These are projects that apply to one of your enterprises and work to make them better or more efficient
Examples:
- Building a new corral for your market steers
- Installing a new CO detector in the greenhouse
- Putting all of the farm records into a new computer program
- Supplementary Skills: These are new things you learn how to do because of your SAE that will lead to success both in this SAE area and in life
Examples:
- Learning how to preg check cattle
- Learning proper application rates for nitrogen in greenhouse plants
- Welding structurally sound welds
- Learning how to use recordkeeping programs
- Keeping Records: It is essential that as part of your SAE you keep records. This is not only a requirement for class, but also allows you the chance to have comprehensive data to make business decisions, positive changes in the program, or to fill out scholarship applications. Your advisor will give these records to you and evaluate your progress in the SAE based on the completeness of these records. In addition, recordkeeping is an essential leadership skill that will allow you to excel in any business venture.
SAE Resources
The Agricultural Education Program at Chino Valley High School has many resources and supplies that are available for you to have a successful and progressive Supervised Agricultural Experience. The following is a list of items at your disposal, all you have to do is ask and you may use anything on this list.
Agricultural Mechanics Shop
-Welders/Cutters
-Power and Hand tools (For metal, wood and machinery work)
-Air compressor
Cooper Ag Center
-Animal Pens
-Paid and Non-paid Job Opportunities
-Aquaculture Facilities
-Board Positions
-Land for available for many other ideas
Greenhouse
-Space available to conduct your own project
-Paid and Non-paid Job Opportunities
Hatchery
-Space available to conduct your own project
-Paid and Non-paid Job Opportunities
Livestock Supplies
-Lamb/Hog/beef Scale
-Hog waterers (limited to Expo use only)
-Hog walker
-Some health supplies
Fair Information
-All forms needed for exhibiting large and small livestock or participate in the Yavapai County 4-H/FFA Expo in other ways can be found at the following website, www.4hffaexpo.org.
