FFA Week: Supervised Agricultural Experiences

The Purpose of the SAE is to...

• volunteer in your community.
• gain work experience and life skills in agriculture.
• pass this class.
• communicate to people.

This type of SAE deals with planning, implementing, operating and assuming financial risks in an agricultural business or farming activity.

• Placement
• Entrepreneurship 
• Improvement
• Supplementary

This type of SAE involves identifying an agricultural problem that cannot be solved by experiments and designing a plan to investigate and analyze the problem.

• Experimental
• Analytical
• Improvement
• Supplementary

This type of SAE involves placing students in jobs outside the regular classroom hours. They may be paid or unpaid (volunteer) work.

• Exploratory
• Placement
• Entrepreneurship 
• Improvement 

An example of a Placement SAE is...

• Starting your own lawn care company

• Working for your uncle on his pig farm.

• Interviewing a welder

• Rebuilding a tractor with your dad

An example of an Entrepreneurship SAE is...

• Cutting grass
• Observing a greenhouse manager
• Planting a garden
• Starting your own produce company

The acronym SAE stands for:

• Supervised Agricultural Education

• Supervised Agricultural Experience

• Super Advanced Education

• None of the Above

Which FFA members have an SAE?

• Only new members

• Officers

• All members

• The President

What awards can you apply for with your SAE project?

• State Degree

• Proficiency Award

• Greenhand Degree

• Star Farmer

How many State Degree awards has Cross County had in the last 6 years?

• 15

• 10

• 4

• 5