The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program involves practical agricultural activities performed by students outside of scheduled classroom and laboratory time. SAEs provide a method in agricultural education for students to receive real-world career experiences in an area of agriculture that they are most interested in. They are a requirement for every student enrolled in any Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resource classes. SAEs extend far beyond the traditional livestock projects, and now include on-the-job experiences, research into a student's particular point of interest, and can even lead to participation in the state agri-science fair.
Placement/Internship SAE: The student is in an employment setting (paid or unpaid). This experience must provide opportunity for development and advancement of skills and abilities aligned to the AFNR Technical Standards and Career Ready Practices.
Ownership/Entrepreneurship SAE: The student operates an individual business which provides goods and/or services to the marketplace in the ownership aspect. The student transitions to an entrepreneurship SAE once the ownership SAE is enhanced to contain or meet additional criteria.
Research: Experimental, Analysis or Invention SAE: The student will be involved in an investigation of materials, processes and information to establish new knowledge or the validation of previous research.
School-Based Enterprise SAE: A group of two or more students will work cooperatively outside of normal class time to create a business enterprise that provides goods and services. They operate their enterprise from the school campus utilizing facilities, equipment and other resources provided by the AFNR program or the school.
Service Learning SAE: Conducted by one or more students in which they plan, conduct and evaluate a project designed to provide a service to a school, public entity or the community. It must provide benefits to another organization, group or individuals other than the FFA chapter.
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