Developing a Program Plan for SAE

SAE Outcomes and Annual Report

ASSIGNMENT

You are in your first year of teaching in an agriculture program and have come across a partially developed program-level plan for individual student SAE program growth, which is attached. This document seems like a decent place to start for establishing your own SAE Program Plan.

Please read through the draft SAE plan and use it to develop your own SAE plan.

C-Mohr Community Schools

Agricultural Education Program

Supervised Agricultural Experience Program Plan

The purpose of this document is to articulate a plan for coordinating and documenting individual student SAE program growth.

Purpose of SAE

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C-Mohr’s SAE Student Learning Outcomes

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National Quality Program Standards

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National AFNR Career Clusters and College/Career Readiness skills

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SAE Program

All students will identify, establish, and maintain an SAE program. SAE includes goal setting, program planning, recordkeeping, and assessment of these various components. The SAE should be regular and ongoing whether or not the student is enrolled in an agriculture course for the term.

The following steps and procedures will be followed to ensure that each student has an ongoing and regular SAE program.

  • Class time will be used develop and regularly update students records associated with their SAE program.
  • SAE records should be updated each month and will be due the first Friday of the month for the previous month and will be assessed based a) completeness, b) neatness and accuracy, c) timeliness. This will be part of your class grade.
  • Each January, the record books will be closed out for the previous calendar year and a new, current year record book will be started. This would include transfer of ending year balances and inventories to beginning year balances and inventories for the new year.
  • As a means of documenting year-to-year growth and establishing a comprehensive SAE program, students will use the State FFA Degree application.
  • Students completing their first year of records will complete the information sections of the State FFA Degree and transfer their year-end record book data to the State FFA Degree application.
  • In following years, students will need to update the personal information and add their most recent year-end record book information.
  • With multiple years of data, students can begin to see yearly trends as well as the growth of their SAE Program.
  • SAE visits will be made throughout the year including summer. Some may be on site and other may occur at school during a mutually agreed upon time.
  • SAE visits could include the agriculture teacher, student, parent(s), and others associated with the student’s SAE program like employer, supervisor, or mentor.
  • SAE visits can also occur in a group setting with multiple students and could be organized by region of the school district or by interest area.

Documenting C-Mohr SAE Programs

The annual reports for each student will be reviewed and summarized as part of our program’s annual report. The report will include… …and will be shared with… …for the purpose of…

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What if I don’t have anything to add to my records for the month?

SAE is about ongoing growth and development in a particular area of agriculture. As such there are plenty of opportunities outside of “records” that can be documented as a way to improve your SAE. For example, you could attend a farm show, interview a professional associated with your SAE area, complete a review of a magazine or web-based article related to your SAE, develop a blog and update it, explore and develop a short report on the latest developments/technologies associated with your SAE. A summary report of the activity should be included as part of the “record book” and will be considered your SAE activity for the month. Plan accordingly.

Note: An ‘Activity Book’ was provided as a resource in Competency I lesson plan as an example of how this might be organized.

Address those unique issues that come up from time to time>

  • Add those issues/questions that came up in class and provide the answer based upon how you plan to operate your program.
  • Keep in mind that this section can be a living document and you can add to it as questions arise.