A supervised agricultural experience (SAE) is a year-round program made up of projects and activities where agricultural skills and knowledge learned in the agricultural classroom is applied. These activities can fall under one of six groups: Foundational, Entrepreneurship, Placement, Agriscience research/experimentation, School-Based, and Service Learning. An SAE project is a required component for all agriculture students.
Foundational - Conducted by all students in the agricultural education program including students who are on a four-year sequence and those who enroll for the semester.
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Foundational SAEs allow students to explore careers, agricultural literacy, workplace safety, personal financial management, and employability skills.
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Entrepreneurship - Students own and operate an agriculture-related business or enterprise.
Examples of Waverly student's Entrepreneurship SAEs: raising meat animals, laying hens, small companion animals, gardening, horses, antique farm equipment demonstrations, lawn care and offering agricultural literacy programs to children and adults.
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Placement - Students work in an agriculture related field in settings such as a farm or ranch and an agribusiness.
Examples of Waverly student's Placement SAEs: working for agribusinesses such as a greenhouse, area farmers, livestock nutrition company, landscaping, retail farm & home store; turfgrass management at a golf course, and Zoo Crew at Lincoln Children's Zoo.
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Examples of Waverly student's Service-Learning projects include the archery shoot where proceeds have been donated to the Wounded Warrior Project and the Waverly Food Bank.
Service-Learning - Students will plan, conduct and evaluate a project that is designed to provide a service to the school, public entity or community. The project must benefit an organization, a group or individuals other than the FFA chapter.
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