AEE 322  Experiential Learning in Agriculture
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Class 1: Introduction to Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs 
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Objectives:
Upon completion of this lesson you should be able to:
 Define SAE
List 10 benefits to students from having a SAE program 
Discuss the philosophical, psychological, educational and legal basis for SAE 
Draw a diagram illustrating the interrelationship of classroom instruction, SAE and FFA 
Describe the current North Carolina State Board of Education policy on SAE
 Identify 15 sources of SAE Materials.
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Learning Activities:

These actvities should be completed before class for on-campus students as this provides a foundation for the class discussion.

For distance education students, these activities constitute the lesson. Pay special attention to the PowerPoint Presentation.

 Back in the 1980s, SAE was known as SOEP. No matter what acronym is used, the underlying philosophy is timeless. Read John Crunkilton's article from the December, 1984 Agricultural Education Magazine, "SOEP: Manifesting our Philosophy."

Hoover and Arrington published an article, "SAE Research Findings" in the November, 1994 Agricultural Education Magazine that describes many of the benefits of SAE.

Kaczor provides a good overview of the value of experiential learning in her article, "SOE is a Dynamic Instructional Tool" (The Agricultural Education Magazine, March 1983).

"SAE is Problem Solving" was written by Keaton and King and appeared in the Nov.-Dec. 1999 issue of The Agricultural Education Magazine.

Read Retallick's article "Reframing SAE: The Tricycle Principle" from the May-June 2003 issue of The Agricultural Education Magazine.

Read the article "What in the World Does Integral Mean Anyway?" Pay special attention to the graphic.

Read The Agricultural Education Magazine article by Moore entitled "Two Angora Goats."

Read Section 10 of the Smith-Hughes Act. (you will have to scroll down to find section 10).

View the PowerPoint presentation "Why SAE?" or download it.
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Laboratory:

For students taking the class on campus, there is a two hour lab. This activity will be done during the lab.

For distance education students, the lab will be described and the student will be responsible for performing the activity.
 Introduction: The lab for this week focuses on resources that are available that can help current and future teachers teach and conduct the SAE program.

Lab Outcome: Students are to visit the following web sites that contain SAE resources. For most sites visited, one question that can be put into a Scavenger Hunt activity is to be developed. For example the following questions might be developed:
          In addition to the question, the URL where the answer can be found must be provided.
          A total of 20 questions must be developed. This activity is to be completed using WebCT Vista.

SAE On-line Resources:

  1. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/sae/toolbox/index.html - This is the SAE Central web site maintained at North Carolina State University. It has lesson plans for teaching SAE, PowerPoint presentations, a SAE library, and student activities. It will be uipdated during the next month.

  2. http://aged.ces.uga.edu - a wide variety of teacher resources and powerpoints on SAE and other topics from UGA.

  3. http://www.glenroseffa.org/lesson%20plans.htm – There are literally hundreds of PowerPoint presentations at the Glen Rose, Arkansas web site. A number of them are about SAE.

  4. Ag Ed Resources Handbook chap8.pdf- Information about SAE and a number of helpful forms for implementing SAE programs.

  5. TTU SAE_success.pdf - The new teacher Survival Guide at Texas Tech has SAE information, including some forms.

  6. http://www.wyomingffa.org/advisors/ - The Wyoming FFA has several SAE and FFA PowerPoint presentations. They even have a neat SAE crossword puzzle.

  7. http://aged.ces.uga.edu/sae/index1.htm - Need some ideas about possible SAEs? This University of Georgia site has hundreds of ideas in a variety of areas.

  8. PA_SAE_approved_practice- When completing FFA proficiency awards, students may need help in identifying the approved practices they used with their SAE program. This Pennsylvania FFA web site lists several hundred approved practices.

  9. http://www.okcareertech.org/aged/SAE.htm - See what the Oklahoma Dept. of Career and Technical Education says about SAE.

  10. http://www.webcityads.com/sdagcp/supervis.htm - this site contains a collection of links about various components of SAE. There are a few good bits of information but many links don’t work. This site appears to have been developed by a person outside of the agricultural education mainstream

  11. http://www.ffaunlimited.org/suagexprs.html - The National FFA organization has a variety of SAE related products for sale.

  12. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/forms/pdf/280-83.pdf - A training agreement used in Maryland.

  13. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/forms/pdf/280-81.pdf - A sample training plan used in Maryland.

  14. http://www.mansfieldisd.org/ffa/FAQ_SAE.htm - See some Frequently Asked SAE Questions from the Mansfield High School (Texas) FFA web site.

  15. Cal_SAEP_overview– See what is accepted in California as a SAE.

  16. http://www.paffa.state.pa.us/files.htm – The Pennsylvania SAE record book files.

  17. http://www-ims.tamu.edu/ - Has an online record keeping system.

  18. http://www.theaet.com - Check out the agricultural experience tracker.
Assignments: Complete Worksheet 1. This is due next week.
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