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Unit: Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs

Lesson: Checking Out The Scene: Exploratory and Minor SAE Components (Lesson 3)

Objectives:

At the end of the class the learner will be able to:
  1. Discuss the job market in agriculture. 

2. Define what is meant by Exploratory SAE.

3. List five possible Exploratory SAE opportunities in the local community.

4. Differentiate between Improvement and Supplementary SAE activities.

5. Give five examples of Improvement SAE activities.

6. Identify five possible tasks that are Supplementary SAE activities.
 

 References and Teaching Aids: 1. Computer with PowerPoint 97 and a projection device or an overhead projector.

2. "Exploratory and Minor SAE Programs" PowerPoint 97 presentation (minorsae.ppt)

3. SAE Exploratory- Future Career Maze activity sheet and SAE Matching Exercise activity sheet.

4. Record keeping pages for Exploratory, Improvement and Supplementary pages that your state uses.

5. VCR (optional)

6. Video Tape showing possible agricultural careers (Optional). These are available from various sources. 
 

 Teaching Procedure:
 A. Interest Approach:
Tell the class you are going to have a contest to see who can find their way through a maze the quickest. Pass out the SAE Exploratory-Future Career Maze activity sheet face down to the students. At your command, the students will turn the sheet over and try to find their way from the top left corner of the maze (Exploratory SAE) to the bottom right corner (Future Career). This should take some time and result in several dead ends and circular paths. Point out this is similar to the life of many people. There are a lot of dead end jobs. It will be nice if we could do something that would help avoid these dead ends and zero in on a future agricultural career.   B. Problem Statement: (to be written on the board or overhead)  
"What jobs are in most  demand in agriculture and how can you learn more about them?"


C. Teaching Steps:

 
1. After the interest approach ask the students to guess if there is a surplus or shortage of workers for agricultural jobs. (there is a shortage of college graduates for agricultural jobs in most areas)   2. Show the PowerPoint presentation (or transparencies) on "Exploratory and Minor SAE Programs." 

3. At the end of the exploratory section of the slide show divide the class into small groups and have them brainstorm some possible exploratory programs in your community and state.

4. Show the remainder of the PowerPoint presentation or transparencies made from the presentation. Discuss Improvement and Supplementary  SAE programs.

  5. Have students list possible improvement and supplementary SAE activities on the board.   6. Distribute the type of record keeping pages used in your state to record exploratory, supplementary, and improvement SAE activities. Explain how the records are to be kept. If you state does not have a SAE record book, record books that match these lessons (The North Carolina SAE Record Book) can be ordered from Dr. Jim Flowers at North Carolina State. Contact him for more information at jim_flowers@ncsu.edu   D. Review:  
1. Pass out the SAE Matching Exercise and have the students complete it.

2. If additional time is available, a video on an agricultural career could be shown.

 

Resources

  • Selected Articles from The Agricultural Education Magazine related to this lesson: