SAE for All: For Real

Significant events include two national summits, the writing of a Council-approved SAE Philosophy and Guiding Principles document, and eventually the creation and dissemination of SAE for All materials and train-the-trainer professional development open to all states. Supervised Agricultural Experience is a student-led, instructor-supervised, work- based learning experience that results in measurable outcomes within a pre-defined, agreed-upon set of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Technical Standards and Career Ready Practices aligned to a career plan of study. During an SAE for All Trainthe-Trainer workshop, we asked teachers the open-ended question, "What could a student ideally experience that would contribute most to their individual career development?" We wrote down their answers on three blank flipcharts that, unbeknownst to the teachers, aligned to the three components of agricultural education: class/lab, SAE, and FFA. SAE Name Changes Since 1908 Home Project (1908) Home-School Cooperation Plan (1908) Farming Project (1919) Productive Farm Enterprises (1926) Supervised Farm Practice Program (1938) Supervised Farming Program (1943) Supervised Occupational Experience Program (1972) Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs (1992) Note: More broadly, in Career and Technical Education (CTE), the term used for SAE-type experiences is Work-Based Learning (WBL).