Supervised Agriculture Experience
The Supervised Agriculture Experience Program (SAE) will begin with a day of ONLINE classroom instruction for all students on May 26 (or the first day of summer break). The instruction will cover the development of each student’s SAE project, record keeping procedures, the students involvement in leadership activities and community service projects, date planning for SAE visits for each student, as well as the discussion of the SAE field trips.
This program is open to any student in Grade 8-11. Each student will be visited at least once. The initial visit to each student will be conducted during the week of June 6 - 13. These visits will include an overview of the preliminary record keeping for the project and setting goals for each individual student. The initial visit may be completed as a zoom or phone call with the student and their employer or parent.
During the weeks of July 19 and July 26 the second SAE visits will be conducted. If possible, some of these will occur at the Wabash County Fair. These visits will include an assessment of the record keeping thus far and a review of the goals to be accomplished by the student. Also, SAE students will be encouraged to assist with the booths at the County Fair to help fulfill their community service requirement. They will also be required to help with fair cleanup that Northfield, Southwood, and Manchester High Schools have agreed to help with. Additional field trips will be scheduled if possible. These field trips will count towards SAE hours and will be educational agriculture business and farms.
At the conclusion of the summer SAE students are required to submit the “SAE Worksheet,” a calendar with their 180 hours and two digital photos of their SAE. The students will also be encouraged to complete a Proficiency Application. This application will be judged against other FFA members in the district.
To register, students should contact their school's Agriculture Teacher.
Northfield - Mr. Jeff Smith
Southwood - Mrs. Makayla Myer
