Saturday, November 16, 2013

SAE Student Success Stories - Story #6 - Pennsylvania

SAE is one of the most unique educational tools at our disposal as agriscience educators. SAEs have long standing impact on the lives of students. SAEs are not optional.

Story #6 - Pennsylvania
A male freshman student lives in town, however has farm production experience due to his grandfather owning and operating a family dairy operation.  He decides to start a turf and landscape maintenance operation with a few lawns.  During his high school career, this operation takes on more lawns, begins to design landscapes, repairs previously installed landscapes and begins to hire 2 to 3 other employees.  Applies to PSU, WVU and Ohio State decides to attend PSU in Ag Education due to his father being in that career for 40 + years.  During his senior year, obtains his Keystone Degree and is awarded the State Star in Agribusiness due to his SAE where he made pretty good money for the time (1980's).  Attends and graduates from PSU to obtain a career in Ag Education at Central Columbia in which he has been with for 22 years. 

Submitting Teacher: Mr. Doug Brown

SAE Theorem #4 (Moore, 2003, The Agricultural Education Magazine)
Students should develop a preliminary plan and budget for their SAE program. Students may have grandiose ides and plans regarding their SAE programs, but they may not be realistic. Time should be spent where the students outline what they plan to do, identify the resources required, estimate the time involved, determine when critical tasks need to be performed, and look at the financial aspects of the proposed activity.

 You are a developing positive agent of change who will one day help students explore and grow into their unlimited potential through agricultural education!


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