Thursday, November 21, 2013

SAE Student Success Story #11 - Iowa

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 #11- Iowa
A student – oldest of three brothers -- who was year behind me in high school had a lawn care SAE --- of course received a bit of skepticism from me (et al) because it wasn’t cows and pigs or traditional mid-90’s southern Iowa projects…Long story short --- after putting all three of them thru a small private D-III college ($$$), the oldest two ended up in banking – the youngest, continues the business as a full time endeavor; has hired his retired father as part of a crew to help ( I always point out to kids, how would you like to have YOUR parents work FOR YOU?) and has a very lucrative year round full-service landscaping/yard care/snow removal business in my hometown.  All started from a lawn mower and a couple yards as a simple SAE project that got crazy.  And the cows that I had weren’t nearly as productive, I might add.

Submitting Teacher: Mr. Matt Eddy

SAE Theorem #9 (Moore, 2003, The Agricultural Education Magazine)
On-site supervision is needed in SAE programs. What does the first word in the acronym SAE stand for? Supervised. Students need direction and guidance in conducting the SAE program. This is the perfect opportunity for one-on-one individualized instruction.


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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