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Proficiency Awards
Proficiency award areas do not define supervised agricultural experience (SAE) programs. Rather, proficiency awards are an outgrowth of students’ SAE enterprises and learning activities conducted outside of regular class time. An SAE is a year-round developmental program that can be made up of multiple enterprises and activities, including research, entrepreneurial and/or placement enterprises, development of supplemental skills, learning activities and improvement projects impacting the student’s SAE, home, school or community. 
 
There are four categories of SAE programs: 
 ~Exploratory - Learn about the big picture of agriculture and its many related careers. 
 ~Agriscience Research and Experimentation-Involve planning and conducting a scientific experiment based on hypothesis and the use of the scientific method of investigation on the hypothesis. This may include qualitative, quantitative, experimental, descriptive and quasi experimental research. 
 ~Entrepreneurship - A student-owned enterprise where the student assumes responsibility for all financial and management decisions for the successful completion of the project or activity. 
 ~Placement – A student works for an agriculture-related business or individual, either for pay or for the experience 

As students develop their long-range SAE plans they may engage in enterprises or activities that cross the four SAE categories, which could theoretically qualify for multiple proficiency awards. 
 
When considering applying for proficiency award recognition, the focus of the enterprise, activities and/or skills developed determine the correct proficiency award area in which to apply. 
 



Documents

 
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Proficiency Award Description Wes McCarley 5/21/2014 186 KB


 

 

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