HS.8 Developing Leadership in SAEs
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.8) introduces high school agricultural education students to experiential leadership and how to develop leadership skills through their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs. Through newspaper analysis, flowcharting, brainstorming, and planning activities, students describe experiential leadership, identify SAE activities that build leadership skills, and create a personal plan to incorporate leadership activities into their SAE.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe experiential leadership.
- List SAE activities that develop leadership skills.
- Create a plan to include leadership activities in personal SAE plan.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing Surface
- 1 copy of a local newspaper per group of 3 to 4 students
- Transparencies HS.7.TM.A–E
- Overhead Projector
- HS.7.Assess—one per person
- HS.7.AS.A—one per person
- Blank Transparencies and Pens for Four Groups
- Unit
- Introduction to Leadership, Personal Growth, and Career Success
- Problem Area
- Hands-on Experience of Leadership
- Precepts
- A3: Plan effectively
- Resources
- Association for Experiential Education website. www.aee.org
- Key Terms
- Experiential education is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- Applying Language SkillsStudents use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.