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Rogelio Ceja – Poultry SAE Lesson Plan

This is a 30-minute FFA lesson plan in which students watch a video about an FFA member’s poultry SAE and use an accompanying worksheet to inventory their resources and connections, then brainstorm and design Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) opportunities within their chapter. It works well as part of an SAE unit or a career preparation lesson.

At a glance

Learning objectives
  • Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) program.
  • Plan opportunities for SAEs within their school.
  • Design a plan to enact the SAE ideas within the chapter.
Time required
30 minutes
Materials
  • A copy of the "How Can Your Chapter Help?" worksheet for each student.
  • Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
Resources
1. FFA.org 2. Video: Rogelio Ceja-SAE-Poultry https://vimeo.com/195969921
This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
1. Part of an SAE lesson/unit. 2. A lesson on career preparation.

Rogelio Sja’s Journey in Agricultural Education

Rogelio Ceja, a junior at LM FFA in Alma, Michigan, raises chickens for the Michigan FFA broiler contest. He learns valuable lessons in patience, time management, and problem-solving through daily care of the chickens. Inspired by his mother’s experience, he emphasizes the importance of choosing SAEs that ignite passion and encourages students to research their projects for personal growth.

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Aligned Standards

AFNR Career Ready Practices

  • CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
  • CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.

AFNR Performance Element

  • CS.05.Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.

Common Core – Speaking and Listening

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.

Common Core – Writing

  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

FFA Precept

  • FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
  • FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.

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