1. What is a “Whale Done!” School District?

2. Outline Overview of Whale Done! New Enthusiasm for School Climate
Additional Strategies for Your “Tool Box”
Provide Life Long Happiness

3. Activity Think about a time when someone saw the best in you.
 What did the person say or do?
 What impact did it have on you?

4. What is Whale Done!? 4

5. The book, Whale Done! emphasizes proper responses to behavior used by whale trainers at
Sea World®.
You can’t get a 12,000 pound Killer Whale to jump 30 feet in the air by screaming at it! People also respond better to positive re-enforcers.
Whale Done!

7. Accentuate the Positive Redirect the thinking when mistakes occur
The Whale Done Method
Build Trust
Accentuate the Positive
Redirect the thinking when mistakes occur

8. Whale Done! Response Praise immediately
Be specific about what someone did right or almost right
Encourage them to keep up the good work
Redirect the thinking when a mistake occurs

9. Describe the problem clearly and without blame
Redirections
Describe the problem clearly and without blame
Show its negative impact
Take the blame, if appropriate
Make sure the task is understood
Express trust and confidence

10. Embed Concrete Reminders Involve Everybody
District-Wide
Rewire our thinking
Apply the Strategies
Embed Concrete Reminders
Involve Everybody

11. Communicate Expectations for staff and students
Making It Happen
Believe and Unite
Board Support
Communicate Expectations for staff and students
Staff begins to give and receive recognitions
Whale Done program
extends into the
community
Talk about 1st teacher to receive a whale done 11

12. School Level Implementation:
Set the tone for the week
All students & staff participate
Recognition
student-student
staff-staff
student-staff
staff-student
parent-child
parent-staff

14. Effective Classroom Management More time on task
Benefits
Effective Classroom Management
More time on task
Parents & students are involved
Students focus on academics
Productive work environment
Develop student leadership

15. For You!

16. MASD Implementation Personal Commitment School-wide Commitment
District-wide Commitment
4. Stakeholders Involvement 16

17. Whale Done!