Jul 10, 2026 · 4 min · 3 segments
Today, host John Norlin shares a simple weekly strategy for helping students get to know the adults in their school: True Story Friday. By taking two to five minutes at the end of Friday to share a…
Sometimes we need to be reminded more than we need to be taught, and sometimes it might be a new spin on something that you've already been doing, and other times it might be a completely new idea.
You know, what are two things that students want? Well, one, they want you to know them, but also, number two, they wanna know you, maybe more than sometimes we realize.
Welcome to the CS Weekly, a quick idea or strategy to help you transform your daily work.
You know, it's not always natural for all educators to find ways to share things about their own life.
At the end of your Friday, one of the last things, including if you're a secondary teacher, it might be more than one period, obviously, that this happens, but even if you were just to take the last three minutes, maybe three to five minutes, and give students a set of options to choose from in terms of topics.
Connected to each of those topics, have a pre-prepared story that you've thought of about your past and/or present life, something that through story helps them to get to know you through, let's say, your passions, your interests.
Something you know in terms of telling the story it's gonna take more than those two, three, four minutes to tell, and leave students having to wait until the next week.
Now, getting to know your teacher, your educator, it's an important aspect for students, and it's something that you can weave into the daily fabric of what you're already doing each week.
And remember, sharing a little bit about yourself, going beyond just getting to know your students, but allowing them to get to know you, it's not one more thing on the plate, it is the actual plate.
Sometimes we need to be reminded more than we need to be taught, and sometimes it might be a new spin on something that you've already been doing, and other times it might be a completely new idea.
You know, what are two things that students want? Well, one, they want you to know them, but also, number two, they wanna know you, maybe more than sometimes we realize.
Welcome to the CS Weekly, a quick idea or strategy to help you transform your daily work.
You know, it's not always natural for all educators to find ways to share things about their own life.
At the end of your Friday, one of the last things, including if you're a secondary teacher, it might be more than one period, obviously, that this happens, but even if you were just to take the last three minutes, maybe three to five minutes, and give students a set of options to choose from in terms of topics.
Connected to each of those topics, have a pre-prepared story that you've thought of about your past and/or present life, something that through story helps them to get to know you through, let's say, your passions, your interests.
Something you know in terms of telling the story it's gonna take more than those two, three, four minutes to tell, and leave students having to wait until the next week.
Now, getting to know your teacher, your educator, it's an important aspect for students, and it's something that you can weave into the daily fabric of what you're already doing each week.
And remember, sharing a little bit about yourself, going beyond just getting to know your students, but allowing them to get to know you, it's not one more thing on the plate, it is the actual plate.
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