Student Get to Know You Forms for the Beginning of the Year School Counseling

$3.00

Student Intro Forms for School Counselors | Beginning of Year Student Check-In: Starting the school year with hundreds of students can feel overwhelming. These Student Intro Forms for School Counselors help you build relationships quickly while gathering meaningful information you can actually use throughout the year.

Unlike a simple "getting to know you" worksheet, these forms help you learn about students' interests, friendships, stress levels, goals, support needs, and connections at school while creating natural conversations that strengthen relationships from day one. The accompanying implementation guide also shows you how to use the information you collect to identify Tier 1 needs, plan small groups, monitor student well-being, and support your MTSS framework.

These forms are perfect for:

Beginning of the school year introductions
New student meetings
Individual counseling check-ins
Returning student beginning-of-year check-ins
Mid-year student check-ins
End-of-year reflection
MTSS data collection point
Relationship building

What's Included

✔ Elementary Version (K-1): Designed with picture supports and completed conversationally with the counselor.

Students identify:

Favorite activities
Friends
Favorite and hardest parts of school
Trusted adults at school
Current feelings about school
Personal goals
Areas where they want support
Anything they want their counselor to know

✔ Upper Elementary / Middle School Version (Grades 6-8): A student-friendly written version that can be completed independently or together during counseling conversations.

Students reflect on:

School activities
Outside interests
Friendships
Favorite and least favorite classes
Trusted adults
Current stress level
Personal goals
Areas where they want counselor support
Additional information they'd like to share

Multiple versions included to fit different counseling styles and student needs, you'll receive:

✔ Icon-supported versions

✔ Text-only versions

✔ Editable blank templates with unlabeled sections so you can customize every prompt for your own counseling program, grade level, small groups, or school needs.

Also Included: A detailed School Counselor Implementation Guide explaining how to:

Introduce the forms with students
Adapt administration for different grade levels
Build rapport through conversation
Reuse the stress scale throughout the year
Revisit student goals
Identify trends across classrooms and grade levels
Use responses to inform Tier 1 lessons
Identify students who may benefit from Tier 2 or Tier 3 interventions
Organize follow-up documentation and referrals

Why School Counselors Love These Forms: Instead of asking random icebreaker questions, these forms gather information you'll continue using all year long. You'll quickly learn:

Which students feel connected (or disconnected)
Common grade-level concerns
Friendship trends
Student interests
School engagement
Stress levels
Students' self-identified goals
Areas where students want support

The information naturally supports classroom lesson planning, small group selection, individual counseling, and data-informed decision making.

Perfect For

Elementary School Counselors
Middle School Counselors
MTSS Teams
Student Services
School Social Workers
SEL Programs
Beginning of Year Counseling
Student Check-Ins
Student Relationship Building

File Types

Ready to Use Printable PDF
Editable PPT File: includes editable blank templates for customization (simply drag and drop to your Google Drive to use in Slides instead)

If you want to learn more about school counseling data practices to support MTSS, consider joining my self-paced professional development, The Counseling Data Playbook. It has over 11 hours of training and 40+ digital and paper templates to make things manageable and actionable!

Please note: this is a digitally downloadable resource. You will not receive anything in the mail.