Built by a developer.
Designed by counselors.
DISC Software exists because a group of school counselors needed better tools — and were willing to help build them.
It started with one counselor who needed better tools.
My wife is a school counselor. During her graduate internship, she kept running into the same problem — there was no good software to help her track, manage, and analyze her daily work. Spreadsheets were clunky. Generic tools missed the point. So I started writing something that would give her what she needed.
Before long, her entire graduate school cohort was using it every day. They told me exactly what they needed, I built it, they told me what was missing, I built that too. The software evolved through that feedback loop — shaped entirely by the people actually doing the job.
Once everyone graduated and started working in schools across the region, the circle expanded. New coworkers started using it. Entire departments came on board. Eventually we decided to make it available to any counselor who might want it.
Data Informed School Counseling Software — DISC Software for short. My wife tells me school counselors love a good acronym.
“School counselors are among the most data-accountable professionals in education — and among the least supported with tools to manage that data. DISC exists to close that gap.”
The principles behind the product.
Built from the inside
DISC Software wasn't designed by people guessing what school counselors need. It was built in direct collaboration with working counselors who used it every day and told us exactly what to build next.
Student privacy first
We built the encryption architecture before we built the features. Personally identifiable student data is encrypted on a per-user basis — not even we can read it. That's not a feature, it's a foundation.
Fair pricing, always
School counselors are underpaid and under-resourced. $100 a year for everything — no tiers, no upsells, no per-seat fees. Grad students get two years free. That's not a promotion, it's a policy.
Counselors shape the roadmap
Every major feature in DISC Software came from a counselor saying "I need this." That feedback loop hasn't changed. If you use DISC and have an idea, we want to hear it.
Still built the same way.
Every version of DISC Software has been shaped the same way: counselors using it every day and telling us what they need next. Here's some of what that feedback has added recently.
Service coverage
See which students you haven't seen yet, by grade and by how recently.
Representation analysis
Compare who you serve with your caseload, by interactions, time, and students reached.
Group series and attendance
Link group meetings into a series and see attendance across every meeting.
Pre/post comparisons
Measure how much assessment results changed, and how many students improved.
We're easy to reach.
Questions, feedback, feature ideas, or just want to say hello — we read every email and respond to all of them.
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