Monday, 29 September 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 PLD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Victoria Marsden, Head of Student Services and Counsellor, Hobsonville Point Secondary School
*Original Content was created in June 2024
WALKING THE TIGHT ROPE: Your Duty as a School Counsellor Vs. An Employee of the School
- Understanding the information privacy principles and how they apply to schools
- Dealing with tricky situations that Guidance Counsellors may encounter
- Balancing the needs of your professional code of conduct and your duties as an employee
- Reflect on learnings from relevant case law
Facilitator:
Victoria Marsden, Head of Student Services and Counsellor, Hobsonville Point Secondary School
Panellists:
Jo Martin, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Te Wehengarua
Dr Dzintra King, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Te Wehengarua
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the Privacy Act and professional codes of conduct apply to school counselling roles
- Learn how to manage ethical tensions between student confidentiality and school employer obligations
Presenters
Victoria Marsden, Head of Student Services and Counsellor, Hobsonville Point Secondary SchoolVictoria has completed both a Masters in Counselling (2008) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Supervision (Counselling) at Waikato University (2017). Victoria is the Head of Te Ara Manaaki Student Services at Hobsonville Point Secondary School, with a counselling role. She leads a team of counsellors and the school nursing staff. Victoria is a fully accredited member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) and adheres to the principles of the NZAC Code of Ethics. Victoria works within a restorative, narrative and social constructionist framework and has published and been a reviewer for articles submitted for publication in peer reviewed academic journals both within New Zealand and overseas. Victoria has presented at conferences and delivered numerous workshops on both disordered eating and creating safe environments for our Rainbow rangatahi in schools.
Jo Martin, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Te Wehengarua
Jo has been a field officer with Te Wehengarua/PPTA for 11 years, and is based in PPTA’s Christchurch office. Jo is part of PPTA’s legal team. Jo graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the bar in 1994. Jo has ten years of Secondary teaching experience in both New Zealand and the UK, and specialized in Special needs education and Alternative Education.
Dr Dzintra King, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association Te Wehengarua
Dzintra holds a law degree, a PhD in English literature and a postgraduate library qualification. She has worked as a librarian, a union official, a mediator and adjudicator with the Employment Tribunal and Employment Relations Authority. Dzintra is currently inhouse counsel for the PPTA.
