Alexander Bass

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a hearing regarding allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct.

The parties presented a Joint Submission on Penalty, which the Committee rejected.

The hearing was adjourned to a future date to hear further submissions on penalty.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse of students, as well as derogatory comments about colleagues.

The member pleaded no contest and agreed to a joint submission on resolution.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand to be recorded on the public register.

On the contested issue of publication, the Committee ordered that the summary of the decision be published without the member's name, finding that this appropriately balanced the objectives of deterrence and transparency against the member's privacy interests.

The Member, a Vice-principal, pleaded no contest to professional misconduct for failing to report an incident of sexual assault involving a student to the proper authorities, contrary to school board policy.

The Discipline Committee initially found the Member guilty and ordered a reprimand, completion of an ethics course, and publication with name.

The Committee later reconsidered its decision because it had erroneously relied on a withdrawn allegation regarding a failure to report to the Children's Aid Society.

Upon reconsideration, the Committee affirmed its original penalty, including publication with the Member's name, emphasizing the serious nature of failing to report a sexual assault and the need for general and specific deterrence.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The College advised that new medical information indicated the matter would be more appropriately handled by the Fitness to Practise Committee.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member following his criminal conviction for the sexual assault of a student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student, based on his guilty plea and conviction in criminal court.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, noting that his behaviour was dangerous, despicable, and totally outside the realm of civilized behaviour.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the member.

The member did not attend but had voluntarily submitted his resignation and undertaken not to teach in Ontario or seek reinstatement.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the undertaking, which would be published on the Public Register, was reasonable and protected the public interest.

The member, an elementary school teacher, was convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation.

At a discipline hearing before the Ontario College of Teachers, the member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, revoking the member's teaching certificate and ordering the publication of his name in the College's official publication, emphasizing the need for general deterrence and public protection.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to professional misconduct after breaking into a colleague's garage, stealing a school generator, and selling it online.

The Member was criminally convicted of break and enter.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, an 8-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and publication of the decision without the Member's name, noting the Member's extreme financial duress and subsequent restitution as mitigating factors.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for taking unauthorized photographs of female students using a cell phone camera, despite previous warnings from the principal.

The member pleaded no contest and admitted that his actions constituted professional misconduct, specifically failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a course on appropriate boundaries, and publication of the decision without the member's name.

The member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for mishandling student travel funds over a three-year period.

She intermingled student money with her own, failed to maintain adequate financial records, and sold a complimentary trip intended for volunteer chaperones to a student for personal gain.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found her guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-year suspension of her certificate, and a condition that she refrain from handling school monies upon her return to teaching.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The College indicated that no witnesses would come forward, resulting in no reasonable prospect of a finding of professional misconduct.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee concluded that the withdrawal was reasonable in the circumstances and authorized the College to withdraw the allegations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion on consent, authorizing the withdrawal in exchange for the member's immediate resignation, cancellation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and an undertaking never to seek reinstatement or teach in any public school in Ontario.

The member, a high school teacher, acted as a chaperone for a boys' basketball team field trip.

During the trip, he consumed alcohol in his hotel room and in the presence of students, permitted students to drive the rented van, failed to notice missing students, failed to notice a student consuming alcohol, and failed to investigate an altercation or seek medical treatment for an injured student.

He also failed to report his absence in a timely manner and actively hid his knowledge of the events during the school's investigation.

The member pled no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including psychiatric clearance, proof of completion of a Twelve Step Recovery Program, and completion of a boundaries course before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing against the member.

The member and his counsel were not in attendance.

Upon considering the submissions of College counsel and the consent of the parties, the Discipline Committee authorized the withdrawal of the allegations.