Audrey Hadfield

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

The parties consented to dispose of the proceeding without a hearing under section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, based on the member's written undertaking to complete a program in classroom management for special education students and submit to a Teacher Performance Appraisal upon returning to teaching.

The Discipline Committee found the agreement reasonable, in the public interest, and granted the motion to withdraw the allegations.

The member, a former vice principal and teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct following a plea of no contest.

The member had previously been convicted in criminal court of multiple counts of rape, indecent assault, and gross indecency against several female students over a twenty-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty and ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence, alleging a pattern of abusive, harassing, and threatening conduct towards female teachers and students between 1992 and 1998.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a six-month suspension, to be postponed and not imposed if the member completes mandatory counselling and has no further reports of misconduct for one year.