Bill Petrie

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for making inappropriate comments to students and exhibiting unprofessional behaviour, including yelling and banging on desks.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee qualified three school administrators as participant experts in classroom management.

The Committee found that the Member's conduct constituted professional misconduct, specifically failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

However, the Committee found the conduct did not meet the threshold for verbal or psychological abuse.

The Member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a three-month suspension, complete coursework in anger management and professional boundaries, and pay $10,000 in costs due to his failure to participate in the proceedings.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found that the member engaged in professional misconduct.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed conditions requiring the successful completion of courses on anger management and professional boundaries.

The member was also ordered to pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after she slid a student across the floor by his ankle.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the Member guilty of failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in unprofessional conduct and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty and ordered that the Member receive a reprimand, noting that she had already resigned from the College.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for professional misconduct involving inappropriate Facebook communications with a student, purchasing alcohol and meals for students, and spending time with students outside of school hours.

The Member pled guilty to the allegations and admitted the facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and a 12-month suspension of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, noting the Member had already resigned and undertaken never to reapply to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct involving verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of students.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations that he mocked and demeaned students, made inappropriate comments, and caused a student to fall to the ground.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand and successfully complete a course in classroom management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged professional misconduct during the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 academic years.

The member was alleged to have used inappropriate language, jumped on desks, slammed a metre stick, humped a wall, and called a student an 'idiot' and a 'douche'.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and committing acts that would reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional.

The Committee did not find that the member's conduct amounted to verbal, psychological, or emotional abuse.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, the completion of coursework on classroom management, and costs of $7,500 against the member, but declined to order a suspension.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after he entered a designated changing area for female students on two occasions and stared at students who were in various states of undress.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and abusing students psychologically or emotionally.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework and counselling regarding professional boundaries.

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

The Member was self-represented but did not attend the hearing.

The Committee found that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(5), 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee reserved its decision on penalty.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct.

The member admitted to failing to maintain professional boundaries by inviting adolescent boarding students to his room, taking them on unauthorized late-night and overnight trips, and lying to school administration about the trips.

The member also continued to communicate with a student after his employment was terminated and he was instructed to cease contact.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of his certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations and professional ethics.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with two students and their families.

The Member inappropriately involved herself in the personal lives of the students, including expressing interest in adopting a pregnant student's baby and later withdrawing, and disclosing another student's hospitalization to her employer and boyfriend's mother.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.