Brian Serafini

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving multiple female students at two different schools.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of verbal, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The member had engaged in inappropriate physical contact, such as touching students' shoulders, backs, and hips, and made demeaning comments, referring to them as 'sweetie' and 'honey.' The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the member guilty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of a professional boundaries course.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal relationship with two students that crossed professional boundaries.

The Member communicated with the students via text messages about non-school related matters, including discussions about purchasing marijuana and marijuana products, and met with one student off school property.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

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 on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for engaging in unwanted sexual touching of a colleague after a school year-end party and of a member of the public on a separate occasion.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, specifically disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of coursework regarding sexual harassment, professional ethics, and appropriate boundaries.

The member was previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student, by exchanging inappropriate electronic communications of a sexual nature on social media.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to revoke the member's certificate of qualification and registration, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for findings of sexual abuse.

The Member, a former school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to comply with Ministry and Board policies regarding the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) and Supervised Alternative Learning Plan (SALP) programs.

The Member improperly withheld PLAR credits from eligible students by imposing arbitrary additional requirements, resulting in at least one student being unable to attend college.

She also failed to properly oversee the SALP program, leading to financial penalties for the Board, and improperly attended school property while on administrative leave to retrieve confidential documents.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member, a former school principal, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to the mishandling of school generated funds, falsification of records, and failure to follow board policies.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included using school funds for personal purchases, directing staff to inappropriately raise a student's grade for a hockey scholarship, and failing to attend a mandatory principals' conference.

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 18-month suspension of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged professional misconduct and sexual abuse of a student.

The member admitted to communicating with the student on social media while intoxicated but denied the communications were sexual in nature.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's late-night social media messages, which included comments on the student's appearance and sexually suggestive gestures, constituted sexual abuse.

The Committee also found the member engaged in verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse, and that his actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

An interim suspension was ordered pending a penalty hearing.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a pattern of anti-Black racist comments towards staff and falsifying a student's attendance record to cover up one of the incidents.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including making false statements, falsifying records, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the completion of coursework on anti-Black racism, inclusive leadership, and professional ethics.

The member, a teacher in a developmental disabilities classroom, faced allegations of professional misconduct after interrupting a student's established routine, which caused the student to become physically aggressive towards support staff.

During the incident, the member remained seated, failed to assist staff, did not promptly evacuate other students, and delayed calling the office for help.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise, failing to comply with professional standards, and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of coursework on classroom management with an emphasis on students with special needs.

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

The College submitted that the allegations related solely to the member's personal life, involved no students, and had no reasonable prospect of resulting in a finding of professional misconduct.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that it was reasonable, appropriate, and not in the public interest to expend resources on a hearing with no reasonable prospect of success.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to the criminal offence of possessing child pornography.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including engaging in a prohibited act involving child pornography.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to take immediate steps to respond to and report an alleged video circulating at the school depicting a student having sex with males.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional ethics and responsibility with an emphasis on reporting obligations.

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

The member pleaded no contest to allegations that he failed to adequately supervise students, abandoned classes, and reacted aggressively to a student regarding an attendance sheet.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to supervise, unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course on classroom management and supervision.

The member, a former teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct relating to his sexual abuse of a former student and providing the student with alcohol and cigarettes while the student was a minor.

The member had previously been convicted criminally of indecent assault for the same conduct.

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 that the member be reprimanded and that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be revoked.

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

The College cited evidentiary challenges and noted that the Member had resigned, surrendered her certificate, and signed an undertaking never to teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of students over two academic years.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations that he yelled at students, called them derogatory names, and made inappropriate physical contact, including pulling a student's chin and lifting another student off the floor by his hands.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification, and the completion of classroom and anger management courses.