Diane Ballantyne

The Member, an Associate Teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate ethnic slurs and engaging in unwanted physical contact with a Teacher Candidate.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty that included a two-month suspension to be served during the summer.

The Discipline Committee rejected the joint submission regarding the timing of the suspension, applying the public interest test from R. v. Anthony-Cook.

The Committee held that allowing the suspension to be served during the summer, when teachers do not typically teach, would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute and fail to meet the objectives of specific and general deterrence.

The Committee ordered the two-month suspension to commence at the start of the school year.

The Member, a teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a Grade 9 student.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and failing to maintain professional boundaries.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and directed that she receive a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in inappropriate personal relationships with two vulnerable students.

The member communicated with the students about personal matters, spent time alone with one student, and sent a cryptic text message that caused distress.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and emotional abuse.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations.

The Member appeared before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers and pleaded guilty to professional misconduct.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts, the Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The parties presented a Joint Submission on Penalty proposing a two-month suspension.

The Committee expressed concern that serving the suspension during July and August, when teachers do not normally teach, would undermine specific and general deterrence.

The Committee reserved its decision on penalty pending further submissions on the timing of the suspension.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing students with sexually explicit content, creating a class list with derogatory nicknames, and making racial and sexual comments.

The Member pled guilty to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the completion of a boundaries course.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted criminally of possessing child pornography.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Penalty and the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a sustained campaign of harassment and defamation against a colleague.

The Member sent numerous emails to the College, government authorities, and the media, falsely accusing the colleague of holding fraudulent credentials and operating a fraudulent private school.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional ethics before returning to teaching.

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 Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for teaching while his certificate of qualification and registration was suspended due to non-payment of fees.

The Member admitted to the facts and pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of failing to comply with the Act, regulations, and by-laws, 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 to be recorded on the Register.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct allegations including physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of a student.

The Member had exchanged sexually explicit messages and photographs with a student and engaged in sexual touching.

The Member was also criminally convicted of sexual interference.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with a student that began when she was in his class and continued after she graduated, ultimately developing into a romantic and sexual relationship.

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual, psychological, and emotional abuse, and failing to maintain professional standards.

The Discipline Committee accepted an expert's conclusion that the Member's actions constituted grooming behaviour.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission on penalty, ordered a reprimand and the immediate revocation of his teaching certificate.

The Member, a retired teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving physical, verbal, and psychological abuse of students.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts, which included kicking, slapping, and choking students, as well as yelling and throwing books.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and a condition requiring the completion of an anger management course before returning to teaching.

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, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with students.

Between 2012 and 2013, the Member used overly familiar terms of endearment with female students and engaged in inappropriate, non-sexual physical contact with several students, including pinching cheeks, patting heads, and kissing cheeks and hands.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing a condition on the Member's certificate requiring the successful completion of a professional boundaries course before returning to teaching.

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, pled guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a student, which included grooming behaviour, inappropriate electronic communications, and sexual abuse.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and required the Member to appear for an oral reprimand.

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.