Hanno Weinberger

The member, a classroom teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for participating in the improper alteration of a student's midterm mark on their Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) file.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension commencing September 1, 2023, and the successful completion of a professional ethics course.

The Committee also ordered the member to pay $5,000 in costs to the College, applying the Hall factors and noting the member's cooperative conduct during the contested hearing.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for her involvement in the improper alteration of a student's mid-term mark on their Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) file.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member approached the school's Department Head of Student Services with concerns about the student's mark and its impact on university admissions.

The Member agreed to a plan where the Department Head unilaterally increased the student's mark from 80% to 91% on OUAC without the knowledge of the classroom teacher or administration.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions breached ethical and professional standards, constituting dishonourable and unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and psychologically abusing students.

The member admitted to the allegations, which included hitting students' desks with a pointer stick, revealing students' marks to the class, making inappropriate and threatening comments, flicking students' ears, and making demeaning comments to specific students.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the completion of courses on student discipline, sensitivity training, and anger management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of students, as well as failing to adequately supervise a student and violating health and safety requirements.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the completion of coursework on maintaining appropriate boundaries with students.

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

The Member had signed a Resignation, Undertaking and Acknowledgment, resigning his membership immediately and undertaking never to teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations was reasonable and appropriate given the Member's resignation and undertaking, which served to protect the public interest.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for persistently asking a student to join his personal band, making inappropriate comments to students, and surreptitiously taking pictures of students and a colleague.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for three months, and ordered to complete a course on professional boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making racist, insensitive, and sexual comments to students, particularly international students.

The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, and sexual misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of a course on classroom communication and sensitivity.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher found to have engaged in professional misconduct by using physical interventions, including kicking a student, to manage behaviour.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a pre-approved course on classroom management.

The Committee also ordered the member to pay $5,000 in costs to the College.

The Member requested an adjournment of his disciplinary hearing due to personal medical circumstances, including cognitive difficulties and a medical leave from work.

The College did not oppose the request but sought terms to ensure the hearing would not be delayed indefinitely.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment subject to terms requiring the Member to provide medical records and a report regarding his capacity to participate.

At a subsequent case conference, the Member provided a medical report confirming his competence to represent himself, and the hearing was scheduled to continue.

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

The member's case had already been dealt with by another Committee of the College, and the member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

The member, acting as a school's university application administrator, pled guilty to professional misconduct after falsifying a student's midterm grade in the provincial application system.

The member increased the student's grade from 80% to 91% without authorization to bolster the student's chances of admission to a competitive university program.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification, and the successful completion of a professional ethics course.

The member requested an adjournment of the continuation of his discipline hearing due to personal medical circumstances.

The College did not oppose the request but sought terms.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment subject to terms requiring the member to obtain medical records, complete bloodwork, and participate in a case conference to schedule the continuation of the hearing.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged physical abuse and inappropriate physical contact with two students in separate incidents.

The Discipline Committee found that the member inappropriately grabbed one student and kicked another student who were misbehaving in class.

The Committee rejected the member's explanations and found that his actions constituted physical abuse, disgraceful and unprofessional conduct, and a failure to maintain the standards of the profession.

A finding of professional misconduct was entered, with penalty to be determined at a later date.

The Member, a teacher, engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student that began while the student was under 18 and continued after he turned 18.

The conduct included exchanging personal messages, hugging, flirting, and later engaging in physical intimacy of a sexual nature, providing alcohol, and sending manipulative messages.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse and sexual abuse.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and a reprimand.

The Member, an occasional teacher, initiated contact with a student through social media and exchanged electronic messages of a personal and sexual nature.

The Member asked the student to keep the communications secret and invited her to meet outside of school.

The student reported the communications to the school administration.

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse of a student.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and a written reprimand.

The Member, a vice-principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate communication and conduct towards colleagues, including using profanity, making disparaging remarks, and imitating disabilities.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, faced allegations of incompetence following two unsatisfactory Teacher Performance Appraisals (TPAs).

The TPAs identified deficiencies in differentiating instruction, establishing learning goals, classroom management, and student engagement.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member incompetent and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the Member to complete an Additional Qualification course focusing on curriculum, lesson planning, and classroom management, and to undergo two performance appraisals by her employer within two years.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing students, and failing to adequately supervise them during the 2016/2017 school year.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting incidents where the Member made inappropriate and insensitive comments, grabbed and dragged a student, and left students unsupervised.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom management.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and physically abusing a special needs student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to grabbing, dragging, and shouting at the student on multiple occasions.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the completion of a classroom management and anger management course before returning to teaching.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member's undertaking to resign her membership immediately and never seek reinstatement or teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal was in the public interest as the Member had not taught since 2014, there were no new safety concerns, and the undertaking ensured no future students would be exposed to her.