Hanno Weinberger

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, relating to an ongoing inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with a student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts detailing grooming behaviour, inappropriate electronic communications, and meeting the student alone in his vehicle.

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 reprimand.

The Member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct including verbal and psychological abuse of students, inadequate supervision, and unprofessional interactions with colleagues and superiors.

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.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of coursework in professional ethics and classroom management.

The Ontario College of Teachers 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 was found guilty of professional misconduct for falsely reporting to school administrators that a colleague had physically and sexually abused a student.

The Discipline Committee found that the member had no reasonable grounds to suspect abuse and that her false allegations were extremely damaging to her colleague's career and personal life.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought revocation of the member's teaching certificate, while the member argued for a lesser penalty, citing her unblemished record and the potential chilling effect on the duty to report.

The Committee concluded that the aggravating factors, including the severity and repeated nature of the false allegations, significantly outweighed the mitigating factors.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the decision be published with her name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for allegedly making false reports about a colleague.

The member was accused of calling the colleague a liar in front of students and staff, falsely reporting that the colleague stepped on a special needs student's toes, and falsely reporting that the colleague inappropriately touched the student.

The Discipline Committee found that while the 'liar' incident occurred, it did not amount to professional misconduct.

However, the Committee concluded that the member falsely reported the physical and sexual abuse allegations without reasonable grounds.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for making groundless allegations that tarnished her colleague's reputation.

The member, a high school transportation technology teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct after he transferred the ownership of a vehicle donated to the school into his sister-in-law's name.

Despite the donor's explicit refusal to consent to the transfer, the member took the vehicle home and misled the donor about the transfer.

The member was criminally charged but ultimately pled guilty to a Highway Traffic Act offence.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of an ethics course, and publication of the decision with the member's name, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence given the deceptive nature of the conduct.

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

The College advised that the key witness and his parents had not responded to repeated attempts to communicate, leaving no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding the withdrawal to be reasonable, appropriate, and in the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in boundary violations with students, including taking them to a movie, driving them in her vehicle, and having lunch with them.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted that her actions constituted professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering the member to receive counselling and complete a course on boundary violations.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision in summary form without the member's name, noting her unblemished 24-year career and early acceptance of responsibility as mitigating factors.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct after police found child pornography on his home computer.

Although criminal charges were stayed due to a Charter violation (delay), the member signed an agreed statement of facts and pleaded guilty to professional misconduct before the Discipline Committee.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name, emphasizing that possession of child pornography renders an individual unsuitable for a position of trust over children.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher previously found guilty of professional misconduct for verbally, psychologically, emotionally, and physically abusing students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee found that the member exhibited a pattern of bullying and intimidating vulnerable students and colleagues over at least three years, and showed no remorse or willingness to remediate.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed publication of the decision with the member's name to protect the public and maintain confidence in the profession.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who was convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code for sexually touching a former student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student, failing to maintain the standards of the profession, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee revoked the member's certificate of qualification and registration and ordered the publication of the decision in summary form.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to keep a record of students' marks in the computerized record system and improperly offering daily physical activity to students who ought to have been otherwise engaged.

The Member pled no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the Member to complete a course in classroom management with an emphasis on organizational and record-keeping skills.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision in summary form without the Member's name, noting the minor nature of the misconduct and the Member's unblemished 26-year career.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who had previously been convicted of assault in British Columbia following an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The member had hugged, kissed, and lain on top of the student, leading to criminal charges and the cancellation of his teaching certificate in British Columbia.

The member did not attend the hearing but submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name, noting that he had breached the trust between a teacher and a student.

The Ontario College of Teachers alleged that the member verbally, physically, psychologically, and emotionally abused students and neglected her teaching duties.

The Discipline Committee heard evidence from multiple students, parents, and colleagues regarding the member's conduct, which included calling students derogatory names, pushing a student's head into a water fountain, and using inappropriate language in the classroom.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee found that the member committed acts of professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

A penalty hearing was to be scheduled.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after striking a student across the face with an open hand because the student swore.

The Member had previously been found guilty of criminal assault for the same incident and received a conditional discharge.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, completion of a course on boundary issues, and publication of the decision with the Member's name, but declined to impose a suspension.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of a student.

The member pleaded no contest to an agreed statement of facts, admitting to calling a student a 'spoiled brat,' raising her voice, and turning the student's desk around while the student was seated, causing the student to almost fall.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and mandatory coursework in classroom and anger management.

The Committee also ordered that the decision be published in summary form without the member's name, noting the incident was isolated and at the lower end of the scale of misconduct.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing multiple students over a six-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Resolution.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, along with a condition requiring the Member to complete a pre-approved course in classroom management before seeking employment requiring a teaching certificate.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn her discipline hearing to accommodate her attendance at a mandatory conference, and to hold the rescheduled hearing electronically via teleconference.

The College consented to the adjournment but opposed the electronic hearing, arguing that witness credibility would be a key issue in the contested hearing.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment on consent but denied the request for an electronic hearing, finding that the ability to observe witness demeanour and manage documentary evidence required an in-person hearing.

The Member, a probationary teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for physically abusing a student by dragging him across the classroom floor and shaking him by the ankles.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a requirement to complete a classroom management course before returning to teaching, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of luring and sexual interference involving five female students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Relying on the criminal convictions, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of students.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name, emphasizing the need to protect students and deter similar conduct.