Irene Dembek

The member was previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct by making derogatory and offensive remarks to students, making inappropriate sexualized comments on Facebook, and demonstrating poor professional behaviour.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of coursework regarding classroom management and appropriate communication.

The member requested an adjournment of his penalty hearing due to health issues and an inability to obtain legal representation.

The College consented to a short adjournment, noting this was the member's first adjournment request at the penalty stage.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, ordering the parties to collaborate on scheduling a new date that will be peremptory on the member.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged professional misconduct, including making inappropriate comments to students in class, at a gas station, and on Facebook.

The Discipline Committee found that the member verbally and psychologically abused students by calling them derogatory names.

The Committee also found that the member's Facebook posts, which included sexist and demeaning comments about women and victims of sexual assault, constituted sexual misconduct.

The member was found guilty of professional misconduct, with a penalty hearing to be scheduled.

The Member, a teacher, was previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing a special needs student, and for yelling at colleagues and students.

At the penalty hearing, the Member sought to admit without-prejudice communications regarding penalty negotiations to argue the College was acting improperly.

The Discipline Committee ruled the communications inadmissible due to settlement privilege.

On penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and coursework in anger and classroom management, noting the vulnerability of the students and the frequency of the misconduct.

The Committee also ordered the Member to pay $60,000 in costs, apportioning the financial burden of the lengthy 14-day contested hearing while considering her ability to pay.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member, a special education teacher, alleging professional misconduct including verbal and physical abuse of students and unprofessional conduct towards colleagues.

The Member denied the allegations, arguing that her loud speaking volume was due to her cultural background and that the investigations were tainted by anti-Black racism.

The Discipline Committee found that the College proved the majority of the allegations on a balance of probabilities.

The Committee held that the Member yelled at colleagues in front of students, made disparaging remarks about students' disabilities, yelled at a student with special needs, and physically hit and taunted another student.

The Committee rejected the Member's claims of racial targeting, finding the investigations objective and the witnesses credible.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, verbal and physical abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct by yelling at students, making threatening comments, and failing to follow school policies.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension commencing in September, completion of coursework on anger and classroom management, and a medical assessment prior to returning to teaching.

The member was found to have engaged in professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise and discipline students, resulting in a student being hit by another student, and for using a teaching technique that embarrassed a student.

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

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, which will be recorded on the Register, and to successfully complete a pre-approved course on classroom management and instructional strategies.

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 Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for alleged professional misconduct, including verbal and emotional abuse of students, inappropriate boundaries, and threatening comments.

The Discipline Committee qualified the school principal as a participant expert and admitted her contemporaneous investigation notes as reliable hearsay.

The Committee found that the member frequently yelled at students, made threatening remarks such as 'I'm going to gun you down individually', and paid inappropriate attention to two students, causing them distress.

The member was found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, abusing students verbally and emotionally, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

A penalty hearing was ordered to be scheduled.

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

The Member was alleged to have verbally abused students by using profanity and making culturally insensitive comments, and to have failed to keep accurate records of student marks, which adversely affected at least one student's post-secondary applications.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework.

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

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 disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging physical, verbal, and psychological abuse of students, as well as making racist, sexist, and inappropriate comments.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and entered into an agreement with the College.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand, noting that the member had already resigned his membership and undertaken never to seek reinstatement or teach in Ontario again.

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

The member admitted to the facts, which included yelling, swearing, throwing a chair, and making culturally insensitive comments.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The parties agreed on a reprimand, coursework, and terms, conditions, and limitations related to the member's medical condition, but contested the length of the suspension.

The Committee ordered a five-month suspension, finding it proportionate to the gravity of the misconduct, which involved a pattern of aggressive and abusive behaviour that compromised student safety and well-being.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a teacher alleging physical, verbal, and emotional abuse of students, as well as failure to supervise and implement appropriate discipline.

The allegations centered on an incident where one student hit another, and the teacher's practice of writing students' incorrect answers on the board.

The Discipline Committee found that the College failed to prove the physical and verbal abuse allegations, noting inconsistencies in student testimony and concerns about the principal's investigation.

However, the Committee found that the teacher failed to adequately supervise students by ignoring a disruptive situation that led to a physical altercation, failed to implement appropriate progressive discipline, and engaged in unprofessional conduct by using a teaching technique that embarrassed students.

The teacher was found guilty of professional misconduct.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student, which included boundary violations and electronic communications of a sexual nature.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

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

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for instructing two students to prepare assessment materials for her classes, providing one student with access to other students' marks, and submitting false marks for that student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including falsifying records, breaching confidentiality, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and 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 professional ethics and student assessment.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for sexually harassing four female colleagues.

The member made inappropriate comments about their bodies and clothing, and touched them without consent.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a course on boundary violations and sexual harassment.

The member brought a motion to adjourn the discipline hearing on the basis of medical evidence indicating an inability to participate and instruct counsel.

The College did not take a position but raised concerns about delay.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, finding the request timely and supported by sufficient medical reasons, and ordered that the new hearing date be peremptory on the member.

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

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to several subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed terms requiring the successful completion of coursework regarding student evaluation and applying ethical standards in a diverse classroom.

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

Written reasons were to follow.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct after he hit a student on the back during class.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included physical abuse of a student, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

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 one-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of a course on classroom management.