Teacher reprimanded and ordered to complete boundaries course for inappropriate personal communications and meetings with student.
The member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with a student who was not in his class.
The member engaged in personal telephone conversations with the student, met her after school hours, and gave her rides in his car.
The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension (deferred and cancelled upon successful completion of a boundaries course), and publication of the decision.
OCTOntario College of TeachersOct 30, 2007