Jonathan Rose

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing after finding the member engaged in professional misconduct by having an inappropriate relationship and sexual intercourse with a vulnerable student, and failing to report the student's mental health issues.

The College sought revocation, while the member sought a suspension, citing her religious conversion and remorse.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and a written reprimand, emphasizing the egregious nature of the conduct, the profound impact on the student, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The Committee confirmed the member could apply for reinstatement after one year, as the conduct pre-dated the mandatory revocation provisions for sexual abuse.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member, who was an educational assistant at the time of the alleged misconduct.

The Member admitted to engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student, which included giving him her personal phone number, lending him $3,000 to pay a gambling debt, and having sexual intercourse with him at her home.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's conduct constituted physical and emotional abuse of a student, and was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional under the regulations in force in 2004.

The Committee held that although the Member was not a registered teacher at the time, her conduct as an educator breached professional boundaries and constituted professional misconduct.

The member, facing discipline proceedings for alleged sexual abuse of a student, brought a motion for the production of third-party records, including the student's attendance records from the school board.

Applying the second stage of the O'Connor test, the Discipline Committee panel found that the attendance records were relevant to the member's ability to make full answer and defence regarding the dates of the alleged inappropriate conduct.

The panel ordered the production of the attendance records, subject to redactions of the specific reasons for the student's absences to protect privacy interests.

The Member, a teacher facing allegations of professional misconduct including sexual abuse of a student, brought a motion for the production of third-party records.

The Member sought the complainant's mental health records and portions of his Ontario Student Record (OSR), including transcripts, attendance records, and Individualized Education Plans.

The Discipline Committee applied the Mills test to the mental health records and denied production, finding them not likely relevant and that the complainant's privacy interests outweighed any probative value.

Applying the O'Connor test to the school records, the Committee found that transcripts and IEPs were privileged under the Education Act.

However, the Committee ordered the production of the complainant's attendance records and the dates he had an IEP, as these existed outside the OSR, were not privileged, and were likely relevant to establishing the timeframe of the alleged relationship.

The Member brought a motion for the production of third-party records from the Children's Aid Society, the York Regional Police, and the York Catholic District School Board, as well as for the disclosure of contact information for two student witnesses.

The Discipline Committee applied the O'Connor test and ordered the production of police records, finding them likely relevant and that the balance of interests favoured production.

The Committee denied the production of CAS records for lack of relevance, and denied the production of student grades from the Board, finding them privileged under the Education Act.

The Committee also ordered the College to disclose the students' contact information to the Member's counsel only, to balance the Member's right to make full answer and defence with the witnesses' privacy interests.

The Member, a former Director of Education, was found guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in repeated plagiarism over a 10-year period in various publications, speeches, and blog posts.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought revocation of the Member's certificate, while the Member expressed remorse and noted his completion of an ethics course.

The Discipline Committee ordered a 24-month suspension, finding that revocation was not necessary given the Member's remorse and steps toward rehabilitation.

The Committee also imposed a maximum fine of $5,000 to denounce the conduct and deter others, and ordered the Member to pay $10,000 in costs due to his failure to cooperate fully during the hearing process.

The Member brought a motion to dismiss professional misconduct proceedings against her on the basis that the Discipline Committee lacked jurisdiction over conduct that occurred before she became a member of the College.

The allegations involved sexual abuse of a student while the Member was employed as an educational assistant, prior to her registration as a teacher.

The Majority of the Discipline Committee dismissed the motion, finding that the legislation does not explicitly restrict jurisdiction to conduct occurring during membership, and that the College's public protection mandate requires consideration of pre-registration conduct that raises serious concerns about a member's current suitability to practice.

A dissenting member would have granted the motion, interpreting the statutory silence as precluding jurisdiction over pre-registration conduct.

The Member, a former Director of Education, faced allegations of professional misconduct for plagiarizing material in opinion pieces, speeches, blog posts, and books published between 2002 and 2013.

The Member pled guilty to the allegations but sought to provide context, claiming he received writing assistance due to his busy schedule.

The Discipline Committee found the Member's evidence unpersuasive and concluded that he engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee held that plagiarism is notorious conduct that does not require expert evidence to establish a breach of professional standards.

The Member was found to have failed to maintain the standards of the profession, issued false or misleading documents, failed to comply with the Education Act, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct including the sexual abuse of three students.

The Member had engaged in inappropriate online sexual communications with the students and was criminally convicted of luring a child to commit sexual exploitation.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act for sexual abuse, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to revoke her certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who pled guilty to three counts of extortion under the Criminal Code involving three former intimate partners.

The member admitted to harassing, threatening, and extorting the partners, including threatening to distribute intimate images and making unfounded complaints to a regulatory body.

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

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

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, alleging inappropriate interactions with a student and several female colleagues.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included play-fighting and poking a student, and engaging in unwanted touching and inappropriate comments towards colleagues.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and emotional abuse of a student, sexual misconduct, and conduct unbecoming of a member.

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 successful completion of a course on boundary violations.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct relating to the administration of the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).

The Member failed to properly administer the test, failed to cooperate with an EQAO investigation into collusion and plagiarism, and submitted false test results to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) after the EQAO withheld the actual results.

The Discipline 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 professional ethics.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for altering a student's handwritten assignment, typing it up with additions, and submitting it as the student's final work.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of issuing a misleading document, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

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

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct arising from a pattern of inappropriate behaviour between 2010 and 2017, including insubordination, making inappropriate comments to parents and colleagues, and being intoxicated on school property.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the Education Act, engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a pre-approved course on respectful communication and the role of teachers as community role models.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of multiple students over several years.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to incidents such as hitting a student with a workbook, grabbing students, and yelling in close proximity to them.

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 five-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of a classroom management course before returning to teaching.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from inappropriate electronic communications with students on a school board social media platform.

The communications included sexualized language, disparaging comments about students and staff, and the sharing of confidential information.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries and social media use.

The member brought a motion to indefinitely adjourn his discipline hearing, citing the passing of his ex-wife 15 months prior.

The College consented to adjourning the immediate hearing date but opposed an indefinite adjournment.

The Discipline Committee denied the request for an indefinite adjournment, noting the lack of sufficient reasons for further delay, the fact that two previous adjournments had already been granted, and the public interest in concluding a matter involving conduct that occurred 8 to 19 years ago.

The hearing was adjourned to a previously scheduled continuation date.

The member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after taking $50 from a colleague's backpack without permission.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his prior history of mishandling money and acts of dishonesty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a pre-approved course on ethics.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate behaviour towards two female students, including standing too close, staring at a student's chest, and touching a student's breast.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting the Member's undertaking to resign, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students, disclosing student information, and harassing a colleague.

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 and required the Member to complete coursework in anger management and communication/classroom management.