Jonathan Rose

The Member, an elementary teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for harassing his school principal.

After the principal rejected his romantic gestures and gifts, the Member persisted in his behaviour, researched her past using a pseudonym, and contacted her former colleagues and friends.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and the completion of a course on boundary violations.

The member requested an indefinite adjournment of his discipline hearing due to a death in his family.

The College consented to an adjournment but opposed it being indefinite, noting the age of the allegations and previous delays.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment on compassionate grounds but refused to make it indefinite, citing the public interest in concluding the matter.

The Committee set four potential continuation dates and directed the member to select two, declining the College's request to make the dates peremptory given the member was self-represented.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who, while on paid sick leave from his school board, purchased an ownership interest in a restaurant and worked there.

The member did not inform the board of his activities and failed to attend investigative meetings.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

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

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 production of a children's aid society investigation file, student records (including an IEP and support records), attendance records, and the contact information of two student witnesses.

The Discipline Committee applied the O'Connor test for third-party production.

The Committee ordered the production of the children's aid society investigation file and the attendance records, finding they met the likely relevance threshold.

However, the Committee denied the production of the IEP and student support records, finding them to be privileged under section 266(2) of the Education Act.

The Committee also ordered the College to disclose the contact information of the student witnesses to the Member's counsel.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and physically abusing students on multiple occasions between 2011 and 2017.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to grabbing, pushing, and yelling at students.

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 four-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of an anger management course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student and criminal convictions related to child pornography.

The member pled guilty to the allegations, admitting to sending sexually explicit messages and media to a student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for cases involving sexual abuse of a student.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct including emotional and sexual abuse of a student.

The Member engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with a student, communicated with her via text messages, and wrote coded notes containing sexual references about students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

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

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 immediately, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal protected the public interest and provided finality, particularly given the Member's serious health issues which had indefinitely delayed the hearing.

In a professional discipline proceeding against a teacher, the member brought a motion for the production of third-party records from a children's aid society and a school board.

The Discipline Committee panel ordered the children's aid society to produce its investigation file to the panel.

The panel also ordered the school board to produce the students' attendance records, but denied the request for the contents of their Ontario Student Records.

The College was ordered to disclose the students' contact information to the member's counsel on the condition that it not be shared with the member.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member engaged in professional misconduct by failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students.

Following a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand, complete a pre-approved course on professional boundaries, and serve a one-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher who arrived at school under the influence of alcohol and organized an unauthorized extra-curricular activity while on medical leave.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

Allegations of psychological abuse and failure to supervise were dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, completion of a professional ethics course, and a medical assessment confirming fitness to teach before the member could return to the classroom.

Costs of $5,000 were awarded to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who misused sick leave benefits.

The member's request for an unpaid leave to attend a promotional trip in Costa Rica was denied by the school board.

In response, the member swore at staff, stated his intention to go anyway, and subsequently claimed the days as personal illness.

He later received sick leave benefits for several months while continuing to participate in promotional business activities.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the successful completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing regarding allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of three students through inappropriate electronic communications and a criminal conviction for sexual exploitation.

The Member pled guilty to the allegations and admitted the facts.

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

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

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

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts, which included inappropriate touching and comments of a sexual nature.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including 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 Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in a secret personal and sexual relationship with a high school student between 2001 and 2003.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the student's testimony highly credible and concluded that the member engaged in professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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 was also ordered to pay $10,000 in costs.

The Member brought a motion for an adjournment to provide time to bring a motion addressing the Panel's jurisdiction over pre-membership conduct.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment and set a schedule for the jurisdiction motion and a motion for the production of third-party records, both to be heard on November 18, 2020.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for holding an unauthorized student event at the school during the holiday break without a custodian present, misleading the head custodian and principal about rescheduling the event, and tweeting a student's attendance record.

The Member pled guilty to failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations set out in three Notices of Hearing against the Member.

The Member did not attend the hearing, as he had passed away in May 2020.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion pursuant to Rule 13.13 of its Rules of Procedure, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations was reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances of the Member's death.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving a pattern of inappropriate comments and behaviour towards students and colleagues.

The member pled guilty to the allegations, admitting to psychological abuse of students, failing to maintain professional boundaries, and sexually harassing female colleagues.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a 20-month suspension, and complete a course on maintaining appropriate boundaries.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held an electronic hearing regarding allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, who did not attend.

The Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, terms and conditions on her certificate including a professional ethics course and a medical assessment, and $5,000 in costs.

Written reasons were to follow.