Kayla Stephenson

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member following his criminal convictions for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a student.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct by sexually abusing a student and contravening a law that put a student at risk.

Applying the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and his certificate of qualification and registration be immediately revoked.

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

The College submitted there was insufficient evidence to obtain a finding, and the public interest was already served as the Member's certificate had been revoked in a prior proceeding involving a prescribed sexual act.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it was not in the public interest to expend resources where there was no reasonable prospect of a finding.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving multiple female students at two different schools.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of verbal, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The member had engaged in inappropriate physical contact, such as touching students' shoulders, backs, and hips, and made demeaning comments, referring to them as 'sweetie' and 'honey.' The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the member guilty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of a professional boundaries course.

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse of a student, disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The misconduct involved posting inflammatory, offensive, and discriminatory statements on his publicly available Twitter accounts and crossing professional boundaries by forming a personal relationship with a student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the completion of coursework on cultural sensitivity, systemic racism, appropriate use of social media, and professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member following his criminal conviction for child luring.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a student and contravening a law that put a student at risk.

Pursuant to the mandatory provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and issued a written reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal relationship with two students that crossed professional boundaries.

The Member communicated with the students via text messages about non-school related matters, including discussions about purchasing marijuana and marijuana products, and met with one student off school property.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member following his criminal convictions for sexual interference and obtaining the sexual services of a person under 18.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct constituting sexual abuse of a student.

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, along with a written reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, faced disciplinary proceedings for making numerous racist, Islamophobic, and transphobic posts on her public Facebook account.

Prior to the hearing, the Member brought motions for a discretionary publication ban and for the recusal of a panel member due to alleged bias, both of which were dismissed.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, admitting her posts violated her professional duties under the Education Act and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty and ordered the immediate revocation of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, emphasizing the severity of the misconduct, the harm caused to the school community, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member following his criminal convictions for sexual assault, sexual interference, and sexual exploitation involving two students.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, specifically sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory revocation provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member following his criminal convictions for sexual assault and sexual exploitation of two students.

The Discipline Committee disposed of the matter without a hearing, relying on the criminal court findings.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for sexually abusing students and contravening a law that put students at risk.

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 issued a written reprimand.

The member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate and disparaging comments about two students to other students and the Vice-Principal, and for sharing students' personal information and academic struggles with the class.

The member pled guilty to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse of students, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course in professionalism.

The Member, a former school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to comply with Ministry and Board policies regarding the Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) and Supervised Alternative Learning Plan (SALP) programs.

The Member improperly withheld PLAR credits from eligible students by imposing arbitrary additional requirements, resulting in at least one student being unable to attend college.

She also failed to properly oversee the SALP program, leading to financial penalties for the Board, and improperly attended school property while on administrative leave to retrieve confidential documents.

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

The Member appeared before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on allegations of professional misconduct.

The parties submitted an Amended Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The panel accepted the plea and found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The penalty phase of the hearing was scheduled to continue at a later date.