Linda Staudt

The member was previously found guilty of professional misconduct and ordered to provide employment information and pay $20,000 in costs.

The member failed to comply with the order and responded to College staff and legal counsel with dismissive and threatening comments, including 'Don't get shot'.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with an order, contravening a term on his certificate, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Committee revoked the member's certificate, finding him ungovernable, and ordered him to pay $10,000 in costs.

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

The Member had signed a Resignation, Undertaking and Acknowledgment, resigning his membership immediately and undertaking never to teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations was reasonable and appropriate given the Member's resignation and undertaking, which served to protect the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving two incidents of failing to adequately supervise students.

In the first incident, the member failed to assist a student who cut off the tip of his finger and allowed him to leave the classroom unsupervised to attend to the injury.

In the second incident, the member left a young student alone in a classroom at dismissal time and left the school without notifying anyone.

The member pleaded guilty to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom safety and supervision.

The member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for verbally and emotionally abusing a student and for promoting Holocaust denial and 9/11 conspiracy theories in class.

The member used unapproved sources, played his own band's music videos containing violent and anti-Semitic lyrics, and dismissed students who questioned his views.

The Discipline Committee revoked the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and ordered a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct.

The member repeatedly used instructional time to present personal, one-sided views about vaccines and made dismissive comments about mental health conditions, telling students that depression and anxiety were not real and that vaccines cause autism.

He also used disrespectful language, telling students to 'shut up' when they disagreed.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and a six-month suspension, noting that the member had also irrevocably resigned and undertaken never to teach again in Ontario.

The Member, a vice-principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate communication and conduct towards colleagues, including using profanity, making disparaging remarks, and imitating disabilities.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

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

The Member, an elementary school teacher, faced allegations of incompetence following two unsatisfactory Teacher Performance Appraisals (TPAs).

The TPAs identified deficiencies in differentiating instruction, establishing learning goals, classroom management, and student engagement.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member incompetent and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the Member to complete an Additional Qualification course focusing on curriculum, lesson planning, and classroom management, and to undergo two performance appraisals by her employer within two years.

The Member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included raising a fist at a student, making inappropriate comments about suicide that distressed students, throwing a student's ruler, and denying students water after recess on a hot day.

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 a course on classroom management, communication, and boundary issues.

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

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to grabbing, dragging, and shouting at the student on multiple occasions.

The Discipline Committee 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 teaching certificate, and the completion of a classroom management and anger management course before returning to teaching.

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 her membership immediately and never seek reinstatement or teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal was in the public interest as the Member had not taught since 2014, there were no new safety concerns, and the undertaking ensured no future students would be exposed to her.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and emotionally abusing students by making inappropriate comments about suicide and killing, and by calling students derogatory names such as 'meatball', 'sausage', and 'dorks'.

The Member pled guilty via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an 8-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries and classroom management.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving the harassment of two female teachers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts, finding that the Member made inappropriate comments, engaged in unwelcome physical contact, and failed to maintain professional boundaries.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries.