Marie-Louise Chartrand

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing after finding the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a three-month suspension of the member's teaching certificate, required him to complete a course on maintaining boundaries before accepting any teaching position, and ordered a verbal reprimand and publication of the decision.

Following a finding of professional misconduct for being alone in a car with a female student on an isolated road, a penalty hearing was held for the member.

The College sought a reprimand, a boundaries course, a suspension, and publication with the member's name, while the member opposed the suspension and publication of his name.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, completion of a boundaries course, a one-month suspension, and publication of the decision including the member's name, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence.

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

The member made culturally inappropriate and demeaning comments to students, made derogatory remarks about colleagues, left a physical education class unsupervised, and breached a directive to have no contact with the school community while assigned to home duties.

The member pled no contest to the allegations.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, the completion of courses in classroom management and cultural sensitivity, and publication of the decision with the member's name.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence following three unsatisfactory performance appraisals.

The College withdrew the incompetence allegation, and the Member pleaded no contest to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional standards and failing to comply with the relevant Acts.

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

The Committee accepted a joint recommendation on penalty, imposing conditions on the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, including the requirement to complete an additional qualification course before returning to teaching.

The Committee declined to publish the Member's name in the College's official magazine, noting the Member's retirement, the absence of student safety concerns, and the mitigating circumstances.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member whose teaching certificate had been cancelled by the Nova Scotia Department of Education for professional misconduct.

The member had engaged in inappropriate behaviour over a three-year period, including making sexual comments to colleagues, discussing his personal relationships with students, and conducting unsafe experiments.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on the findings from Nova Scotia.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that his name be published in the College's official publication.

The Ontario College of Teachers alleged that the Member, a teacher, engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student.

The Discipline Committee heard conflicting testimony from the student, the Member, and a police officer who found them parked in a car on an isolated road.

The Committee found the student's testimony regarding sexual contact to be inconsistent and uncorroborated, and therefore dismissed the allegations of sexual abuse.

However, the Committee found that the Member's admitted conduct of being alone with the student in his car on an isolated road, and asking the police officer not to report the incident, constituted professional misconduct, as it failed to maintain professional boundaries and was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unbecoming a member.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member alleging incompetence and professional misconduct.

The College withdrew the professional misconduct allegations.

The member did not attend the hearing but submitted a plea of no contest to the allegation of incompetence, acknowledging two unsatisfactory performance appraisals related to classroom management, ongoing assessment, and teaching strategies.

The Discipline Committee found the member incompetent under subsection 30(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

The Committee accepted a joint recommendation on penalty, ordering that terms, conditions, and limitations be placed on the member's Certificate of Qualification, including the requirement to complete an Additional Qualification course and undergo performance appraisals upon returning to teaching.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing after finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to report a staff member's sexual abuse of a student, fostering a climate of intimidation, and mismanaging funds.

The College sought revocation, while the Member's counsel argued against publication and raised procedural objections.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, imposed a five-year waiting period for reinstatement, and ordered publication of the decision with the Member's name, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence and the protection of the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers alleged that the member was incompetent based on three unsatisfactory performance appraisals conducted by a school principal during the 2008-2009 school year.

The Discipline Committee found that the evidence presented, which was limited to the principal's performance appraisals, was insufficient to discharge the College's burden of proof.

The Committee noted the absence of corroborating evidence such as lesson plans or student work, and observed that the member had demonstrated some improvement.

The allegations of incompetence were dismissed.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a school principal for professional misconduct.

The allegations included failing to report the sexual abuse of an intellectually-challenged student by an educational assistant, exhibiting favouritism toward that assistant, and fostering a climate of intimidation among staff.

The Discipline Committee heard testimony from multiple witnesses confirming the principal's inappropriate conduct, administrative deficiencies, and failure to protect students.

The principal's defence relied on 'deliberate ignorance' regarding the assistant's actions.

The Committee found that this deliberate ignorance constituted active participation and knowledge, concluding that the principal committed professional misconduct by violating multiple provisions of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of incompetence and misconduct against the member.

The parties consented to disposing of the proceeding without a hearing pursuant to the Statutory Powers Procedure Act.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, allowing the withdrawal of the Notice of Hearing in exchange for the member's undertaking to complete an Additional Qualification course in reading and to obtain a satisfactory performance appraisal upon returning to work.

The Committee found the resolution reasonable and in the public interest.