Marlène Marwah

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member following three consecutive unsatisfactory Teacher Performance Appraisals (TPAs).

The Discipline Committee found that the member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, failed to comply with the Education Act, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The member consistently failed to provide appropriate lesson plans, differentiate instruction, manage classroom behaviour, and accurately assess students.

The Committee also found the member to be incompetent, as her ongoing lack of knowledge, skill, and judgment demonstrated she was unfit to continue carrying out her professional responsibilities.

The Ontario College of Teachers referred allegations of professional misconduct against the Member to the Discipline Committee following his criminal conviction for sexual exploitation of a student.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting he pled guilty to the criminal charge involving sexual touching of a student in his class.

As the conduct constituted sexual abuse under the regulations, the Committee was required by statute to order a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member following their criminal conviction for sexual assault of a student they taught and coached.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse under the Ontario College of Teachers Act.

As required by the Act for findings of sexual abuse, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and their certificate of qualification and registration be immediately revoked.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a student during the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 academic years.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to boundary violations, making comments of a sexual nature, and engaging in physical contact and touching of a sexual nature with the student.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse of a student following a plea of no contest and a Statement of Uncontested Facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and directing the Member to receive a reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, was previously found to have engaged in professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing a special needs student, and for yelling at colleagues and students.

At the penalty hearing, the Member sought to admit without-prejudice communications regarding penalty negotiations to argue the College was acting improperly.

The Discipline Committee ruled the communications inadmissible due to settlement privilege.

On penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and coursework in anger and classroom management, noting the vulnerability of the students and the frequency of the misconduct.

The Committee also ordered the Member to pay $60,000 in costs, apportioning the financial burden of the lengthy 14-day contested hearing while considering her ability to pay.

The Member, a former school principal, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to the mishandling of school generated funds, falsification of records, and failure to follow board policies.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included using school funds for personal purchases, directing staff to inappropriately raise a student's grade for a hockey scholarship, and failing to attend a mandatory principals' conference.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, an 18-month suspension of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct involving multiple students over several academic years.

The member made disparaging and intimidating remarks to students, humiliated a student with special needs, and failed to maintain appropriate professional boundaries by hugging students and engaging in inappropriate physical contact.

The member pled no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, 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 successful completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The member was previously found guilty of professional misconduct for fraudulently claiming sick leave and receiving salary and benefits from his school board while working in another country.

At the penalty hearing, which the member did not attend, the Discipline Committee found the member to be ungovernable due to the nature of his prolonged fraudulent conduct, his failure to reimburse the school board, his lack of remorse, and his complete failure to cooperate with the College's disciplinary process.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, a written reprimand, and costs of $15,000 payable to the College.

The member was found guilty of professional misconduct for frequently yelling at students, failing to manage his classroom, and making inappropriate comments.

He did not attend the penalty hearing.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and required him to complete a course on classroom management before returning to teaching.

The Committee also ordered the member to pay $5,000 in costs due to his lack of cooperation, which unnecessarily lengthened the proceedings.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and psychologically abusing two students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included making threatening comments to a student and inappropriately touching another student's buttocks.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Member resigned from the College and undertook never to apply for reinstatement.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and a seven-month suspension of the Member's certificate.

The member was found to have engaged in professional misconduct during the 2017-2018 academic year by frequently yelling at students, failing to manage his class, failing to intervene when students watched pornography or roughhoused, and making inappropriate comments.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed terms, conditions, or limitations requiring the successful completion of a pre-approved course on classroom management.

The member was also ordered to pay $5,000 in costs to the College.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing for a member previously found guilty of professional misconduct.

The member had failed to participate in a mandatory performance review, arrived late or not at all for duties, failed to provide lesson plans, assigned grades without proper assessments, and shouted at a student.

The member did not participate in the disciplinary process.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, an eight-month suspension, and terms and conditions requiring the successful completion of a course on the Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession.

The Committee also ordered the member to pay $10,000 in costs to the College due to her uncooperative conduct which unnecessarily lengthened the proceedings.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct during his time as a short-term occasional teacher.

The College alleged that the member frequently yelled at students, failed to manage his class, allowed students to leave unsupervised, failed to intervene when students roughhoused or looked at pornography, and made inappropriate comments.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, concluding that he verbally abused students, failed to adequately supervise them, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included yelling at students, comparing their work to humiliate them, and using unnecessary physical force by pulling a student by the wrist.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom and anger management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including allegations of sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse of multiple female students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which involved inappropriate touching, sexual remarks, and grooming behaviour.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and 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 issued a reprimand.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after taping two young students to their chairs with masking tape as a classroom management technique.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of psychological or emotional abuse, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of a classroom management course before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for multiple incidents of professional misconduct during the 2017-2018 academic year.

The member failed to participate in a compulsory performance appraisal, frequently reported late or not at all for duties, failed to submit lesson plans, and assigned grades without adequate evaluation.

Additionally, the member verbally and psychologically abused a student by refusing to help her and yelling at her.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven on a balance of probabilities and concluded that the member was guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, abusing a student, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after failing to immediately report overhearing a student say another student was going to bring a gun to school.

The Member waited three days before notifying the principal, which delayed the school's response and potentially jeopardized student safety.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on the duty to report threats made by students.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for bringing a urinary catheter and a diagram of a vulva into a classroom and showing students how to insert it, and for repeatedly making false statements to her school board to obtain paid sick leave while attending court for personal matters.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on professional ethics and boundaries.