Rebecca Forte

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member for professional misconduct.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded, that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked, and that he pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

Written reasons were to follow.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to failing to familiarize himself with a student's Individual Education Plan (IEP) and acting discourteously toward a parent and principal.

The Member also admitted to making unwelcome physical contact and inappropriate comments toward a student teacher under his supervision.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's guilty plea and the joint submission on penalty.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct and ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a three-month suspension, and complete coursework on professional boundaries, anger management, and ethical responsibilities.

The member brought a motion at the outset of a discipline hearing to limit the scope of the allegations to those specifically particularized in the Notice of Hearing.

The College sought to rely on additional, more serious allegations of sexual misconduct that were not enumerated in the Notice of Hearing but were disclosed in the underlying investigation report, arguing that the phrase 'including but not limited to' permitted their inclusion.

The Discipline Committee granted the member's motion, finding that the member was denied procedural fairness because he was not given adequate notice or an opportunity to respond to the unenumerated allegations during the investigation stage.

The Committee held that the lack of notice at the investigation stage could not be cured by providing particulars at the discipline stage, and prohibited the College from relying on any allegations not specified in the Notice of Hearing.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who was criminally convicted of assaulting a student.

The member struck the student in the stomach and hit him over the head with a stack of papers.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on classroom management and appropriate discipline techniques.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member for professional misconduct.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed terms and conditions requiring the successful completion of a course on classroom management and appropriate discipline techniques.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for removing a final examination from a school storage area with the intent of providing it to a student.

The member attached a note to the exam indicating it was for the student's eyes only.

The member and the College proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his actions failed to uphold the ethical standards of trust and integrity, and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and acknowledged the member's prior completion of a required ethics course.

The Member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and psychologically abusing students, and for behaving inappropriately towards students and colleagues.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to incidents including hitting a student with a binder, yelling at students, making inappropriate comments, and verbally abusing a Vice-Principal.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a written reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on professional ethics, anger management, and cultural sensitivity before resuming teaching.

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, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with a student.

The Member exchanged gifts with the student, spent time alone with her, communicated via social media, and allowed her access to prohibited areas of the school.

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, a 12-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on appropriate boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion to withdraw the allegations against the Member set out in a Notice of Hearing.

The Member had passed away prior to the hearing.

With the consent of the Member's counsel, the Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations, finding it would not be in the public interest to proceed.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a disciplinary proceeding against a teacher for professional misconduct.

The teacher sent a student to his residence during instructional time to retrieve personal paperwork, leaving the student unsupervised.

The teacher also used insensitive terminology in class when referring to a student's religious and ethnic background, and singled out another student based on sexual orientation.

The teacher pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional standards, failing to adequately supervise a student, and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting the teacher had already completed a required course on professional ethics.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member for professional misconduct and sexual abuse of a student.

The Member did not attend the electronic hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual abuse.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, a written reprimand, and costs of $10,000 payable to the College.

Written reasons were to follow.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member for professional misconduct, including physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of two students.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges of sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 30 months' custody.

The member did not attend the discipline hearing but submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty 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 member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate physical contact with female students, including tapping them on the shoulder and with his shoe, and unintentionally exposing their stomachs during a drill.

The member pleaded guilty via an agreed statement of facts.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of a professional boundaries course.

The member, a teacher and librarian, faced allegations of professional misconduct for removing approximately $115 in book fair proceeds from the school office contrary to school policy and subsequently misleading her principal about it.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting her actions violated the ethical standards of trust and integrity.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand and successfully complete an ethics course.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for making inappropriate and belittling comments to a student and failing to provide proper assistance.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal abuse and failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the Member to complete a course on classroom management and professional communication.

The Member, an Associate Teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate ethnic slurs and engaging in unwanted physical contact with a Teacher Candidate.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty that included a two-month suspension to be served during the summer.

The Discipline Committee rejected the joint submission regarding the timing of the suspension, applying the public interest test from R. v. Anthony-Cook.

The Committee held that allowing the suspension to be served during the summer, when teachers do not typically teach, would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute and fail to meet the objectives of specific and general deterrence.

The Committee ordered the two-month suspension to commence at the start of the school year.

The Member, a teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a Grade 9 student.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse, psychological abuse, and failing to maintain professional boundaries.

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

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in inappropriate personal relationships with two vulnerable students.

The member communicated with the students about personal matters, spent time alone with one student, and sent a cryptic text message that caused distress.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and emotional abuse.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations.