Sterling Campbell

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving the sexual abuse of a student.

The Discipline Committee relied on findings from a related criminal proceeding, which established that the member engaged in sexual activity with the student, including fellatio, at the member's home.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The member, an audio-visual technician at a secondary school, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for bringing an unauthorized cable descrambler to the school and directing custodians to tape movies for him.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts, found the member guilty of conduct unbecoming a member, and ordered a verbal reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who failed to maintain professional standards and was charged criminally with uttering threats against school staff.

The member had a history of poor performance appraisals, inappropriate classroom behaviour, and unauthorized absences.

After uttering threats to kill a colleague and his family, the member was arrested and subsequently dismissed from his employment.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct following a series of incidents involving verbal abuse, inappropriate language, and death threats directed at her school principal.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the member's teaching certificate suspended until September 1, 2003, and imposed conditions requiring psychiatric assessment, treatment, and the successful completion of an anger management course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member following his criminal convictions for assault and criminal harassment against two female colleagues.

The member did not attend the hearing but signed an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, revoked his teaching certificate, and ordered that he cannot apply for reinstatement for five years.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for submitting a falsified Interim Certificate of Qualification to a university to enrol in an Additional Qualification course.

The falsified certificate omitted a condition that prohibited him from enrolling in the course.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member's certificates were suspended for two months, and he was ordered to appear for a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who was convicted of three counts of criminal assault against two special education students in her class.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for physically, psychologically, verbally, and emotionally abusing students, and for displaying a lack of knowledge, skill, and judgment demonstrating unfitness to teach.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who was convicted of multiple criminal offences, including indecent assault, buggery, and gross indecency, against six male students.

The incidents occurred between 1964 and 1966.

The member consented to the immediate revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his certificates, noting that his actions betrayed an important position of trust and were reprehensible.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including indecent assault and gross indecency, against former students.

The member did not attend the hearing but signed an Agreed Statement of Facts and agreed to the revocation of his certificates.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and sexual abuse of students, and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual touching of a minor.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual, psychological, and emotional abuse of a student.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted criminally of sexual assault and touching for a sexual purpose involving a person under 14 years of age.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his actions constituted a severe breach of trust given his position of authority.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of seven counts of sexual assault against a victim.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on the criminal convictions and the evidence presented, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the decision be published with a publication ban on identifying information.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of seven counts of sexual assault.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on the criminal convictions and the member's resulting four-year prison sentence, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Discipline Committee convened to determine the penalty for a teacher previously found guilty of professional misconduct for boundary violations with a student.

The College presented expert evidence indicating the teacher's behaviour constituted grooming for a sexual purpose and a severe boundary violation.

The member's expert characterized the violation as mild.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification, with no application for reinstatement permitted for at least one year, and recommended a psychiatric assessment prior to any such application.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a school principal, alleging professional misconduct and incompetence for failing to adequately respond to a student's escalating aggressive and sexually inappropriate behaviour.

The student's classroom teacher and parents had reported numerous incidents to the school's vice-principal and social worker.

The majority of the Discipline Committee dismissed the charges, finding that the principal met the minimum standard of performance and was not informed of the full extent of the problem until late in the school year, at which point he took immediate action.

A dissenting member would have found the principal guilty of professional misconduct for failing to proactively supervise his inexperienced vice-principal and failing to act in a timely manner.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a principal who abandoned his employment, misappropriated school electronic equipment, and used a school board credit card for unauthorized personal purchases.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that he had been dismissed for cause and was facing criminal charges for fraud and theft.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.