Stéphane Vallée

The member faced a discipline hearing before the Ontario College of Teachers for professional misconduct.

The member did not contest the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member engaged in professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The member was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a three-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and complete a pre-approved course on classroom management and anger management.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a hearing regarding allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The member did not attend but was represented by counsel and entered a plea of no contest.

The panel found the member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to multiple subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the panel ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who sent highly inappropriate, sexually explicit, misogynistic, and homophobic emails to colleagues and administrators at his school.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his communications were extremely disrespectful, frightened his colleagues, and demonstrated a significant lack of professional judgment.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate, including a requirement to complete a course on professional boundaries and to provide medical clearance before returning to teaching.

The member was also ordered to pay $20,000 in costs due to his uncooperative and vexatious conduct during the proceedings.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been convicted of theft over $5,000 under the Criminal Code.

Prior to becoming a teacher, the member was a parish priest and stole significant funds from his church, resulting in a 10-month jail sentence and a $75,000 restitution order.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his criminal conviction for a serious breach of trust was incompatible with the standards of the teaching profession.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

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

The member was alleged to have sent obscene and threatening Facebook messages to a Grade 8 student and her mother, permitted students to consume alcohol at his home late at night, and posted an altered photo on Facebook suggesting his ex-girlfriend was associated with ISIS.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven on a balance of probabilities and concluded the member engaged in professional misconduct, including verbal and emotional abuse of a student, failing to maintain professional standards, and disgraceful conduct.

The Committee revoked the member's teaching certificate, citing the severity of the abuse, his lack of professional judgment, and his ungovernability.

The member was also ordered to pay $10,000 in costs.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who sexually harassed two colleagues by touching them inappropriately after consuming excessive alcohol at a professional conference.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct, though it found insufficient evidence that he contacted students while under suspension.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a written reprimand, a three-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations requiring the completion of a course on appropriate boundaries with colleagues.

The issue of costs was reserved pending further submissions.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who pled guilty to and was convicted of criminal sexual assault against a former student.

The member did not attend the hearing but submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, admitting to engaging in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with the student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and 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, 1996, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke her certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for submitting false benefit claims to her school board's benefits provider.

The member initially blamed a friend but later admitted to fabricating the story and submitting the fraudulent claims herself.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding 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 in ethical standards for the teaching profession.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted criminally of possessing child pornography.

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

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Penalty and 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 faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a sustained campaign of harassment and defamation against a colleague.

The Member sent numerous emails to the College, government authorities, and the media, falsely accusing the colleague of holding fraudulent credentials and operating a fraudulent private school.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional ethics before returning to teaching.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate remarks and behaving inappropriately towards three female colleagues over several school years.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted the facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of courses on professional ethics, maintaining appropriate boundaries, and effective interpersonal communication.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of a student.

The member had previously been convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code and sentenced to eight months of imprisonment.

The member pled guilty to the professional misconduct allegations and admitted to the facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for this type of sexual abuse, and a written reprimand.

The Member, an acting vice-principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for his involvement in the improper administration of the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).

Following the instructions of his principal, the Member directed students to complete unfinished portions of the test after the testing period had concluded, contrary to EQAO rules.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the Member's certificate of qualification, and the completion of a course in ethical practice.

The Member, a secondary school teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for his involvement in the improper administration of the Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT).

Following the instructions of his Principal, the Member reviewed incomplete test booklets and assisted in calling students back to the office to finish them after the test had concluded, contrary to EQAO rules.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course in ethical practice.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher found guilty of professional misconduct for shouting at students, making them cry, and failing to immediately report a student who ran away.

The College sought a reprimand, a 6-to-12-month suspension, and mandatory courses.

The member, who was self-represented and stated she had no intention of returning to teaching in Ontario, argued the allegations were a setup.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 6-month suspension, and terms requiring the successful completion of anger management and classroom management courses before accepting any position requiring a teaching certificate.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for insubordinate and inappropriate communications with colleagues and supervisors, failing to cooperate with school administration, and demonstrating shortcomings in teaching practice.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct based on an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on boundary issues and teaching methodology before returning to practice.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically slapping a student and making numerous inappropriate, profane, and disparaging comments to students over two academic years.

The member pled guilty to the allegations and admitted the facts.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on boundaries and anger management, noting the member's prior discipline history and mitigating factors including a medical leave of absence.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought professional misconduct allegations against a teacher for her conduct over three school years at three different schools.

The College alleged that the teacher shouted at students, intimidated them, made them cry, and failed to immediately report the absence of a student who ran away from school during a blizzard.

The Discipline Committee heard evidence from several students and school principals, who were qualified as participant experts in classroom management.

The Committee found that the teacher's conduct constituted verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse, and that she failed to maintain the standards of the profession.

The allegations of physical abuse were not proven.

The teacher was found guilty of professional misconduct, with the penalty to be determined at a later date.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a teacher for allegedly dismissing students early, allowing an unauthorized female visitor into the school during school hours, and engaging in sexual activity with the visitor in his school office.

The Discipline Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct.

While the early dismissal of students was found not to constitute misconduct in the circumstances, the Committee accepted the evidence of the school principal and a custodian, corroborated by security footage, that the teacher violated the school's visitor policy and engaged in sexual intercourse on school property.

The Committee drew an adverse inference against the teacher for failing to call the visitor as a witness and concluded his actions breached the standards of the profession, the Education Act, and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unbecoming conduct.