Tammy Bush

The Ontario College of Teachers brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, a secondary school teacher, based on several incidents including an alleged hallway assault on an educational resource worker, a parking lot incident, an inappropriate exchange with a new teacher, and an alleged threat to a student.

After a full hearing, the Discipline Committee found that the College failed to prove the allegations on a balance of probabilities.

The Committee found the College's witnesses lacked credibility and that the incidents were either accidental, trivial, or unsupported by reliable evidence.

The allegations were dismissed in their entirety.

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

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of using profane language, throwing chalk at a student, hitting a student with a meter stick, making inappropriate comments to students and colleagues, and making false threats.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty.

The member was found guilty of professional misconduct and ordered to be reprimanded, complete an anger management course, and face a conditional three-month suspension.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the member's name.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for providing her own prescription medication (Ritalin) to a student on two occasions without verifying parental consent or ensuring the student's dosage requirements had not changed.

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

The Committee ordered that the Member be admonished, complete a counseling session on ethics concerning students' medication, and that a summary of the decision be published without her name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving boundary violations with four female students.

The member admitted to inappropriate conduct, including giving gifts, expressing love, spending time alone with students, and interfering with a school board investigation.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a plea of no contest, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a high school teacher who accessed and downloaded pornographic materials, including images of teenaged girls, on school computers.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, a reprimand, and publication of the decision with the member's name.