Tom Potter

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with two students.

The Member communicated with the students via Instagram about non-academic topics, accepted their requests to follow his accounts, and posted an inappropriate joke.

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 that the Member be reprimanded and complete a course on professional boundaries.

The Member, a former vice-principal and teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of nine counts of voyeurism under the Criminal Code.

The Member had placed a hidden camera in a staff washroom at a school and recorded colleagues using the toilet without their consent.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, finding that the Member's egregious misconduct, which was planned and deliberate, severely undermined public confidence in the teaching profession.

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

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

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct under Ontario Regulation 437/97.

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

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for providing false information on his application for registration with the Ontario College of Teachers.

He failed to disclose that his teaching credentials had been revoked in California and that he was facing criminal charges in Arizona.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of his certificate, and the completion of a course on professional ethics before returning to teaching.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate, sexist, and demeaning comments to students, including those with special needs, and for mocking the school principal.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a comprehensive course on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The College submitted that after interviewing potential witnesses and assessing the anticipated evidence, there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct due to insufficient evidence.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it reasonable and appropriate, as it is not in the public interest to expend resources on a matter with no reasonable prospect of success.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a retired member who had been convicted of two counts of sexual assault against former students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on his criminal convictions for sexually assaulting two male students in the 1980s while offering after-school assistance.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, finding that his egregious abuse of his position of trust and authority warranted the most severe penalty available.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to report a student's disclosure of physical abuse by her father to the Children's Aid Society, contrary to his duty under the Child and Family Services Act.

Instead of reporting, the Member attempted to mediate the situation with the parents and told the student's homeroom teacher to make her own call.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty in criminal court to failing to report a child in need of protection.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting that the Member had already completed required coursework on professional boundaries and the duty to report.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for physically and sexually abusing a Grade 8 student.

The member had previously pled guilty to criminal assault for hugging and lifting the student.

The Discipline Committee found that the member also sexually abused the student by kissing her forehead and touching her breasts on two occasions.

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

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.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for a pattern of inappropriate behaviour towards students, parents, and colleagues, including yelling, making sarcastic comments, and disclosing confidential student information online.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on classroom management and sensitivity training.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the Member.

The College submitted that there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct due to insufficient evidence.

The Member consented to the withdrawal, noting that the alleged misconduct was accidental and could be corroborated by a colleague.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it was not in the public interest to expend resources on a matter with no reasonable prospect of success.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments to students and failing to maintain professional boundaries over several years.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of psychological or emotional abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, noting the Member had already resigned and provided an undertaking not to teach in Ontario without completing remedial coursework.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for inappropriately administering the Grade 3 EQAO assessment.

During the test, the Member helped students answer questions, translated words, allowed a nutrition break, and prompted students to change their answers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate and verbally abusive comments to students, including calling them useless, immature, stupid, and telling a male student to 'grow a pair'.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on appropriate communications and classroom management before returning to teaching.

The College of Teachers brought a motion to withdraw an allegation of sexual abuse against the member, presenting an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea that did not include an admission to sexual abuse.

The Discipline Committee rejected the joint submission and denied the motion to withdraw the allegation, finding that the admitted facts—which included inappropriate touching and remarks of a sexual nature—met the statutory definition of sexual abuse.

The Committee concluded that accepting the agreement would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute and be contrary to the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member following his criminal conviction for sexual interference involving a minor.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual and psychological abuse of a student, failing to maintain professional standards, and engaging in disgraceful or dishonourable conduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, noting the egregious nature of the misconduct and the need to protect the public interest.

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

The parties presented a Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest, admitting that the respondent engaged in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the respondent guilty of professional misconduct.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the respondent's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that he receive an oral reprimand.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct.

The College withdrew certain allegations.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(5), 1(7.2), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee accepted the Member's resignation and undertaking not to teach in Ontario, and ordered a reprimand.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of a student.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty based on an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Member had engaged in a sexual relationship with a student while acting as her teacher and coach, and was criminally convicted of sexual exploitation.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate, which is the mandatory penalty for sexual abuse under the Ontario College of Teachers Act.