Tom Potter

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member entering into an Undertaking and Acknowledgment, which required her to complete an Additional Qualification course and provide her next performance appraisal to the Registrar.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the Undertaking and Acknowledgment was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

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

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, the Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct.

The parties presented a Joint Submission on Penalty, which the Committee rejected.

The hearing was adjourned to a future date to hear further submissions on penalty.

The Member, a retired teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct after pleading guilty to allegations stemming from his conviction in the United Kingdom for making and taking indecent photographs of children.

The Member's laptop contained over 1700 pornographic images and videos of children.

He subsequently applied for and obtained a teaching position in Ontario without disclosing his criminal convictions.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, revoking the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, and ordering the publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member, a retired teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for repeatedly approaching a female student, making her feel uncomfortable, and showing her a photograph of herself that he had downloaded from her Instagram account.

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

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the Member's name, finding that the need for deterrence and transparency outweighed the Member's privacy interests.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for allowing students access to his Facebook page and personal computer containing inappropriate and pornographic images, and for allowing students to massage his back during class.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an in-person reprimand, a three-month suspension, completion of a course on boundary violations, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for teaching a long-term occasional assignment while his teaching certificate was suspended by a previous order of the Discipline Committee.

The Member failed to notify his employer of the suspension.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after an incident where he prevented a student from leaving the classroom, raised his hand, and yelled at the student, causing the student to cry and run away.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, completion of coursework on anger and classroom management, and publication of the decision.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate behaviour towards students, including making sexualized jokes, using pet names, inappropriate physical contact, and making insensitive comments.

The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations and admitted the facts.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the completion of a course on boundary violations and sensitivity issues.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a former teacher who had been criminally convicted of sexual interference and sexual exploitation of a student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on his criminal convictions for engaging in sexual activities with a vulnerable student over a three-year period.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that the decision be published with his name.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after making an inappropriate sexual comment to a Grade 12 female student and staring at female students inappropriately.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and psychological or emotional abuse of a student.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a course on professional boundaries, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate racial comments, swearing, and crossing professional boundaries with students, including asking a student to buy him something and making a reference letter contingent on a student completing a personal task for him.

Despite previous warnings and training from his school board, the misconduct continued.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and coursework on professional boundaries.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the Member's name, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence and transparency.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct relating to a failure to maintain professional boundaries with students.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand and imposed terms on the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, requiring the successful completion of a pre-approved course on professional boundaries.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate electronic communications and boundary violations with a vulnerable student.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a shop teacher for multiple incidents of verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of students, as well as endangering student safety.

The Discipline Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct, noting he used profane language, threw objects at students, pushed a student's head onto a table saw, and deliberately scratched a student's safety glasses before instructing him to weld.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the teacher's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed publication of the decision with his name.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing regarding his conduct during a school field trip.

When four students failed to board the bus on time, the Member instructed the bus driver to drive away and turn around out of sight, causing the students to stand on the highway and forcing the bus to veer away.

The Member then verbally abused the students.

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and disgraceful or unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a course on classroom management and student supervision, and publication of the decision with the Member's name.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate electronic communications with students via Facebook.

The communications involved boundary violations, sharing inappropriate personal information, making derogatory comments about colleagues and other students, and emotionally manipulating students by forcing them to choose between him and their friends.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and publication of the decision with the Member's name, noting that the Member had also entered into an Undertaking and Acknowledgment requiring counselling.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the Member's undertaking to resign immediately, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable and protected the public interest.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against the member set out in the Notice of Hearing, so the matter could be dealt with by another Committee.

The member consented to the request.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion pursuant to Rule 13(13) of its Rules of Procedure, finding the withdrawal to be reasonable, appropriate, and in the public interest.

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

The parties agreed to the withdrawal in exchange for the member's undertaking to resign immediately, never teach again in Ontario, and not seek reinstatement without completing specified coursework.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable and protected the public interest.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct and incompetence after failing to adequately supervise a student who went missing from class for approximately one hour.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate, including the completion of an Additional Qualification course focused on classroom management and student supervision.

The Committee also ordered that a summary of the decision be published in the College's official publication without the member's name, finding that mitigating factors, including the member's guilty plea and the isolated nature of the incident, outweighed the aggravating factors.