Carole G. Jenkins

The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing.

The College advised that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations.

Pursuant to section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, the Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations, finding the resolution to be in the public interest.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for inappropriately touching a student's buttocks.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to common assault in criminal court and received a conditional discharge.

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

The member was ordered to be reprimanded, with the reprimand recorded on the register for one year, and a summary of the decision published.

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

The member admitted to poking a student on the buttock and had previously pled guilty to common assault under the Criminal Code.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, abusing a student, and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and publication of a summary of the decision including the member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member who had been convicted of indecent assault on a 12-year-old male in 1975 and subsequently lied about his criminal record on a 1989 teaching application.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for the assault and for falsifying his employment application.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The appellant appealed the dismissal of her medical malpractice action against her family physician.

She alleged a lack of informed consent when the physician prescribed birth control pills without adequately discussing the risk of blood clots, after which she developed deep vein thrombosis.

The trial judge found a lack of informed consent but concluded that a reasonable person in the appellant's position would have taken the pill anyway, meaning the lack of disclosure did not cause her injury.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding no error in the trial judge's application of the objective test for informed consent.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who had been convicted of multiple historical sexual offences against young males between 1973 and 1974.

The member pleaded guilty to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate.

The Committee also ordered that the decision be published with the member's initials only, noting that the member had not reoffended since 1974, had sought psychiatric treatment, and had isolated himself to protect others, meaning the public interest did not require publication of his full name.

The Member, a Grade 10 teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after a physical altercation with a student who refused to follow instructions.

The Member tipped over the student's desk, causing the student to fall, and later grabbed the student's wrists outside the classroom.

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

The Member was reprimanded, ordered to complete a course in classroom management, and the decision was ordered to be published with the Member's name but without certain medical information.

The Ontario College of Teachers sought leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the Member, following his acquittal at a criminal trial where the trial judge found the student complainant's evidence inconsistent and unreliable.

The Member consented to the withdrawal.

The Discipline Committee granted the College's request and authorized the withdrawal of all allegations.

The member, a secondary school teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate conversations with a 17-year-old female student regarding her personal appearance and sexual relationship.

The member pled no contest to the facts and the Discipline Committee found him guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 9-month retroactive suspension, completion of a course on student-teacher boundaries, and a psychiatric assessment proving fitness to teach before returning to the classroom.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct following a criminal conviction for possession of child pornography.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his teaching certificate.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the member.

At the hearing, both counsel requested that the Notice of Hearing be withdrawn based on a proposed resolution.

The resolution required the member to provide a letter outlining his participation in the incident and lessons learned, which would be shared with the panel.

The facts of the complaint would be published without identifying the member to remind the profession to accept responsibility for information sent under their name.

The Discipline Committee agreed to the withdrawal, finding the resolution served the public interest.

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, a business studies teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct following criminal convictions for possession and production of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

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

The Committee ordered a two-year suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, a reprimand, and a condition that any further criminal drug-related involvement would result in an immediate referral to the Discipline Committee.

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 held a discipline hearing regarding a member who was convicted of two counts of sexual exploitation involving students and who accessed pornographic websites on a school board computer.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and witness testimony, 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 findings and the member's name be published.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for making inappropriate remarks to female students and failing to maintain professional boundaries.

The member admitted to the conduct, which occurred during a period of personal stress, and cooperated with the College.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered a verbal reprimand, mandatory counselling on boundary issues at the member's expense, and publication of the decision.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for making inappropriate remarks to several female students.

The member admitted to the conduct in an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging that his judgment was impaired due to personal stress and that his relationships with students had been too close.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered a verbal reprimand and required the member to complete counselling related to boundary issues.

The member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers.

The member acted as the sole director of a company used by his brother to defraud the school board of ticket sale revenues from a stage production.

The member also received payment for a music resource document that was largely plagiarized and unusable.

The Committee found the member guilty of failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The member's teaching certificates were suspended for one year, held in abeyance on conditions including payment of a $3,000 fine and $5,000 in costs.

The member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to report to the Children's Aid Society after three female students disclosed that a physical education teacher had inappropriately touched them.

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

The member was ordered to receive a verbal reprimand and have the decision published in the College's official publication.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member who was employed as a Coordinator of Arts/Physical Health Education by a school board.

The member was alleged to have defrauded the board by authorizing payments to his brother for a plagiarized music curriculum, failing to remit ticket sales from a school production, and holding unauthorized employment as a principal at a private school.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his prior criminal conviction for fraud related to the same conduct.