Caroline Zayid

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for making repeated inappropriate and demeaning comments to students, including remarks displaying a discriminatory attitude towards homosexuals and persons with intellectual disabilities.

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

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on boundary violations.

The Committee further ordered that the findings and order be published with the member's name in the College's official publication, emphasizing that discriminatory comments warrant publication to serve as a specific and general deterrent.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct for crossing professional boundaries with a former student.

The misconduct included excessive texting late at night and during holidays, referring to the student as 'babe', and spending significant time together outside of school.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-year retroactive suspension, and completion of a boundary course.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision in summary form without the Member's name, noting the conduct was on the lower end of the spectrum and the Member had already faced a public criminal trial resulting in an acquittal.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for physically abusing four students under the age of 14, which included inappropriate touching and slapping.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of assault under the Criminal Code and received a suspended sentence with two years' probation.

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

The member was reprimanded, received a three-month retroactive suspension, was ordered to complete coursework on boundary issues, and the decision was ordered to be published with his name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member alleging professional misconduct and incompetence.

The professional misconduct allegations were withdrawn.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegation of incompetence, admitting to unsatisfactory performance appraisals regarding classroom management, curriculum knowledge, and assessment practices.

The Discipline Committee found the Member incompetent and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The Committee ordered terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's Certificate, requiring her to complete specific courses and undergo performance appraisals upon returning to teaching.

The Member, a Learning Co-ordinator for a regional athletic association, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after being criminally convicted of defrauding his school board of over $800,000 over a ten-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate.

Despite the Member's request to withhold his name from publication, the Committee ordered publication with his name, citing the egregious nature of the breach of trust and the need for transparency and general deterrence.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving the use of physical force on students.

The member admitted to grabbing and pushing students on three separate occasions, despite receiving prior cautions and being transferred to a different school.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a one-month suspension of the member's certificate, a reprimand, and the completion of courses on appropriate boundaries and classroom management.

The Committee also ordered that the decision be published with the member's name, finding that the repeated nature of the misconduct outweighed the mitigating factors.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct, admitting to communicating electronically with the student, meeting her at his home, taking her on outings, and engaging in physical touching, kissing, and hugging.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and found the member guilty of failing to maintain professional standards, disgraceful conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

However, the Committee dismissed allegations of psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse, finding insufficient evidence to support those specific charges without the member's presence or further clarification.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and directed the publication of his name and a summary of the decision in the College's official publication, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence.

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

College Counsel advised that there was no witness available to testify, making it difficult to prove the case.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, concluding that the withdrawal was appropriate and served to protect the public interest.

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

College Counsel determined there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations and no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct.

In exchange, the Member provided an undertaking to resign, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations in exchange for the undertaking and a notation on the Public Register was appropriate and protected the public interest.

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

After the matter was referred to the Discipline Committee, new medical information was received indicating that the matter would be more appropriately resolved by the Fitness to Practise Committee.

With the consent of the member's counsel, the Discipline Committee granted the motion to withdraw the allegations, finding it reasonable, appropriate, and in the public interest.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn her discipline hearing to accommodate her attendance at a mandatory conference, and to hold the rescheduled hearing electronically via teleconference.

The College consented to the adjournment but opposed the electronic hearing, arguing that witness credibility would be a key issue in the contested hearing.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment on consent but denied the request for an electronic hearing, finding that the ability to observe witness demeanour and manage documentary evidence required an in-person hearing.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct after being convicted of ten counts of luring a child via computer for sexual exploitation and one count of making child pornography.

The Member communicated with students in a sexually explicit manner, posing as a female student to encourage them to expose themselves on a webcam.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering the revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and the publication of the decision with his name.

The Member, a former teacher and principal, pled guilty to professional misconduct and sexual abuse of students following his criminal convictions for one count of sexual assault and sixteen counts of indecent assault against students between 1952 and 1986.

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

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

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing a student who refused to go to the office.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and admitted to grabbing the student's backpack, shoving him into a locker, and making threatening remarks.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a course in positive discipline strategies, and publication of the decision without the Member's name.

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

The College confirmed that the member had recently passed away.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations was appropriate given the member's death and was not contrary to the public interest.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for submitting a forged reference letter, purportedly from his former principal, when applying for a teaching position in Bermuda.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and the completion of an ethics course.

The Committee also ordered that the decision be published with the member's name to serve as a general deterrent and protect the integrity of the profession.

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

College counsel determined there was no evidence to support the allegations and no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding the withdrawal to be reasonable, appropriate, and in the public interest.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with a student.

Despite directions from the principal to cease contact outside of school, the member continued to communicate with the student electronically, met socially, and discussed the student's sexuality.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

As the member had already resigned and undertaken never to teach again, the Committee ordered a reprimand and directed that the findings and order be published with the member's name in the College's official publication.

The Member, a teacher, pled no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from inappropriate Facebook and text message communications with students, taking a student off school property for lunch without permission, and misleading Board officials about his conduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The Committee also ordered the publication of the Member's name in the College's official publication, rejecting the Member's argument for privacy.

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

The parties agreed that a finding of professional misconduct was unlikely if the matter proceeded to a hearing.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, allowing the withdrawal of the allegations in exchange for the Member's undertaking to resign, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Committee found this resolution reasonable and in the public interest.