Danielle Miller

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in unprofessional and bullying behaviour towards a colleague who had been appointed as a Jewish Equity Coach.

The Member sent frequent, unsolicited, and critical emails to the colleague, and publicly chastised him in front of other staff.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on appropriate communication and interactions with professional colleagues.

The appellant, a teacher, appealed a penalty decision of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers that revoked her teaching certificate for professional misconduct related to off-duty social media posts.

The appellant argued the penalty ignored her Charter right to freedom of expression.

The Divisional Court allowed the appeal, finding that the Discipline Committee committed a fatal error of law by failing to conduct a proper Doré analysis regarding the Charter implications of disciplining the appellant for her speech.

The matter was remitted back for a fresh hearing before a differently constituted panel.

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

The member entered a guilty plea and the parties submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct by acting unprofessionally.

The Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered a reprimand and the imposition of terms, conditions, or limitations on the member's certificate, requiring the successful completion of a course in appropriate communication and interactions with professional colleagues.

Following a finding of professional misconduct including the sexual abuse of a student and inappropriate classroom management techniques, the Discipline Committee held a penalty and costs hearing.

The parties submitted a joint submission on penalty, agreeing that the mandatory penalties of a reprimand and revocation of the member's certificate applied.

The Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered the mandatory penalties.

On the issue of costs, the College sought $50,000 while the member argued for no costs or $5,000.

Applying the Hall factors, the Committee ordered the member to pay $20,000 in costs, payable over five years, noting the member's cooperation, mixed success on the allegations, and ability to pay.

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

The member admitted to failing to adequately supervise students, undermining colleagues and school administration, and violating professional boundaries by communicating inappropriately with students on social media and driving them in her personal vehicle.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a three-month suspension, and complete a course on professional boundaries and ethics.

The Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for a teacher found guilty of professional and sexual misconduct for making inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments to students, yelling at students, and publicly disclosing their quiz performances.

Considering the Member's prior discipline history for similar conduct as an aggravating factor, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a nine-month suspension, and the completion of coursework in anger and classroom management.

The Member was also ordered to pay $35,000 in costs to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for failing to maintain professional boundaries with a vulnerable student.

The Member communicated inappropriately with the student via text and social media, discussed her personal and marital issues, and persisted in contacting the student after he attempted to avoid her.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including emotional abuse and disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for engaging in unwanted sexual touching of a colleague after a school year-end party and of a member of the public on a separate occasion.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, specifically disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and the successful completion of coursework regarding sexual harassment, professional ethics, and appropriate boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member, alleging professional and sexual misconduct in his high school classes.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct by yelling at students, publicly sharing their grades, and telling them not to have hope, which amounted to verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse.

The Committee also found that the Member engaged in sexual misconduct by repeatedly making a sexually suggestive comment to a student about playing with his chalk.

The Member was found to have breached the standards of the profession and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member, a teacher, faced disciplinary proceedings for making numerous racist, Islamophobic, and transphobic posts on her public Facebook account.

Prior to the hearing, the Member brought motions for a discretionary publication ban and for the recusal of a panel member due to alleged bias, both of which were dismissed.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, admitting her posts violated her professional duties under the Education Act and constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty and ordered the immediate revocation of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, emphasizing the severity of the misconduct, the harm caused to the school community, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The member, an occasional teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate and disparaging comments about two students to other students and the Vice-Principal, and for sharing students' personal information and academic struggles with the class.

The member pled guilty to the allegations.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course in professionalism.

The Member appeared before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers on allegations of professional misconduct.

The parties submitted an Amended Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The panel accepted the plea and found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct contrary to subsections 1(15), 1(18), and 1(19) of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The penalty phase of the hearing was scheduled to continue at a later date.

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

After three days of a contested hearing, the College advised that based on evidence presented and new evidence brought to its attention, there was no reasonable prospect of proving the allegations.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it was not in the public interest to expend resources proceeding with a matter where there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct.

The member, a classroom teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for participating in the improper alteration of a student's midterm mark on their Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) file.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension commencing September 1, 2023, and the successful completion of a professional ethics course.

The Committee also ordered the member to pay $5,000 in costs to the College, applying the Hall factors and noting the member's cooperative conduct during the contested hearing.

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

The member had signed a Resignation, Undertaking and Acknowledgment, agreeing to resign immediately, never teach in Ontario again, and not seek reinstatement.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations was reasonable and appropriate as the member's resignation and undertaking served to protect the public interest.

The member, a vice-principal, was found guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student, which included spending time alone with the student overnight and encouraging drug and alcohol use.

The Discipline Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand and that his teaching certificate be immediately revoked, finding that his conduct demonstrated a complete disregard for the student's safety and well-being.

The member was also ordered to pay $5,000 in costs to the College.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for her involvement in the improper alteration of a student's mid-term mark on their Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) file.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member approached the school's Department Head of Student Services with concerns about the student's mark and its impact on university admissions.

The Member agreed to a plan where the Department Head unilaterally increased the student's mark from 80% to 91% on OUAC without the knowledge of the classroom teacher or administration.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions breached ethical and professional standards, constituting dishonourable and unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

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

The member made inappropriate comments to students regarding traditional gender roles and posted intolerant, misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic views on social media while identifying as a Catholic teacher.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse of students and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and a joint submission on penalty.

The member, having already resigned and signed an undertaking never to teach in Ontario again, was ordered to receive a reprimand and a three-month suspension of his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student.

The Member exchanged approximately 86,000 personal messages with the student, failed to report the student's health and safety risks to parents or administration, and shared confidential information about colleagues and other students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse, and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for five months, and ordered to complete a course on boundary violations.

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

The Member pleaded no contest to allegations of engaging in intimidating, aggressive, and disrespectful behaviour towards his principal and several colleagues over a two-year period.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to comply with the College's by-laws and the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on conflict resolution and professional ethics before returning to teaching in Ontario.