Julie Maciura

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Relying on the criminal convictions, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name, emphasizing the egregious breach of trust and the need to protect students.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought professional misconduct allegations against a former teacher for engaging in a sexual relationship with a student during the 1988-1989 and 1989-1990 academic years.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting the member's grooming behaviour and blatant disregard for professional boundaries.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual exploitation and sexual touching of a student he tutored.

The member's agent requested an adjournment on the day of the hearing, which the Discipline Committee denied due to lack of timeliness and supporting evidence.

Proceeding in the member's absence, the Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse based on his criminal convictions and the underlying facts.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's teaching certificate and publication of the decision with his name, emphasizing the egregious breach of trust and the need to protect students.

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 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 and incompetence against the Member.

In exchange, the Member provided an undertaking to resign from the College, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in any public or private school in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the Notice of Hearing in exchange for the undertaking was reasonable 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.

The member had signed an Undertaking and Acknowledgment in which he resigned his membership, undertook never to teach again or seek reinstatement, and agreed to a notation on the Public Register.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of the allegations in exchange for the undertaking served to protect the public interest.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing multiple students over a six-year period.

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

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, along with a condition requiring the Member to complete a pre-approved course in classroom management before seeking employment requiring a teaching certificate.

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, 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, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries with a student.

The Member met with a female student outside of school hours to discuss babysitting arrangements and exchanged cell phone numbers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension, completion of a boundaries course, and publication of the decision without the Member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for possessing and accessing child pornography.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Evidence showed the member admitted to police that he had an addiction to pornography and possessed images of pre-pubescent girls on his computer.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, concluding his actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and directed that a summary of the decision be published with his name.

The Member, a teacher, was convicted of possessing, making available, and accessing child pornography.

He was sentenced to 53 months in jail and prohibited from being in the presence of children under 16 for 20 years.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct based on his criminal convictions.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed publication of the decision with his name, emphasizing the need to protect children and maintain public confidence in the profession.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member set out in a 2009 Notice of Hearing.

College counsel advised that the allegations dated back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, and that none of the witnesses were willing or able to testify to the events.

As there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining a finding of professional misconduct due to insufficient evidence, and with the consent of the member, the Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for falsely claiming to have completed an Additional Qualification course in French as a Second Language and providing forged documents from Queen's University to her school board employer.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for providing false information, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of her teaching certificate, a requirement to complete a professional ethics course, and publication of the decision.

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

The College provided evidence that the member had passed away.

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

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

The Member had previously been convicted in criminal court of sexual assault and sexual touching of a student under 14 years of age whom he was tutoring.

The Committee found that the criminal convictions constituted professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the decision be published with the Member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a former principal who misappropriated funds from a non-public school account.

The member wrote himself cheques totalling $16,000 and left an additional $72,500 unaccounted for.

He subsequently pled guilty to criminal charges of theft over $5,000 and received a conditional sentence.

The member did not attend the discipline hearing but submitted a Memorandum of Agreement pleading guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission, found the member guilty of professional misconduct, and ordered the immediate revocation of his teaching certificate.