Julie Maciura

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for making inappropriate and vulgar comments to a student in class, and for taking school property for personal use and damaging a school storage locker to gain access.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate behaviour towards two female students, including standing too close, staring at a student's chest, and touching a student's breast.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including psychological or emotional abuse and sexual misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting the Member's undertaking to resign, never seek reinstatement, and never teach again in Ontario.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students, disclosing student information, and harassing a colleague.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the Member to complete coursework in anger management and communication/classroom management.

The Member, an elementary teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for harassing his school principal.

After the principal rejected his romantic gestures and gifts, the Member persisted in his behaviour, researched her past using a pseudonym, and contacted her former colleagues and friends.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for professional misconduct after he grabbed a student by the hood of his sweatshirt during recess, which had the effect of choking the student.

The Member admitted to the facts and pled guilty to professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of an anger management course.

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

The member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration had already been revoked in a prior proceeding, and the complainant no longer wished to participate given the passage of time.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that proceeding would not be in the public interest and that withdrawal was reasonable and appropriate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who, while on paid sick leave from his school board, purchased an ownership interest in a restaurant and worked there.

The member did not inform the board of his activities and failed to attend investigative meetings.

The member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a teacher facing allegations of professional misconduct including sexual abuse of a student, brought a motion for the production of third-party records.

The Member sought the production of a children's aid society investigation file, student records (including an IEP and support records), attendance records, and the contact information of two student witnesses.

The Discipline Committee applied the O'Connor test for third-party production.

The Committee ordered the production of the children's aid society investigation file and the attendance records, finding they met the likely relevance threshold.

However, the Committee denied the production of the IEP and student support records, finding them to be privileged under section 266(2) of the Education Act.

The Committee also ordered the College to disclose the contact information of the student witnesses to the Member's counsel.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member alleging professional misconduct arising from off-duty conduct.

The allegations centered on a years-long feud with a neighbour at a local dog park, which included verbal altercations, swearing, and a minor physical shove when the neighbour grabbed the member's dog.

The Discipline Committee dismissed the allegations, finding that while the member's behaviour was unsavoury, rude, and demonstrated poor management of his dog, it constituted a private dispute that did not engage the broader public interest or undermine the reputation of the teaching profession.

The member was found not guilty of professional misconduct.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal and sexual relationship with a student.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges of sexual exploitation.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct including sexual abuse.

The Committee ordered the mandatory penalty of revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and a reprimand.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a student through sexually explicit electronic communications and online sexual acts.

The Member brought a motion for a publication ban on his name, presenting unopposed medical evidence that publication would likely cause him serious harm.

The Discipline Committee granted the exceptional publication ban under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

On the merits, the Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and a reprimand.

The Member, a high school teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for showing inappropriate videos containing violence and sexual discussions, using profanity, and making sexual jokes in front of students.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual misconduct.

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

The Member, an occasional teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from an incident where she physically intervened to break up what she believed was a fight between students.

She grabbed a student by the neck of her sweatshirt, causing the student to feel choked and frightened.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the Member to complete a course on professional boundaries.

The member brought a motion at the outset of a discipline hearing to limit the scope of the allegations to those specifically particularized in the Notice of Hearing.

The College sought to rely on additional, more serious allegations of sexual misconduct that were not enumerated in the Notice of Hearing but were disclosed in the underlying investigation report, arguing that the phrase 'including but not limited to' permitted their inclusion.

The Discipline Committee granted the member's motion, finding that the member was denied procedural fairness because he was not given adequate notice or an opportunity to respond to the unenumerated allegations during the investigation stage.

The Committee held that the lack of notice at the investigation stage could not be cured by providing particulars at the discipline stage, and prohibited the College from relying on any allegations not specified in the Notice of Hearing.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who was criminally convicted of assaulting a student.

The member struck the student in the stomach and hit him over the head with a stack of papers.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on classroom management and appropriate discipline techniques.

In a professional discipline proceeding against a teacher, the member brought a motion for the production of third-party records from a children's aid society and a school board.

The Discipline Committee panel ordered the children's aid society to produce its investigation file to the panel.

The panel also ordered the school board to produce the students' attendance records, but denied the request for the contents of their Ontario Student Records.

The College was ordered to disclose the students' contact information to the member's counsel on the condition that it not be shared with the member.

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

The member pleaded no contest to allegations including failing to address a parent's concerns, failing to promptly address a student's emotional needs, discussing inappropriate political views with students, showing inappropriate video clips, and disclosing a student's academic standing to another parent.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the Act and regulations, and for engaging in unprofessional conduct and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on professional boundaries before resuming any teaching position.

The member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from her participation in a false invoicing scheme to defraud her husband's employer of over $864,000 USD.

The member and her husband were previously found liable for civil fraud.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, characterizing her actions as disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and her Certificate of Qualification and Registration be suspended for eight months.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member engaged in professional misconduct by failing to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with students.

Following a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand, complete a pre-approved course on professional boundaries, and serve a one-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for committing boundary violations with a student, including unwanted physical contact and inappropriate personal comments.

He also made disparaging remarks about colleagues and disclosed confidential student information to a parent.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and noting the Member's undertaking to resign, never seek reinstatement, and never teach in Ontario again.