The Honourable Lloyd Houlden

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for conducting unauthorized searches of the personal belongings of students on the senior football team while they were away at a game.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member guilty of conduct unbecoming a member.

Pursuant to a joint submission, the Committee ordered a two-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and publication of the decision.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence.

The member, who did not attend the hearing, had a history of using inappropriate physical force against students and had accumulated multiple criminal convictions, including assault, dangerous driving, uttering death threats, and failing to comply with court orders.

An expert in threat assessment testified that the member fit the typology of a simple obsessional stalker and posed a high risk for potential violence.

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

The member, who had never been employed as a teacher, was convicted of five counts of assault, two counts of sexual assault against an adult female, and two counts of assault against a male child.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that the violent behaviour strongly impacted his suitability to be a teacher.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, with conditions for any future application for reinstatement.

The Ontario College of Teachers alleged that the member was guilty of professional misconduct after police found a partial marijuana cigarette in his pocket and two ends of marijuana cigarettes in his car while on school property.

The member had a history of severe medical issues and used marijuana for medicinal purposes.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's use of marijuana was exclusively for medicinal purposes, had no significant impact on the community, and did not negatively impact his teaching ability.

The Committee found the member not guilty of professional misconduct.

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 member, a high school teacher, engaged in inappropriate and unprofessional internet communications with a 17-year-old female student in his class.

The communications occurred late at night and contained sexual overtones.

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a 112-day suspension of his teaching certificate and directed him to attend psychological counselling for a minimum of one year.

The Discipline Committee convened to determine the penalty for a teacher previously found guilty of professional misconduct for boundary violations with a student.

The College presented expert evidence indicating the teacher's behaviour constituted grooming for a sexual purpose and a severe boundary violation.

The member's expert characterized the violation as mild.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification, with no application for reinstatement permitted for at least one year, and recommended a psychiatric assessment prior to any such application.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a school principal, alleging professional misconduct and incompetence for failing to adequately respond to a student's escalating aggressive and sexually inappropriate behaviour.

The student's classroom teacher and parents had reported numerous incidents to the school's vice-principal and social worker.

The majority of the Discipline Committee dismissed the charges, finding that the principal met the minimum standard of performance and was not informed of the full extent of the problem until late in the school year, at which point he took immediate action.

A dissenting member would have found the principal guilty of professional misconduct for failing to proactively supervise his inexperienced vice-principal and failing to act in a timely manner.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, wrote inappropriate letters, made numerous late-night phone calls, and lied to school administration about a soccer tournament.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional standards, failing to comply with the Education Act, committing disgraceful and dishonourable acts, and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.