L. Thomas Forbes, Q.C.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct including inappropriate comments and physical contact with students.

Following an agreed statement of facts and a guilty plea, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand to be recorded on the register and the publication of a summary of the findings and order.

The applicant and the respondent brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw the amended notice of hearing in exchange for the respondent's undertaking and acknowledgment.

The discipline committee granted the motion, finding the resolution to be in the public interest.

The respondent undertook to immediately resign his membership, surrender his certificate of qualification, never teach again, and never seek reinstatement.

The College and the Member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw the Notice of Hearing in exchange for the Member's undertaking and acknowledgment.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding it in the public interest.

The Member undertook to immediately resign his membership, surrender his certificate, never teach again, and never seek reinstatement.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence, alleging a pattern of abusive, harassing, and threatening conduct towards female teachers and students between 1992 and 1998.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a joint submission on penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a six-month suspension, to be postponed and not imposed if the member completes mandatory counselling and has no further reports of misconduct for one year.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member who was employed as a Coordinator of Arts/Physical Health Education by a school board.

The member was alleged to have defrauded the board by authorizing payments to his brother for a plagiarized music curriculum, failing to remit ticket sales from a school production, and holding unauthorized employment as a principal at a private school.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his prior criminal conviction for fraud related to the same conduct.

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 alleged impropriety involving a student.

The member denied the allegations but offered to resign from the College and undertook never to teach again in the public or private system due to his age and infirmities.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts, Agreement and Undertaking, permitting the member to resign and directing the College to withdraw the Notice of Hearing.

The Committee ordered that a notation be placed on the Register reflecting the resignation and the member's undertaking.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member, alleging physical and verbal abuse of students and failure to maintain professional standards.

The allegations included grabbing a student by the wrist, stepping on another student's foot, and yelling or using demeaning language.

After hearing testimony from students, parents, school administrators, and an expert psychologist, the Discipline Committee found insufficient credible evidence to support the charges.

The Committee noted concerns with the member's classroom management but concluded the conduct did not amount to professional misconduct.

The charges were dismissed.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of sexual assault and unlawful confinement involving two adult females.

The member pleaded guilty to several counts of professional misconduct but contested others.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of all alleged counts of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the member's teaching certificate suspended until August 31, 2000, with reinstatement contingent upon a psychiatric report indicating he is unlikely to reoffend and understands the gender issues involved.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a teacher for using physical punishment on students despite prior warnings, and for a related criminal conviction for assault.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a one-year suspension of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding allegations that the member sexually abused a student.

The member did not attend but had signed an Agreed Statement of Facts admitting to sending inappropriate electronic communications and touching the student for a sexual purpose.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered an 18-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The member, a former teacher and union negotiator, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of possessing and importing child pornography.

The Ontario College of Teachers Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct based on the criminal convictions.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, noting that contributing to the exploitation of children directly impacts suitability to teach.

The member was charged with professional misconduct for sexually assaulting a student.

The member had previously been found guilty of sexual assault under the Criminal Code and sentenced to a conditional discharge and probation.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered that the member's resignation be accepted with the condition that the member never reapply for reinstatement.

The Committee also ordered publication of the findings without the member's name, provided the member complies with the conditions.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of multiple sexually-related criminal charges involving students.

The member did not attend the hearing but had signed an Agreed Statement of Facts acknowledging the convictions, which included sexual intercourse with a student under 16 and indecent assault.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, denied his request to resign, and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a teacher following his criminal convictions for assault and sexual assault of female students.

The teacher did not attend the hearing.

Based on uncontested evidence from the school principal and the criminal conviction records, the Discipline Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the revocation of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.