OCT 2001

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for falsely claiming to hold a Bachelor of Arts degree.

The member used this false credential to gain admission to a Bachelor of Education program, obtain a teaching certificate, and secure employment as a teacher.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that her actions were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration and imposed a $2,000 fine.

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 of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing after finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee noted that the member breached a position of significant trust and showed no remorse or regard for the consequences of his actions on the Board, students, and parents.

Consequently, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed the publication of the findings and the member's name.

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 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 alleged that the member committed professional misconduct by providing false information about his professional qualifications, specifically claiming to have an engineering degree.

Following a hearing, the Discipline Committee found that the school principal had misinterpreted the member's qualifications during a telephone interview and that the member had not falsely represented himself as an engineer on his resume or otherwise.

The Committee found the member not guilty of all charges.

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

The member admitted to making disparaging and homophobic comments to staff, students, and parents about a newly hired teacher whose photograph appeared in a newspaper covering the Gay Pride Parade.

The member's conduct contributed to a hostile environment that ultimately caused the new teacher to leave the school.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of a course on homophobia prior to returning to teaching.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for showing a pornographic videotape to a 14-year-old student at his apartment.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct based on an agreed statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's resignation and his undertaking never to reapply for certification.

A majority of the Committee ordered the publication of the member's name, finding no compelling reason to withhold it, while a dissenting member would have ordered non-publication.

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 teacher, faced discipline proceedings for physically assaulting a student by grabbing him by the neck and pushing him into a closet, and for sending unsolicited, inappropriate, and offensive letters to young female colleagues.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his actions violated multiple provisions of the Professional Misconduct Regulation.

The Committee ordered a verbal reprimand and publication of the decision, taking into account the personal and financial embarrassment the member had already suffered through a public trial and employer penalties.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against the member for alleged professional misconduct or incompetence.

At the hearing, both counsel requested that the Notice of Hearing be withdrawn, submitting a draft Resignation and Undertaking to be signed by the member.

The Discipline Committee accepted the submissions, agreed to accept the signed Resignation and Undertaking, and withdrew the Notice of Hearing, conditional on the signed document being returned to the College.