OCT 2002

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been convicted of multiple criminal offences, including indecent assault and gross indecency, against former students.

The member did not attend the hearing but signed an Agreed Statement of Facts and agreed to the revocation of his certificates.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and sexual abuse of students, and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct following a series of incidents involving verbal abuse, inappropriate language, and death threats directed at her school principal.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the member's teaching certificate suspended until September 1, 2003, and imposed conditions requiring psychiatric assessment, treatment, and the successful completion of an anger management course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member following his criminal convictions for assault and criminal harassment against two female colleagues.

The member did not attend the hearing but signed an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, revoked his teaching certificate, and ordered that he cannot apply for reinstatement for five years.

The member, an applicant for an occasional teaching position, engaged in a pattern of abusive, profane, and harassing communications with a school board and its legal counsel after not being hired.

Despite a cease and desist letter, the member continued to send inappropriate emails and make threatening phone calls.

At the discipline hearing, the member was disruptive and eventually abandoned the proceedings.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

The Committee ordered a six-month suspension of the member's teaching certificate, with conditions requiring a psychiatric assessment addressing anger management and impulse control before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had been criminally convicted of sexual touching of a minor.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including sexual, psychological, and emotional abuse of a student.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of his Certificates of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal abuse of students, instructing a student to videotape another without permission, and abandoning his teaching position without notice.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his lack of remorse and contradictory testimony.

The Committee ordered a nine-month suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, a reprimand, and a $3,000 fine.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who was convicted of two counts of sexual exploitation involving students and who accessed pornographic websites on a school board computer.

The member did not attend the hearing.

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

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the findings and the member's name be published.

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

The member was alleged to have failed to maintain professional standards, verbally abused students, and demonstrated a lack of classroom management skills and punctuality across multiple school assignments.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and incompetence, noting her failure to teach the curriculum, improper student evaluations, verbal abuse of students, and frequent unauthorized absences.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.