OCT 2010

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for taking unauthorized photographs of female students using a cell phone camera, despite previous warnings from the principal.

The member pleaded no contest and admitted that his actions constituted professional misconduct, specifically failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the completion of a course on appropriate boundaries, and publication of the decision without the member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who downloaded items, including a curriculum vitae, from a colleague's personal computer without consent.

The member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, completion of a course on professional boundaries and ethics, and publication of the decision in summary form without the member's name.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving an inappropriate relationship with a student.

The member entered a plea of no contest, admitting to exchanging inappropriate personal emails, conducting sexual conversations, and engaging in inappropriate sexual actions with the student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, revoking the member's teaching certificate, directing that he not apply for reinstatement for at least five years, and ordering the publication of his name and a summary of the findings.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct.

The member admitted to using profane and sexualized language, making derogatory comments, and slapping a student's thigh with a metre stick.

Based on an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, the Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for verbal abuse and boundary violations.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension (reducible to one month upon completion of a boundary course), and publication of the decision without the member's name.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing after finding the member guilty of professional misconduct for making derogatory comments to students about his former wife's weight.

The College sought an oral reprimand, a language sensitivity course, and unnamed publication.

The member sought no penalty or unrecorded counselling.

The Committee ordered the member to complete a pre-approved language sensitivity course before accepting employment requiring a teaching certificate.

The Committee also ordered that the finding and order be published in the College's official publication without the member's name, and that the finding not be recorded on the Register due to the minor and historical nature of the misconduct.

The minority panel member dissented from the majority decision regarding 13 of 61 alleged incidents of professional misconduct by a teacher.

The minority found that the member's use of threatening language towards students, inappropriate comments about the attire and physical appearance of female colleagues and students, and harassing behaviour towards other teachers constituted professional misconduct.

The minority concluded that the member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and engaged in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought numerous allegations of professional misconduct against a high school teacher, alleging he made denigrating, sexual, and racist comments to students, staff, and parents.

After a lengthy hearing spanning three years, the Discipline Committee dismissed the vast majority of the 61 alleged incidents, finding the evidence insufficient or the conduct not rising to the level of professional misconduct.

However, the Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for making derogatory comments in class about his ex-wife's weight, which it deemed unprofessional.

The Member, a school principal, was alleged to have committed professional misconduct by publishing a weekly newsletter containing highly offensive, inappropriate, and sexually explicit content over a 23-week period.

The Discipline Committee found that the newsletters breached workplace policies and constituted sexual harassment.

The Committee concluded that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the member.

The allegations were based on three unsatisfactory Teacher Performance Appraisals.

Since the filing of the allegations, the member completed a course and received a satisfactory appraisal.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion on consent, finding the withdrawal reasonable and in the public interest.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to professional misconduct after breaking into a colleague's garage, stealing a school generator, and selling it online.

The Member was criminally convicted of break and enter.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, an 8-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and publication of the decision without the Member's name, noting the Member's extreme financial duress and subsequent restitution as mitigating factors.

The member, an elementary school teacher, was convicted of possessing child pornography and sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation.

At a discipline hearing before the Ontario College of Teachers, the member pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, revoking the member's teaching certificate and ordering the publication of his name in the College's official publication, emphasizing the need for general deterrence and public protection.

The member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to professional misconduct after engaging in an inappropriate, sexually explicit electronic relationship with a student.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of internet luring and received a conditional discharge.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-year suspension of the member's teaching certificate, and conditions requiring a boundary course and psychological assessment before returning to teaching.

The Committee also ordered publication of the decision with the member's name, rejecting the member's request for anonymity.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from his use of inappropriate language, profanity, and sexually suggestive materials in the classroom, as well as leaving an opened bottle of alcohol in a classroom closet.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The Committee also ordered that the Member's name be published in the College's official publication, rejecting the Member's argument for publication without name, given the nature of the conduct and the Member's intention to return to teaching as an occasional teacher.

The Ontario College of Teachers alleged that the Member, a Native studies teacher, sexually abused a student who stayed overnight at his home and engaged in professional misconduct by allowing the student to sleep in his bed.

The Discipline Committee found the student's testimony regarding sexual abuse lacked credibility and dismissed those allegations.

However, the Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain professional boundaries and standards, as allowing a visiting student to share his bed was inappropriate and contrary to societal norms.

The Member was reprimanded and ordered to complete a course on boundary violations.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct after failing to prevent a classroom door from closing on a student's fingers and inappropriately taking another student by the hand.

The Member entered a plea of no contest and admitted to failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in conduct unbecoming a member.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a verbal reprimand, the completion of an Additional Basic Qualification Course in Special Education, and publication of the decision without the Member's name.