OCT 2019

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct related to his off-duty conduct on social media.

The member retweeted numerous offensive posts concerning Muslims, immigrants, refugees, and transgender individuals on his personal Twitter account.

Following a parent complaint, the member's school board suspended him for two days without pay and transferred him to another school.

Before the Discipline Committee, the member pled guilty to committing acts that would reasonably be regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming a member.

The Committee accepted the guilty plea and ordered a penalty consisting of a reprimand, a requirement to complete coursework on appropriate communications and sensitivity training, and a 10-day suspension of his Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for practising while under the influence of alcohol, failing to report for work without notice, and acting unprofessionally towards a vice-principal.

The Member admitted to the allegations and pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and imposing conditions on the Member's certificate requiring the successful completion of a professional ethics course before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against an occasional teacher for making inappropriate and belittling comments to students, refusing to allow an injured student to seek first aid, and leaving a classroom unsupervised.

The Member did not attend the hearing but sent numerous abusive emails to the College.

The Discipline Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and failing to supervise.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 14-week suspension, and completion of coursework on boundaries and classroom management.

The Committee also awarded $12,500 in costs against the Member due to his vexatious and harassing conduct during the proceedings.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded, that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked, and that he pay $5,000 in costs to the College.

The College brought a motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations against the member set out in a Notice of Hearing.

The member's case had already been dealt with by another committee of the College.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal was reasonable and served to protect the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member for professional misconduct, including physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of two students.

The member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges of sexual exploitation and was sentenced to 30 months' custody.

The member did not attend the discipline hearing but submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct relating to boundary violations and classroom management.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 14-week suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and imposed terms and conditions requiring the completion of courses on maintaining appropriate boundaries and classroom management.

The Member was also ordered to pay $12,500 in costs to the College.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers held a penalty hearing after previously finding the member engaged in professional misconduct.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered that the member receive a written reprimand and that their Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked.

The member was also ordered to pay $20,000 in costs to the College.

The member, a construction technology teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making a culturally insensitive comment to a student, leaving students unsupervised, and repeatedly disregarding health and safety hazards in his woodworking classroom.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom management and sensitivity training.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate physical contact with female students, including tapping them on the shoulder and with his shoe, and unintentionally exposing their stomachs during a drill.

The member pleaded guilty via an agreed statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical abuse and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of a professional boundaries course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct after she grabbed and shook a kindergarten student.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to physical and psychological abuse, failing to maintain professional standards, and contravening the Education Act.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the member to receive a reprimand and to successfully complete a pre-approved course in classroom and anger management.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making a series of inappropriate, humiliating, and emotionally abusive comments directed at a specific student.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, disclosing student information, and psychological or emotional abuse.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom management and student sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate electronic communications of a sexual nature with a student on a dating application.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the immediate revocation of his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Member, a teacher, was convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code for engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor while in a position of trust at a local church.

Following his conviction, the Ontario College of Teachers brought professional misconduct proceedings.

The Member did not attend the hearing but agreed to a statement of facts and pleaded guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the member.

The member did not attend the hearing but entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct, specifically unprofessional conduct, and reserved its decision on penalty.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for failing to adequately supervise students in his auto shop class.

He regularly permitted students to leave without permission and drive vehicles in and out of the shop.

On one occasion, three students left in a car without permission and were involved in a single-car collision.

The Member failed to intercept their departure and failed to immediately report the accident to the school administration.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on classroom management and effective supervision.

The member, a teacher and librarian, faced allegations of professional misconduct for removing approximately $115 in book fair proceeds from the school office contrary to school policy and subsequently misleading her principal about it.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting her actions violated the ethical standards of trust and integrity.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the member receive a reprimand and successfully complete an ethics course.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for making inappropriate comments to students, assigning inappropriate journal topics, and failing to adequately supervise a student.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse of students, failing to supervise, and disgraceful or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a course on professional boundaries, a three-month suspension, and costs of $3,000.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for repeatedly leaving students unsupervised, failing to ensure student safety, and engaging in verbally and physically aggressive behaviour towards a student.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty proposing the revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration.

Although the Committee expressed concerns that the penalty was severe compared to prior case law, it concluded that the joint submission did not meet the high threshold for rejection established in Anthony-Cook.

The Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct including failing to supervise students, looking at the cleavage of female students, and failing to intervene in dangerous student behaviour.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a student.

Pursuant to the mandatory provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and his teaching certificate be revoked.