OCT 2020

The Member, a teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing students, including those with special needs.

The Member yelled at students, grabbed a student by the arm, made inappropriate comments about his personal life, and ridiculed a student's speech.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand, a three-month suspension, and the completion of a course on classroom management with an emphasis on special needs students.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member who had been criminally convicted of voyeurism for surreptitiously recording nude videos and images of a colleague.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that his actions constituted a profound breach of trust and privacy that undermined the reputation of the teaching profession.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate, a written reprimand, and $5,000 in costs due to his uncooperative conduct.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically and verbally abusing Grade [XXX] students and falling asleep in class.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his actions fell below the standards of the profession and constituted disgraceful and dishonourable conduct.

Despite initial concerns regarding the leniency of the proposed penalty given the Member's prior disciplinary history, the Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and a four-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against the Member following his criminal conviction for sexual interference involving a student.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

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

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke his certificate of qualification and registration, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for cases of sexual abuse.

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

The member admitted to belittling a student in front of the class and making inappropriate physical contact with another student on a school bus.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical and psychological abuse.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a course on classroom management and appropriate communication.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct including verbal, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of female middle school students.

The Member made inappropriate sexual comments, stared at students' bodies, and engaged in unwanted touching.

The Discipline Committee accepted the guilty plea and joint submission on penalty.

As the misconduct included sexual abuse, the Committee ordered the mandatory revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, alleging he made numerous inappropriate, verbally abusive, and unprofessional comments to students and colleagues during the 2016-2017 academic year.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The parties presented a joint submission on penalty proposing a reprimand and the completion of a course on professional ethics.

Applying the Anthony-Cook test, the panel reluctantly accepted the joint submission, noting that while the conduct warranted a suspension, the proposed penalty was not so unreasonable as to bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

The member was found to have engaged in professional misconduct.

On the day scheduled for the penalty phase of the hearing, the member's counsel brought a motion to adjourn because the member had terminated his retainer the day before.

The College did not oppose the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, finding that it would be unfair to proceed without affording the member an opportunity to seek new legal counsel, and scheduled a set date hearing.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct stemming from his criminal conviction for the sexual assault of a former student between 1984 and 1986.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member failed to uphold the ethical standards of the profession, abused his position of trust, and contravened laws relevant to his suitability to teach.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate and directed that he receive an oral reprimand.