OCT 2021

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student.

Over a two-month period, the Member exchanged 213 emails with the student containing highly personal and emotionally intense comments.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of failing to maintain professional standards, psychological or emotional abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the successful completion of a course on professional boundaries.

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for showing inappropriate videos containing violence, nudity, and inappropriate language to students, and for failing to adequately supervise students, which resulted in property damage and put a student's safety at risk.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations, professional ethics, and classroom management.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically and psychologically abusing a student by placing him in a headlock following a verbal confrontation.

The Member pled no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting her history of prior warnings for inappropriate physical contact with students.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a nine-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and the completion of a course on boundaries before returning to teaching.

The Member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for teaching students swear words, asking students to demonstrate a greeting involving physical contact that made a student uncomfortable, and allowing a student to drive her car on school property.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course in classroom management.

The Member, a department chair, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for distributing unreleased EQAO assessments to students and a colleague as practice material.

This compromised the 2016 and 2017 EQAO assessments for certain students.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for physically and psychologically abusing several students.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct by repeatedly making inappropriate and painful physical contact with students, including pulling arms behind backs and applying pressure to shoulders and hands.

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded, that his teaching certificate be revoked, and that he pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct involving the sexual abuse of a student.

The member had previously been convicted of sexual exploitation under the Criminal Code for engaging in a sexual relationship with the student over several years.

The member pled guilty to the professional misconduct allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for cases of sexual abuse.

The member brought a motion to adjourn the continuation of his discipline hearing due to medical issues.

The College consented to the adjournment on the condition that the member sign an Undertaking and Acknowledgement agreeing not to teach until the matter is adjudicated.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, finding that the medical issues were an appropriate reason and the public interest was protected by the undertaking.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing students, disclosing student information, and harassing a colleague.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations and agreed to a statement of uncontested facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the Member to complete coursework in anger management and communication/classroom management.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct and incompetence related to his teaching of a special education class.

The member admitted to failing to provide adequate programming, failing to keep accurate records, demonstrating preferential treatment, and allowing a student to watch an inappropriate adult cartoon.

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

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a two-month suspension, and complete an additional qualification course in special education.

The Member, an elementary teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for harassing his school principal.

After the principal rejected his romantic gestures and gifts, the Member persisted in his behaviour, researched her past using a pseudonym, and contacted her former colleagues and friends.

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and the completion of a course on boundary violations.

The Member, a teacher, faced a discipline hearing for professional misconduct after he grabbed a student by the hood of his sweatshirt during recess, which had the effect of choking the student.

The Member admitted to the facts and pled guilty to professional misconduct, including physical abuse of a student and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of his teaching certificate, and the completion of an anger management course.

The member requested an indefinite adjournment of his discipline hearing due to a death in his family.

The College consented to an adjournment but opposed it being indefinite, noting the age of the allegations and previous delays.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment on compassionate grounds but refused to make it indefinite, citing the public interest in concluding the matter.

The Committee set four potential continuation dates and directed the member to select two, declining the College's request to make the dates peremptory given the member was self-represented.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for posting and sharing racist, xenophobic, and offensive content regarding Muslims, Islam, and refugees on his personal Facebook page, where he identified himself as an employee of the school board.

The Member pleaded guilty to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on professional boundaries, appropriate use of social media, and cultural sensitivity.

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

The Member did not attend the hearing.

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

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded, that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked, and that he pay $10,000 in costs to the College.

Written reasons were to follow.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a Vice-Principal for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to engaging in inappropriate banter with colleagues, accepting a Board-issued cheque for personal travel expenses, disseminating teaching materials without authorization, and altering a colleague's university records to support a U.S. citizenship application, which resulted in criminal convictions for forgery.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's guilty plea and found him guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee dismissed one allegation regarding the failure to keep records due to insufficient evidence.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an 18-month suspension, and the completion of courses on boundary violations and ethical standards.

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

The member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration had already been revoked in a prior proceeding, and the complainant no longer wished to participate given the passage of time.

The member consented to the motion.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that proceeding would not be in the public interest and that withdrawal was reasonable and appropriate.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing a student through sexually explicit electronic communications and online sexual acts.

The Member brought a motion for a publication ban on his name, presenting unopposed medical evidence that publication would likely cause him serious harm.

The Discipline Committee granted the exceptional publication ban under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

On the merits, the Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and a reprimand.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for repeatedly failing to adequately supervise students, resulting in students going missing or being left unattended, and for making inappropriate comments about students to parents and colleagues.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to supervise adequately, failing to comply with the Act and regulations, unprofessional conduct, and conduct unbecoming a member.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of a classroom management course before returning to teaching.

The Member, an occasional teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for multiple incidents involving physical, verbal, and psychological abuse of students, as well as inappropriate classroom management.

The Discipline Committee accepted the agreed statement of facts and found the Member guilty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the successful completion of a course on anger management and appropriate discipline before returning to teaching.