OCT 2023

The Member, a school principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a pattern of anti-Black racist comments towards staff and falsifying a student's attendance record to cover up one of the incidents.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including making false statements, falsifying records, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the completion of coursework on anti-Black racism, inclusive leadership, and professional ethics.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for multiple incidents of professional misconduct during the 2017-2018 academic year.

The member failed to participate in a compulsory performance appraisal, frequently reported late or not at all for duties, failed to submit lesson plans, and assigned grades without adequate evaluation.

Additionally, the member verbally and psychologically abused a student by refusing to help her and yelling at her.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven on a balance of probabilities and concluded that the member was guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain the standards of the profession, abusing a student, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for professional misconduct, including allegations of sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse of multiple female students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which involved inappropriate touching, sexual remarks, and grooming behaviour.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and sexual abuse.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's teaching certificate and issued a reprimand.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who took an extended leave of absence, claiming he was visiting his dying mother in Gabon and subsequently became too ill to return to Canada.

The College alleged that the member falsified medical records to receive sick leave benefits while actually participating in political activities and working for another organization in Gabon.

The Discipline Committee found that the member misrepresented his absences, falsified records, and received a salary from his Ontario employer while working abroad.

The Committee concluded that the member engaged in professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after taping two young students to their chairs with masking tape as a classroom management technique.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of psychological or emotional abuse, failing to comply with the Education Act, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a principal who engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behaviour, including unwanted touching and inappropriate comments towards several young female students.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of criminal assault related to this conduct.

Proceeding on an uncontested statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, the Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including physical, verbal, and psychological abuse of students.

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and that his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked.

The Member, a teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct for verbally and psychologically abusing a special needs student.

At the request of the student's parents, the Member ran a 'boot camp' at her home to discipline the student, which involved physical labour such as carrying a cinder block and scooping water from a pool.

The Member filmed the student and shared the video without permission, and also reprimanded the student inappropriately via videoconference.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on classroom management and appropriate discipline.

The Member, a teacher, faced disciplinary proceedings for failing to immediately report a student's allegation that another teacher had touched her inappropriately.

Instead of reporting the matter to the proper authorities, the Member told the student he could not hear details about a colleague and assumed his reporting duty was fulfilled when he learned the principal was aware of the allegation.

The Member pleaded no contest to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the ethical standards of the profession and the duty to report.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and noted that the Member had already completed the required coursework on professional ethics and the duty to report.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against a member for making inappropriate, discriminatory, and sexually suggestive comments to and about students in class and on publicly available podcasts.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, and sexual misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a seven-month suspension, and the completion of coursework on classroom communication and cultural sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for bringing a urinary catheter and a diagram of a vulva into a classroom and showing students how to insert it, and for repeatedly making false statements to her school board to obtain paid sick leave while attending court for personal matters.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of her Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a course on professional ethics and boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought professional misconduct allegations against an occasional teacher for his conduct during two classes on December 13, 2017.

The Discipline Committee found that the teacher failed to adequately control his classes, resulting in chaos and students leaving the classroom.

The Committee also found that the teacher engaged in verbal and psychological abuse by calling a student 'racist' and 'mouthy', referring to a student as the 'Queen of Sheba', and making disparaging comments about the school.

The Committee concluded that the teacher's actions constituted professional misconduct, breaching multiple ethical standards and statutory duties.

The Member, a teacher, attended school on Halloween wearing blackface as part of a zombie costume.

The Member admitted to professional misconduct, acknowledging that his actions were offensive, racist, and caused significant upset to the school community, despite his lack of intent to cause harm.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty.

The Member was reprimanded, his teaching certificate was suspended for one month, and he was ordered to complete a course on cultural sensitivity.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after failing to immediately report overhearing a student say another student was going to bring a gun to school.

The Member waited three days before notifying the principal, which delayed the school's response and potentially jeopardized student safety.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the completion of a course on the duty to report threats made by students.

The Discipline Committee previously found that the member engaged in professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of a student.

At the penalty hearing, the Committee applied the mandatory penalty provisions under the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

The Committee ordered that the member receive an oral reprimand and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The panel remained seized to hear a constitutional challenge to the mandatory penalty provisions at a later date.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a vice-principal for failing to report allegations that a teacher was inappropriately touching students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on professional ethics focusing on the duty to report.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and psychologically abusing multiple students over several years.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations, admitting to incidents involving unnecessary physical force, aggressive language, and leaving students unsupervised.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a course on classroom and anger management.

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

The parties submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, along with a Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, and the successful completion of a cultural sensitivity training course.

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

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and Guilty Plea, finding that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual abuse of a student.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration, a written reprimand, and reimbursement to the College for any funding provided under the Therapy and Counselling Program.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought discipline proceedings against the Member, a university athletic coach, for professional misconduct.

The Member did not contest allegations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a high school student athlete and later engaged in inappropriate boundary violations with a university student athlete.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the mandatory revocation of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that he receive a written reprimand.

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

The member was alleged to have made sexist, racist, and demeaning comments to students, failed to address homophobic remarks by students, viewed inappropriate images of women during class, failed to supervise students, and vaped on school property.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, concluding that his actions constituted verbal, psychological, and emotional abuse, and were disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 12-month suspension of his teaching certificate, mandatory coursework on classroom management and diversity, and costs of $12,500.