Ontario College of Teachers

The member brought a motion to indefinitely adjourn his discipline hearing, citing the passing of his ex-wife 15 months prior.

The College consented to adjourning the immediate hearing date but opposed an indefinite adjournment.

The Discipline Committee denied the request for an indefinite adjournment, noting the lack of sufficient reasons for further delay, the fact that two previous adjournments had already been granted, and the public interest in concluding a matter involving conduct that occurred 8 to 19 years ago.

The hearing was adjourned to a previously scheduled continuation date.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for failing to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, including communicating on social media against directions, allowing students to apply lotion to her back, and playing videogames in class.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and mandatory coursework on professional boundaries and social media communication.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for making inappropriate comments and engaging in inappropriate physical contact with students.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal, physical, and psychological abuse, as well as sexual misconduct.

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 a course on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a vulnerable student.

The member exchanged thousands of text messages with the student, often late at night, and failed to report the student's disclosure of a plan to harm himself.

The member ignored directions from the school administration and the student's parents to cease communication.

The Discipline Committee accepted the member's guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member was ordered to receive a reprimand, serve a 12-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and complete a course on professional boundaries.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, physical, and psychological abuse of students.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations, which included making racist, demeaning, and inappropriate comments to students, as well as inappropriate physical contact.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The member resigned from the College and undertook never to teach again.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and an 8-month suspension of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

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

The allegations related to the Member's use of an incorrect degree abbreviation in campaign materials for a school trustee election.

The College submitted that there was no evidence of deliberate misrepresentation, the Member had not received a prior caution due to being overseas, and the Member had since voluntarily completed a course on professional ethics.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that proceeding with a hearing for low-end misconduct with no risk to the public was not in the public interest.

The Member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and emotionally abusing students by making inappropriate comments about suicide and killing, and by calling students derogatory names such as 'meatball', 'sausage', and 'dorks'.

The Member pled guilty via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an 8-month suspension of her teaching certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries and classroom management.

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 found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual abuse.

The Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded, his Certificate of Qualification and Registration be immediately revoked, and he pay $20,000 in costs to the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers 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, and the member consented to the withdrawal.

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 disciplinary proceedings against a member for verbally and psychologically abusing a vulnerable special needs student.

The member, whose status was 'Retired', yelled at the student in front of the class, an incident that was recorded on video.

The Discipline Committee found it retained jurisdiction over the member despite his retired status.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct.

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

The Member pled guilty to professional misconduct, including the sexual abuse of two students and possession of child pornography, following criminal convictions for exposing his genital organs to the students and possessing child pornography.

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

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, and accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered that the Member be reprimanded and directed the Registrar to immediately revoke his certificate of qualification and registration.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn the scheduled discipline hearing dates for medical reasons.

The College did not oppose the motion but requested terms and conditions.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment to September 13, 2021, and imposed conditions on any future adjournment requests for medical reasons, including the requirement to submit to an independent medical evaluation if requested by the College.

The Member, a school principal, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct involving the harassment of two female teachers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts, finding that the Member made inappropriate comments, engaged in unwelcome physical contact, and failed to maintain professional boundaries.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of coursework on professional boundaries.

The member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct after taking $50 from a colleague's backpack without permission.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct, noting his prior history of mishandling money and acts of dishonesty.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and required the member to complete a pre-approved course on ethics.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member who had been criminally convicted of sexually assaulting two students and assaulting a female colleague.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of students, physical abuse, and psychological abuse.

The member's conduct violated multiple standards of the profession and the Education Act.

Pursuant to the mandatory penalty provisions of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, which applied retrospectively, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that the member receive a written reprimand.

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 teacher, faced a discipline hearing for making inappropriate and vulgar comments to a student in class, and for taking school property for personal use and damaging a school storage locker to gain access.

The Member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including verbal and psychological abuse of a student, and disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's certificate, and the completion of a professional ethics course.

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

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct under multiple subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The penalty phase was adjourned for further submissions on how the proposed penalty meets the goals of student protection and public confidence.

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

The member did not attend the electronic hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the member engaged in professional misconduct and sexual misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996.

The panel reserved its decision and reasons on penalty and costs, to be released with full written reasons for the finding.

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.