Ontario College of Teachers

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

On consent of the parties, the Discipline Committee authorized the withdrawal.

The member resigned his membership, resulting in the cancellation of his certificate of qualification and registration, and agreed not to seek reinstatement.

The Committee found this resolution reasonable and in the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers and the member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence set out in the Notice of Hearing.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion on consent, finding that the agreement was reasonable and served the public interest.

The College and the Member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence against the Member.

The motion was based on the Member's undertaking to notify the Registrar of any future teaching employment and to provide his employer with consent to notify the Registrar of any allegations of inappropriate interactions with a student.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion pursuant to section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, finding that the undertaking served to protect the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers and the member brought a consent motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence.

The member agreed to resign his membership, surrender his certificate, and undertake never to teach again in any school.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the member's resignation and the cancellation of his certificate protected the public interest.

The Member, an elementary teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for borrowing over $1 million under false pretences from various residents and failing to repay the money.

The Member did not attend the hearing but entered into a Memorandum of Agreement pleading guilty to the allegations.

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

Accepting the joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a 14-month suspension of the Member's certificate of qualification and registration, along with publication of the decision.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for discussing his employment as a bouncer at a strip club with an 18-year-old female student, including discussing her previous experience stripping.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering that the member be admonished and complete a course on maintaining appropriate boundaries with students.

The member, a teacher, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriately touching students by patting their buttocks.

The member pled no contest to the facts, acknowledging the touching was intended as encouragement but failed to respect physical boundaries and caused discomfort.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered terms and conditions on the member's certificate, including the completion of a course on appropriate boundaries for physical contact with primary-aged children.

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

The member consented to the withdrawal and provided an undertaking to resign his membership, surrender his certificate, never teach again in any school, and never seek reinstatement.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the member's resignation and the cancellation of his certificate protected the public interest.

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

The member had resigned his membership and his certificate of qualification was cancelled.

The member consented to the withdrawal and acknowledged that the Public Register would reflect his resignation while disciplinary proceedings were in progress.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the resignation and cancellation of the certificate protected the public interest.

Dans cette décision minoritaire d'un panel de discipline de l'Ordre des enseignantes et des enseignants de l'Ontario, la présidente exprime son désaccord quant à l'utilisation du Programme de règlement à l'amiable pour une affaire de mauvais traitements d'ordre sexuel impliquant un enseignant et une élève.

Bien qu'elle accepte le constat de faute professionnelle, elle rejette la sanction convenue limitant à deux ans l'interdiction de demander une remise en vigueur du certificat.

Elle conclut que la gravité de l'inconduite exige une interdiction de dix ans pour protéger l'intérêt public et assurer un effet dissuasif adéquat.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in sexual relations with an adult student and repeatedly accessing pornography on school computers using his and other teachers' user names.

The member pleaded no contest to the allegations.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers held a discipline hearing regarding a member who had pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual assault and gross indecency involving eight of his male students aged 12 and 13.

The member did not attend the hearing but voluntarily withdrew his membership and consented to the revocation of his licence.

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

The Committee ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and directed that the findings and order be published with the member's name in the College's official publication.

The member, a former vice principal and teacher, was found guilty of professional misconduct following a plea of no contest.

The member had previously been convicted in criminal court of multiple counts of rape, indecent assault, and gross indecency against several female students over a twenty-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty and ordered the immediate revocation of the member's certificate of qualification and registration.

The Ontario College of Teachers and the member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence.

The parties consented to dispose of the proceeding without a hearing under section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, based on the member's written undertaking to complete a program in classroom management for special education students and submit to a Teacher Performance Appraisal upon returning to teaching.

The Discipline Committee found the agreement reasonable, in the public interest, and granted the motion to withdraw the allegations.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a sexual relationship with a grade 13 female student during the 1973/1974 academic year.

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

The Committee directed the Registrar to revoke the member's certificate of qualification and registration, and ordered that the member may not apply for reinstatement for a period of two years.

The Member, an occasional teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct and incompetence after assaulting a 10-year-old student.

The Member had previously pleaded guilty to criminal assault for the same incident.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on discipline techniques and classroom management before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers and the Member brought a joint motion seeking leave to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct set out in the Notice of Hearing.

The College advised that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations.

Pursuant to section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, the Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations, finding the resolution to be in the public interest.

The member, a secondary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for acting inappropriately and unprofessionally with students, including discussing and showing his nipple ring, roughhousing, poking and tickling students, and using inappropriate language.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, publication of the decision, and the successful completion of a course on maintaining appropriate boundaries with students.

The member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour with a female student, including excessive communication, exchanging personal information, and continuing the relationship after her graduation.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, publication of the decision, and a requirement that the member complete a course on maintaining appropriate boundaries with students should he obtain employment requiring a teaching certificate.

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

The College advised that there was no evidence to support the allegations.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion and authorized the withdrawal of the allegations, finding the resolution to be in the public interest.