Robin McKechney

The Member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for making inappropriate and verbally abusive comments to students, including calling them useless, immature, stupid, and telling a male student to 'grow a pair'.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a course on appropriate communications and classroom management before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a discipline proceeding against a member for alleged professional misconduct during the 2013-2014 academic year.

The allegations included making inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments to students and colleagues, and engaging in inappropriate physical contact.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession, psychologically or emotionally abusing students, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, unprofessional, and unbecoming conduct.

The Committee found that the member made inappropriate comments about a student's weight, embarrassed students, pinched a student's cheeks, and sexually harassed colleagues.

Allegations of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse were not proven.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for a pattern of inappropriate, unprofessional, and abusive behaviour towards multiple students over two academic years.

The Member verbally and psychologically abused students, making them feel singled out, ridiculed, and embarrassed, and failed to provide accommodation to a student with an Individual Education Plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and imposed terms, conditions, or limitations on the Member's certificate requiring her to complete an Additional Qualification course focused on professional practice and student well-being.

The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct before the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers.

The member engaged in boundary violations by meeting alone with a student and exchanging inappropriate text messages with another student.

The member also misused sick days to attend conferences for his personal business, solicited students and parents for his business, and disclosed confidential information about a student.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension of the member's certificate, and the completion of courses on boundaries and professional ethics.

The Member, a vice-principal, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for altering the marks of a student without the knowledge or authorization of the school principal.

The Member also exerted pressure on teachers to influence their grading of the student.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand and a four-month retroactive suspension of the Member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate personal electronic communications and boundary violations with a student over a six-month period.

The Children's Aid Society concluded the conduct constituted grooming behaviour.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's teaching certificate, and the successful completion of a course on boundary violations.

The Member brought a motion seeking an adjournment of her discipline hearing for medical reasons.

The Ontario College of Teachers consented to the adjournment subject to conditions, including the provision of a detailed medical report and a signed consent for the College to communicate with the Member's physician.

The Chair of the Discipline Panel granted the adjournment on consent, finding it appropriate and in the public interest.

The College brought a motion to stay discipline proceedings against the member, who faced numerous allegations of professional misconduct including false billing, falsifying records, and failing to obtain informed consent.

The member signed an Undertaking and Surrender Agreement, agreeing to surrender her certificate of registration, never practice traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture again, and pay $1,000 towards the College's costs.

The Discipline Committee found it in the public interest to grant the motion and stayed the proceedings on the terms of the agreement.

The College brought a motion to stay discipline proceedings against the member, who faced numerous allegations of professional misconduct including failing to formulate diagnoses, false billing, falsifying records, and performing unauthorized controlled acts.

The member signed an Undertaking and Surrender Agreement, agreeing to surrender her certificate of registration, never practice traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture again, and pay $3,000 towards investigation costs.

The Discipline Committee found it in the public interest to grant the motion and stayed the proceedings.

The College brought a motion to stay professional discipline proceedings against the member, who was alleged to have failed to formulate diagnoses, failed to keep proper records, provided acupuncture without informed consent, performed unauthorized controlled acts, and used the protected title of massage therapist.

The member signed an Undertaking and Surrender Agreement, agreeing to surrender his certificate of registration, never practice traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture again, and pay $3,000 towards investigation costs.

The Discipline Committee found it in the public interest to grant the motion and stayed the proceedings.

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

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, noting that the member's case had previously been dealt with by another committee of the College, making the withdrawal reasonable and in the public interest.

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

The Discipline Committee granted the motion on consent, noting that the Member's case had previously been dealt with by another Committee of the College, making the withdrawal reasonable and in the public interest.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a teacher for alleged harassment of colleagues and physical, verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse of students.

The Discipline Committee found that the teacher engaged in a sustained campaign of harassment against a colleague and subjected students to angry outbursts, swearing, threats, and inappropriate touching.

The Committee found the teacher guilty of professional misconduct on all grounds except sexual abuse, concluding the evidence was insufficient to establish the touching was sexual in nature.

Given the severity of the misconduct, the teacher's lack of remorse, and his refusal to participate in the proceedings, the Committee found him to be ungovernable and ordered the revocation of his teaching certificate.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in inappropriate private electronic communications with two female students via Twitter.

The communications included asking a student to meet him alone and confessing to having a crush on her best friend.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain professional standards and psychological or emotional abuse of a student.

The Committee ordered that the Member receive a reprimand, with the fact of the reprimand recorded on the College's Register.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after an incident where he raised his fist and made a punching motion towards a student who would not follow instructions.

The Member had a history of using physical force to address student misbehaviour, having previously received a letter of expectation and a 15-day suspension for similar conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the Member to complete a pre-approved course on anger management and effective student discipline before returning to teaching.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for professional misconduct.

The member admitted to making inappropriate comments to students, treating female students differently, and giving expensive gifts to two female students, which made them uncomfortable.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member guilty of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain professional standards and psychological or emotional abuse.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and requiring the member to complete a course on appropriate boundaries with students.

The Member, facing allegations of professional misconduct including physical and psychological abuse of a child, brought a motion for the production of third-party records under the O'Connor framework.

The requested records included medical files of the complainant and the child, employment records, and investigative files from the Children's Aid Society and police.

The Discipline Committee denied the request for the medical records, finding them not likely relevant and noting the high privacy interests involved.

The Committee also denied further employment records.

However, the Committee ordered the production of the CAS and police investigative files, subject to redactions for contact information, finding them relevant to the investigation of the incident at issue.

The Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers found the member guilty of professional misconduct under multiple subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration and directed that the member receive a written reprimand to be recorded on the Register.

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

The member did not attend the hearing and was not represented.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed acts of professional misconduct contrary to several subsections of Ontario Regulation 437/97.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the member's Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

The Member, a teacher, pleaded no contest to allegations of professional misconduct arising from an offensive comment made about a colleague and an inappropriate, potentially racist comment made to a student.

The Discipline Committee accepted the uncontested facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty and ordered that the Member receive a reprimand, with the fact of the reprimand recorded on the College's register.