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admitted to professional misconduct. In 2005, while employed as a teacher at a secondary school, Mr. Bausback was responsible for a day-long field trip to Victoria with 128 students and ten supervisors. During the field trip, he used the field trip funds collected to purchase alcoholic beverages for himself on four occasions, and the supervisors, one of which was under-age. In addition, Mr. Bausback misrepresented to BC Ferries the number of students on the field trip in order to reduce the transportation costs. Subsequently, Mr. Bausback did not properly account for the misappropriated funds, but later admitted to his inappropriate conduct and repaid the sum of approximately $1200, which represented the field trip funds that were previously unaccounted for. On October 5, 2009, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. Bausback be suspended for a period of five months, retroactively, commencing upon the date of the Sub-Committee’s approval of the Agreement. Therefore, his suspension ended October 5, 2009. Further, that Mr. Bausback adhere to a Relapse Prevention Monitoring Agreement with respect to alcohol dependence.

admitted to professional misconduct. Between September 2005 and June 2006, Ms. Coren used discipline techniques, which in hindsight she now acknowledges were inappropriate despite her best intentions. While employed at an elementary school as a teacher of nine special needs students, ages five to eight years, Ms. Coren applied excessive force to children in an attempt to catch or restrain them, physically forced them back into their seats, manipulated their fingers, slapped hands, twisted students arms behind their backs, restrained a student on a chair with a belt, kicked a student’s legs out to force the student to a seated position, and removed the pants and shirt of a student who tore at his clothes and threw his shoes. In October 2006, Ms. Coren was charged criminally with four counts of assault against her students but all charges were either stayed or discharged. Ms. Coren stated that she found herself in extraordinarily challenging circumstances with a class of children who were extremely difficult to teach and who often displayed violent behaviour. In an attempt to deal with the issues she encountered with her students, Ms. Coren repeatedly sought guidance and assistance within the school and with the school district. As a result, she said that policies relative to situations such as that which she found herself in were either nonexistent or not clearly communicated to her and that she did not receive adequate direction or support in the circumstances. On August 26, 2010 the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Ms. Coren receive a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Lee has consistently worked as a Teacher-on-Call (“TOC”) for more than thirty years. In 2003, while acting as a TOC for a Grade 5 class, he used inappropriate language that included profanities toward or in the presence of students. In addition, Mr. Lee acknowledged that he viewed inappropriate images on a classroom computer that included beach scenes with partially naked individuals. He further admitted that while viewing these images during instructional time, one student accidently observed the inappropriate image. On June 12, 2008, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed to a six-week suspension of Mr. Lee’s certificate of qualification, which ends on July 24, 2008.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Luu was convicted by way of a guilty plea on two sets of criminal charges: 1) In December 2005, Mr. Luu was charged in Washington, USA with "voyeurism" arising out of an incident where he was found to have surreptitiously videotaped boys while they were undressed in a change room at a sports facility. 2) Upon news of the first charges, a warrant was executed at Mr. Luu's home in BC and the charges of possession of child pornography then followed. On October 5, 2007, a Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that the College will not issue him a College teaching certificate for an indeterminate period.

admitted to professional misconduct. In June 2009, the College became aware that in May 2008 Mr. Luymes was charged with assault and forcible entry, contrary to sections 266 and 72(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. In July 2009, the College requested in writing that Mr. Luymes authorize a criminal records check under the Criminal Records Review Act. The College provided Mr. Luymes with the appropriate authorization form to facilitate the criminal records review check (the “Authorization Form”) and directed Mr. Luymes to complete and return the Authorization Form to the College no later than August 17, 2009. The College was later informed that Mr. Luymes went on an extended trip from June 27, 2009 to August 26, 2009. Mr. Luymes did not follow up with the College in respect to the Authorization Form. Due to Mr. Luymes non-compliance with the Criminal Records Review Act, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee (“PISC”) directed that Mr. Luymes’ certificate of qualification be immediately suspended and directed that a citation be issued. On February 16, 2010, the College received the Authorization Form executed by Mr. Luymes. On April 15, 2010, the PISC resolved to lift the suspension and to amend but not rescind the citation. On August 26, 2010 the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. Luymes receive a reprimand and pay $500.00 in costs to the College.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In the years 2006 and 2007, Mr. McNeice was employed at an elementary school when he was alleged to have accessed and viewed, on his home computer, several images of child pornography on the internet. In 2007, Mr. McNeice was charged with accessing child pornography contrary to section 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. Mr. McNeice pled not guilty to this charge and in September 2010, he was convicted of accessing child pornography. On November 1, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Mr. McNeice’s College certificate of qualification be cancelled.

admitted to professional misconduct. In September 2008, Ms. Spruyt engaged in unnecessary physical contact with students by touching, slapping and poking them on their backs. In doing so, Ms. Spruyt failed to understand that the students in question did not feel comfortable with her physical contact, despite her best intentions to be supportive of the students in her class. In addition, Ms. Spruyt inappropriately raised her voice at students in an angry manner as a way to assert control over the class. However, she failed to understand that the level of her voice may have been intimidating for some students. Further, Ms. Spruyt spoke to students concerning the investigation being carried out by the school district into her misconduct after having been instructed by the district not to do so. On October 8, 2010, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed that Ms. Spruyt receive a reprimand. In addition, Ms. Spruyt has agreed to successfully complete a designated course of study and/or counseling in anger management within six months of the Agreement.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Van Vloten taught French, Social Studies, Art, Bible Study, History and Physical Education for 19 years at an independent school. In 2005, a few of Mr. Van Vloten’s students approached his desk and observed him viewing pornographic images of adult women on his classroom computer. It was later discovered that Mr. Van Vloten accessed and viewed adult pornographic material from the internet on his classroom computer during school hours on at least three other occasions between 2004 and 2005. Mr. Van Vloten further admitted to using inappropriate names to refer to female students such as, “babe” and “sweetheart” and making inappropriate comments concerning sex education class. On June 13, 2008, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee accepted the Statement of Agreed Facts and Disposition and agreed to a twelve-month suspension of Mr. Van Vloten’s certificate of qualification, which ends on June 13, 2009.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Yu admitted that he inappropriately touched a female student 13 years of age in the 2003/2004 academic year while teaching math and science classes. Mr. Yu's inappropriate touching began in May 2004 after a regular bond with the student progressed into a more trusting relationship. Mr. Yu would grab the student's hand and massage it approximately once a day. The touching and stroking of the student's hand escalated into the massaging and grabbing of her breast. All the touching occurred in the classroom when Mr. Yu was in proximity to the student reviewing her work. On March 11, 2008, the Conduct Review Sub-Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and agreed that the appropriate penalty be a cancellation of his Certificate of Qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Lee developed and engaged in a personal and inappropriate relationship with a female international student. Mr. Lee gave the student a card bearing a personal handwritten message expressing his love for her; corresponded with her through email; gave her gifts; and engaged in French kissing with her on two separate occasions. On September 5, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Lee's certificate of qualification was cancelled.

admitted that his conduct, including telling students to “shut up” or shouting at them after they failed to follow instructions and failing to properly assess student performance amounts to professional misconduct. In September 2008, the College was notified of his termination by the school district, following allegations brought forth by students. In addition to the above actions, they also complained that Mr. Adam behaved inappropriately towards female students. He denied any intent to make female students uncomfortable. On October 7, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Adam agreed to relinquish his College Certificate of Qualification and would not in future apply for a new certificate. As a result, the citation was rescinded.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In May 2011, the College received a school district report that Mr. Ameerali would be disciplined in regards to his professional misconduct, which included inappropriate physical contact with and comments to students in his class. For example, Mr. Ameerali placed masking tape over the mouth of a student in an effort to force the student to stop talking and work more independently. In a joking manner, Mr. Ameerali also asked for a volunteer to slap a student silly when the student asked a question, and asked a student who was laughing whether she shoots herself up with drugs. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Ameerali agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would complete other conditions.

admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In July 2007, the College was notified by the Ontario College of Teachers that Ms. Angus had been found guilty of professional misconduct and that her teaching certificate had been revoked as a result of her having engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. In or about 2006, while employed in Ontario as a probationary teacher, Ms. Angus engaged in a sexual relationship with her 16-year-old male student. Notwithstanding the direction that Ms. Angus received from the district school board following a suspension, she continued her sexual involvement with the student. On October 28, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Angus agreed to a cancellation of her College Certificate of Qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. During the period of November 2007 to June 2008, while he was employed as a French language teacher at a secondary school, Mr. Aubin engaged in inappropriate communications with students, such as asking a student how long she and her boyfriend had been going out; remarking to a student that he had never seen eyes so blue as hers and calling a student a “nincompoop”. He also engaged in inappropriate physical contact, such as pretending to punch a male student, and touching a female student’s hand after she raised it, in order not to startle her. On November 19, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Aubin agreed to a one-month suspension. His College certificate of qualification was cancelled for non-payment of fees on November 1, 2009.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In February 2011, a school district reported to the College that Ms. Audette was disciplined in regards to an interaction that she had had with a male kindergarten student that involved yelling and using force to hold him down. Specifically, the student was leaning against and sliding down a wall in a hallway. Despite Ms. Audette repeatedly requesting in a raised voice that the student stop the activity, he did not. After informing him that she would take him to the school principal, Ms. Audette proceeded to take the child by the hand to the principal’s office. The child was crying. At the office, Ms. Audette picked up the student and placed him in a chair and, with her hands on his knees, spoke to him in a loud, raised voice. On January 6, 2012, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Audette agreed to a one-week suspension of her certificate of qualification and completion of counselling in order to manage her emotions in a more appropriate way when dealing with students.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a food services instructor with a school district, he engaged in conduct with female employees which resulted in a harassment investigation. It was found that Mr. Bensmiller harassed three female employees. His conduct included sexual harassment in the form of comments, leering and unwelcome physical contact. On October 7, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which the Mr. Bensmiller accepted a reprimand.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. Mr. Carr was employed as a high school social studies and physical education teacher and a coach when he asked a local female teenager to provide babysitting services for his three children. The teenager was a neighbour and not a student at the school where he taught. In or about late summer 2008, the teenager began occasionally babysitting Mr. Carr’s children. Arrangements were often made between Mr. Carr and the teenager through text messages. In December 2009, Mr. Carr began more frequently texting the teenager, then 16 years of age. On December 30, 2009, Mr. Carr sent the teenager a number of texts that were flirtatious in nature, such as “I’m feeling a little [naughty]; what can I do?” and “I am going to rest – can I think about u? Pleeease?” Mr. Carr continued to send further text messages on December 31, 2009, January 1 and 3, 2010, despite the teenager requesting that he not contact her again. Finally, on January 5, 2010, after the teenager sent a strongly worded demand that he have no further contact with her, Mr. Carr stopped text messaging her. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Carr agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would complete the workshop “Understanding the Professional Relationship: Respecting the Boundaries.”

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In January 2011, Mr. Cheung was employed as a physical education teacher at a secondary school when, according to a district investigation, he left his PE 11/12 class unsupervised while he had a 40-45 minute conversation with a female student in the hallway outside his class. During this conversation, Mr. Cheung tried to encourage the student not to drop out of his class and, in so doing, he referred to unrelated and inappropriate hypothetical situations, used inappropriate language about the student’s personal relationship with her boyfriend and referred to his own personal life and sexual relationships. On July 28, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Cheung agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would successfully complete the College’s professional boundaries workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct. In November 2007, Ms. Choma, along with an administrator, acted as a chaperone and supervisor on a trip to China for eight grade 12 students. During this trip, Ms. Choma allowed students to consume alcoholic beverages at two government dinners as part of formal toasting as well as at the hotel bar. Ms. Choma also admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages in the students’ presence. Although Ms. Choma was not aware of the specific district policies relating to field trips and the use of alcohol by students, she knew the basic rule that alcohol is forbidden on field trips. On March 29, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Choma agreed to receive a reprimand and an undertaking to complete the College workshop "Understanding the Professional Relationship: Respecting the Boundaries."

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. The district’s investigation determined that, while employed as a secondary school teacher, Ms. Davy was absent from her class on six occasions in the fall of 2009 without authorization from her employer. Ms. Davy told her class that she would be taking a university course, and she arranged for another teacher to cover her class. Ms. Davy also received compensation for the time that she was away from class and did not have any plan to repay the district for the time in its entirety. On June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Davy agreed that the College would issue her a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. During the 2006-2007 school year, Mr. DeRaad developed a flirtatious relationship with a female student in his grade 12 class. His communications with her sometimes included sexual innuendo, and he encouraged her to read books and see movies that involved sexual relations between characters with a significant age difference. Over the course of the school year, the relationship became physical, and Mr. DeRaad kissed and inappropriately touched the student on top of her clothing. In February 2008, Mr. DeRaad retired from teaching. In March 2008, Mr. DeRaad was criminally convicted of sexual touching of a young person, contrary to section 153(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada. He was sentenced to 14 days in jail, one year of probation and a victim surcharge fine of $50.00. On December 3, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. DeRaad agreed to an indefinite suspension of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. During the 2007-2008 school year, while employed as a grade 8-12 Math teacher at a secondary school, Mr. Dunnet communicated with students in a manner that was disrespectful and not conducive to a respectful learning environment. Mr. Dunnet acknowledged that he referred to a female student as “kitty cat” in addition to touching her earrings several times in class, and telling her that he found long earrings attractive. Further, Mr. Dunnet jokingly referred to two other female students as “those bitches”, and twice made remarks suggesting that a particular student was pregnant. The Member has since completed a workshop entitled “Boundaries Issues." On May 26, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub- Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Dunnet’s acceptance of a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a secondary school physical education teacher, Mr. Dunning was supervising an outdoor physical education class when he observed two students, who were not in his class, smoking. After Mr. Dunning asked one student to extinguish his cigarette, the other student insulted Mr. Dunning and became increasingly argumentative. The conversation escalated to violence, which included Mr. Dunning pulling the student’s clothing over his head and punching him a number of times. The student sustained injury as a result of this incident. On March 4, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Dunning agreed to a three-month suspension of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Dyck developed an inappropriate relationship with a female student through e-mail and engaged in a telephone conversation of a sexual nature with her. The communications included comments about having sexual intercourse with her as well as sexual fantasies he had that involved her. On July 18, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Dyck’s undertaking to allow his certificate to lapse and not to apply for reinstatement for a College teaching certificate for a period of two years commencing July 1, 2007.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. Ms. Feenan’s employer reported to the College that Ms. Feenan had been given a letter of discipline relating to her misuse of sick leave in December 2010. An investigation determined that Ms. Feenan had booked a trip without prior approval from her employer for the time off and had told at least two colleagues that she intended to use sick days in order to go on her vacation. She later claimed that she cancelled her vacation after realizing it conflicted with parent-teacher interviews. On December 2 and 3, 2010, Ms. Feenan did not attend work due to illness. She claimed to be very sick and coughing blood. When she returned to work on December 6, 2010, Ms. Feenan asked a colleague, “Do they know?” When asked to provide a medical note by her employer, she brought a note from a walk-in clinic, dated December 6, 2010, that stated “The above referenced person has been ill with acute gastroenteritis starting December 3, 2010.” On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Feenan agreed that the College would issue her a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Fox was employed as a secondary school teacher when he was disciplined by his employer for inappropriate behaviour, which included making inappropriate comments to students, such as telling a student with an open wound that he was “spreading AIDS," describing a student’s work as “crap” or “crapily done” [sic], engaging in sarcasm and exchanges of insults with students and poking a student in the stomach while talking about fatness. A citation was issued on July 28, 2011. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Fox agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would complete the workshop “Understanding the Professional Relationship: Respecting the Boundaries.” As a result, the citation was rescinded.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In July 2008, the Ministry of Attorney General notified the College that, following an altercation at a hotel bar, Mr. Fraser was charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm contrary to section 267(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. It was alleged that Mr. Fraser became violent after he was told that, due to his conduct, he would not be served any more alcohol. The Attorney General’s report further indicated that the victim had sustained facial injuries during the assault that required surgery. In September 2008, Mr. Fraser pled guilty to the charge and received a conditional discharge. On December 11, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Fraser’s acceptance of a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 2 and 4. A district investigation determined that Mr. Gardner violated appropriate professional boundaries and placed himself in a situation where his personal relationship conflicted with his professional obligations. While employed as an elementary school teacher/counsellor, Mr. Gardner became intimately involved with the parent of a child who attended the school where Mr. Gardner taught. He did not disclose his relationship to his district principal, who was his direct supervisor. Though the student was not on Mr. Gardner’s caseload for counselling services, he indirectly assisted and supported the student from March to June 2009. At the end of July 2009, the student was hospitalized and Mr. Gardner visited the hospital frequently. He engaged in brief discussions about the student with various health care professionals without the parent’s knowledge or consent. After the relationship between Mr. Gardner and the parent deteriorated, Mr. Gardner continued to make inquiries of the hospital staff with respect to the student. He also spoke about the student’s condition to a doctor and made repeated attempts to discuss the student’s circumstances with a colleague, who was a behavioural resource teacher. On June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Gardner agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would successfully complete the College’s professional boundaries workshop.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On December 30, 2009, Mr. Gill reported to the College that he had been charged with willingly committing an indecent act contrary to section 173(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada. On September 17, 2010, Mr. Gill was tried and convicted of the charge in BC Provincial Court. The Court found and Mr. Gill admitted that on or about September 9, 2009 he masturbated in the driver’s seat of his car while stopped at a traffic light on a busy Surrey street and while he was deliberately making eye contact with the female driver of another car. He also admitted that on prior occasions he had masturbated in his car when he was visible to females in other cars. On November 22, 2010, the Court imposed a probation of 15 months and conditions including that Mr. Gill undergo counselling or other programs for sexual offenders as directed by the probation officer, including the sex offender program offered by the Forensic Services Commission. On November 8, 2011, a citation was issued. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Gill agreed that his College certificate of qualification would be cancelled and that he would not apply for, nor would the College grant, a certificate of qualification prior to June 22, 2016. As a result, the citation was rescinded.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. On December 31, 2008, Mr. Green attended a New Year’s Eve social function at a friend’s home. During the course of the evening, Mr. Green consumed large quantities of alcohol, much of which he brought himself, and became intoxicated. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on January 1, 2009, Mr. Green, without invitation, entered the bedroom of his friend’s 15-year-old daughter. The two conversed for a while. When the girl indicated that she was tired and wanted to go to sleep, Mr. Green kissed her on the neck in a sexual manner. The girl pulled away. As Mr. Green left the room, he blew a kiss towards her. Once he had gone, the girl closed and locked the door. Subsequently, Mr. Green tried to re-enter the room for 40 minutes. He finally passed out from his intoxication in the hallway outside the girl’s bedroom. On July 15, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Green accepted a two-month suspension of his College certificate of qualification and an undertaking to complete the College Boundary Violations workshop and other conditions.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In November 2006, the RCMP seized from the Member’s residence several CD’s and DVD’s that included hundreds of photographs of pubescent and pre-pubescent children. The Member intentionally accumulated, possessed and viewed images on his home computer of naked and partially naked children. In January 2007, the Member was charged criminally with possessing child pornography contrary to Section 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code. In January 2008, the Member was convicted of possession of child pornography and sentenced to 30 days incarceration. On December 16, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which the Member agreed to a cancellation of his College Certificate of Qualification.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member. He developed an inappropriate relationship with a female child participating in a theatrical program in which Mr. Hernandez was her instructor. During this time, Mr. Hernandez referred to the female child as his “special friend” and shared private time with her in discreet locations within the facility. Mr. Hernandez purchased and placed candies on parts of her face and removed them by using his mouth. He initiated greeting rituals which included rubbing noses, rubbing chins and hugging one another. Mr. Hernandez admitted that his physical contact with the female child was inappropriate and sexual in nature. Subsequently, Mr. Hernandez was criminally charged with one count of assault contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code. He pled guilty and was convicted on August 3, 2006. Mr. Hernandez was granted a conditional discharge following eighteen months of probation. On July 18, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Hernandez’s acceptance of a reprimand and his undertaking not to seek readmission to the College at anytime in the future.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1, 2 and 3. Mr. Hobbs was employed as an elementary school teacher when the College was notified that he had been disciplined by his employer. The school district and College investigations determined that Mr. Hobbs had inappropriate physical contact with four students, which included tickling and poking a student, threatening to give a student a “wet willy” (licking one’s finger and sticking it in another person’s ear with a twisting motion), giving a student a “donkey bite” (squeezing another person’s knee on the pressure points), and grabbing and squeezing the shoulders of three students. On January 26, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Hobbs agreed to a three-day suspension of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. Mr. Hoyme attended an educational program in Oregon, USA in the summer of 2009. One night, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Mr. Hoyme entered the room of a female resident at the motel where he was staying, by climbing through her window. With a plastic bag over his head, he sexually assaulted her. The victim of the assault complained to police. In April 2010, Mr. Hoyme pled guilty to the charge of sexual abuse in the second degree. Among the terms of his sentence, Mr. Hoyme had to complete 30 days in supervisory custody, 60 months of probation and successfully complete programs for sex offender training and alcohol abuse. On June 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Hoyme agreed to the cancellation of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a teacher and counsellor at a secondary school, Ms. Johl accepted a sessional teaching assignment at a local university. The assignment was scheduled during the day, conflicting with her assignment at the secondary school. On nine Thursdays between January 24 and April 10, 2008, Ms. Johl did not attend her teaching assignment at the secondary school and instead took sick leave from her employment in order to teach her sessional university course. In so doing, she wrongfully received sick pay from her employer. On September 9, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Johl agreed to receive a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. The district investigation determined that, in or around the spring of 2010, Mr. Kritikos sexually harassed a female special education assistant (SEA) who worked in his classroom. Specifically, his conduct included making inappropriate comments of a sexual nature to the SEA, engaging in inappropriate physical contact with the SEA, overstepping the boundaries of the professional relationship between a teacher and an SEA and failing to recognize that the behaviours were unwelcome. On June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Kritikos agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. Mr. Larisch was employed as a physical education teacher and a coach at a secondary school when a physical interaction occurred between Mr. Larisch and a student in April 2011. While speaking with a student in the hallway of the school, Mr. Larisch heard another student behind him say words to the effect of “Why did you rat him out?” Mr. Larisch said that he turned around, flicked his hand in a closed fist manner at the student and obtained the student’s attention by jabbing him. The student then asked in a threatening manner if Mr. Larisch had just punched him. Mr. Larisch admitted that he responded inappropriately when he said words to the effect of “No, I didn’t, what are you going to do sue me?” This physical interaction occurred even though a school administrator had previously discussed Mr. Larisch’s physicality with students. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Larisch agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand, and that he would complete the workshop “Understanding the Professional Relationship: Respecting the Boundaries” and one other condition.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a principal of a secondary school, Mr. Leadbetter chaperoned and supervised a school district-endorsed trip to China. The group included eight grade 12 students and another teacher. During the trip, Mr. Leadbetter failed to properly supervise the students and ensure their health and safety by permitting students to consume alcohol in his presence and allowing a female student to accompany an extremely intoxicated male student to his hotel room where, in his intoxicated state, he attempted to sexually assault her. In addition, he consumed alcohol himself in the presence of students. Mr. Leadbetter also allowed students to treat him as a friend, letting them call him “Uncle Ross”. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Leadbetter agreed to a reprimand and an undertaking to successfully complete the College Boundary Violation workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. Mr. Luscher was employed as a teacher-on-call and was on assignment at a secondary school when, during working hours, Mr. Luscher used a school laptop computer to access inappropriate material on the internet, using the school’s wireless internet connection. His internet activity included accessing websites with adult content, which was erotic and sexualized in nature, and entering into interactive online chatting with at least one individual on one of these sites. According to the school district’s investigation, approximately 200 images were viewed. At the end of the school day, Mr. Luscher deleted the internet history and returned the computer to the school. On November 23, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Luscher agreed to receive a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. In June 2010, the College was notified that Ms. Ma was suspended for a period of 10 days. The school district investigation determined that Ms. Ma downloaded the song “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga and brought it to her classroom after a student had suggested the song for the music portion of the class. Ms. Ma had not reviewed the song’s lyrics prior to allowing the children to listen and sing along to it. The song contained inappropriate, sexually suggestive content and inappropriate language for children in grade three to be exposed to. It was noted that Ms. Ma’s principal had previously instructed her to ensure that she checked for the appropriateness of songs to be used in school activities, and thus should have been more attentive to this issue. On October 19, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Ma agreed to receive a reprimand and an undertaking to complete the College’s Boundary Violations workshop.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. In April 2009, from a position on his property outside of his home, Mr. Mackay used his 22-calibre rifle to shoot a dog in the yard across the street from his home. The dog that Mr. Mackay shot had previously attacked Mr. Mackay’s own elderly dog. Mr. Mackay then fired his rifle twice more, missing the animal but hitting the dog owner’s house. Prior to the arrival of the police, Mr. Mackay told a witness to the incident not to say anything to the police. Mr. Mackay paid the veterinary bill for the dog. On March 17, 2010, Mr. Mackay was convicted of careless use of a firearm and wilfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal, pursuant to sections 86(1) and 445.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada respectively. On September 23, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Mackay agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. McKim was employed as a Grade 7 teacher at an elementary school when the incidences took place. In the first incident, Mr. McKim failed to administer the Foundational Skills Assessment Test (the “FSA Test”) in accordance with the Ministry of Education Guidelines when, prior to testing, he distributed the FSA Test booklets to his class; went through all the questions with step-by-step instructions on how to work out the answer; asked students to take notes on a separate piece of paper and to place the notes in their booklets at the conclusion of class. On the day of testing, Mr. McKim instructed his students to throw away their notes upon completion of the FSA Test. In the second incident, between 2003 and 2007, Mr. McKim falsely claimed a number of sick days to fulfill his duties as a registered judge with the Arabian Horse Association. During this time, Mr. McKim was either traveling to or from or attending an event where he was judging at horse shows that took place in eastern Canada, the United States and Australia. On September 4, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement under which Mr. McKim agreed to a suspension of three months for each incident, to be served consecutively for a total of six months ending on March 4, 2009.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Morgan was employed as a secondary school teacher when the College received a report from the school district, advising that he had been suspended for 10 days, relating to his inappropriate use of the school computer system, his use of inappropriate language in the classroom and allowing students to use inappropriate language in the classroom. The school district investigation found that Mr. Morgan had accessed his Hotmail and Facebook accounts during class time. He also accessed the website Tumblr for classroom purposes and for a personal art project. Some of the images Mr. Morgan accessed and “re-blogged” to his blog for the latter purpose contained images of naked females and of people engaged in sexual acts. The investigation also found that Mr. Morgan used expletives in the classroom and allowed students in his class to use similar expletives. He also posted an inappropriate comment on the Facebook wall of a former female student, joking about whether the student had received a sexually transmitted infection on a trip. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Morgan accepted a reprimand and an undertaking to complete the College Boundary Violations workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct. In December 2006, a Grade 5 female student attended Mr. Palidwor’s Grade 2 classroom at recess. During this time, Mr. Palidwor assisted the student with a problem at the computer terminal. He placed his hand on the waist of the student and then moved it up her front until it touched her breast. The student then squeezed her elbows down towards her sides as a consequence of which Mr. Palidwor removed his hand from her chest. In March 2007, Mr. Palidwor was charged under section 151 of the Criminal Code with sexual touching, to which he pled not guilty. He plead guilty to the lesser and included offence of assault under section 266 of the Criminal Code. On October 28, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Palidwor agreed to a cancellation of his College Certificate of Qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. The incidences took place between 2006 and 2007, when Mr. Pancham was employed at an elementary school until his termination by the school district. In June 2006, Mr. Pancham invited a female student to accompany him alone to visit another school. In May 2007, Mr. Pancham phoned the residence of a male student who had been in his class the previous year. Mr. Pancham did not have a personal relationship with this family. He spoke to the student and his mother about a number of personal matters. On May 26, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee accepted the Consensual Resolution Agreement and the Member’s acceptance of a reprimand and undertaking that he will not seek employment, paid or unpaid, in any position for which a teaching certificate is required until certain conditions are fulfilled.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 5. While employed as an elementary school teacher, Ms. Pawluk was suspended by her district, following two incidents in which Ms. Pawluk caused emotional distress to two students. In the first incident, when Ms. Pawluk noticed that a grade six student in her class appeared to be off-task, she became frustrated and yelled at him. She then approached him and made physical contact, hitting him on the head. In the second incident, Ms. Pawluk became frustrated when a grade two student did not follow her instructions. She sent the student into the hall, and then went out to speak with her. The student then began to cry. In order to prevent the student from running away, Ms. Pawluk grabbed the student’s arms. Ms. Pawluk immediately went to speak with the principal following this incident. On December 2, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Pawluk agreed to receive a reprimand and to complete an anger management course approved by the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. Mr. Phillips was employed as an elementary school vice principal when he engaged in a personal relationship with a teacher at the school. During the course of this relationship, Mr. Phillips told the teacher numerous lies. He told the teacher that his marriage was being annulled and he and his wife sold their townhouse and split the funds equally; in truth, they had purchased a home together. Mr. Phillips told the teacher that his wife had moved to Toronto with their child and later became pregnant by her fiancé. His wife did become pregnant, but the child was that of Mr. Phillips. Over a five-month period, he also told the teacher that his mother had cancer, and had undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy. He also stated that the cancer had spread to her brain and lymph nodes and that Mr. Phillips had been tested for bone marrow compatibility and was a match. He later told the teacher that he had to do “night watch” at the hospital as his mother was terminally ill; he did this so he could spend more nights at home with his family. His mother, in fact, was not sick and was not in the hospital. At Easter 2007, he told the teacher and other teachers at his school that his mother had died. In truth, she had not died. His co-workers supported him as he went through a two-month grieving process. Mr. Phillips then told the teacher that he had inherited money that he was to put towards a down payment for a house for himself and the teacher. They viewed over 30 properties together, but Mr. Phillips had no intention of purchasing a home with the teacher. On April 15, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Phillips agreed to receive a reprimand. He must also undergo a psychiatric evaluation and provide a medical report that satisfies the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee of his fitness to teach.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. The College was notified in February 2011 that Mr. Pozar had been disciplined following an investigation into his conduct at a school dance on October 29, 2010. The investigation concluded that, during the school dance, Mr. Pozar attempted to mandate that girls and boys slow dance together, pressuring grade six girls to dance with boys when they were uncomfortable to do so. When one female student resisted Mr. Pozar’s pressure to dance with a boy, Mr. Pozar used verbal and physical pressure to remove her from participation in the dance. When the student returned to the dance with her homeroom teacher’s permission, Mr. Pozar told her and her friend that their attitudes “sucked.” On January 5, 2012, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Pozar agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would complete counselling that would increase his awareness and level of sensitivity to children.

admitted to professional misconduct. A school district report informed the College that during the 2007-2008 school year, while employed as a secondary school teacher, Mr. Pusic engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female student. The relationship included Mr. Pusic and the student attending 10 movies together, visiting shopping malls together, engaging in lengthy phone calls outside of school hours, and the student attending two of Mr. Pusic’s hockey games. On one occasion they were seen near a grocery store with Mr. Pusic’s arm around the student. The student had photographed the two of them holding hands, with Mr. Pusic’s arm around her and engaged in a kiss in his car. Mr. Pusic also gave the student advice about her family problems instead of referring her to a counsellor. The school district report also cited that Mr. Pusic showed a lack of candor and gave dishonest responses during the investigation and that he failed to follow his principal’s direction to cease contact with the student. On March 4, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement and Mr. Pusic’s acceptance of a reprimand and his undertaking not to practice until completion of the College’s Boundary Violation workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1, 2 and 3. During a grade nine science class, Mr. Rabey used inappropriate language when talking to a student. Specifically, after he gave several students detention and one student questioned the action, Mr. Rabey replied “you should be smart enough to figure that out.” The student persisted and matters escalated so that Mr. Rabey asked the student to “shut his mouth” and “shut up.” On July 28, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Rabey agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand and that he would complete other conditions.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member. Between April and May 2003, the Member fabricated stories involving his sister dying of cancer and his mother suffering from a heart attack. He sent letters to twelve parents, asking to borrow funds under these circumstances, stating that he wished to visit his family in another province, and later, to attend his sister's funeral. The Member received $6,350.00 from parents and $950.00 from school staff members. When asked by the school district to provide a copy of a death certificate and airline ticket stubs, the Member admitted that his sister did not die and that he spent the bereavement leave at a friend's cottage, for medical reasons. The Member has since commenced a repayment plan for the funds he received with the last installment paid in April 2007. On November 15, 2007, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which he agreed to a Reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as an elementary school teacher, Mr. Richards engaged in inappropriate communications with two grade 7 students. With the first student, communications included sending the student emails and MSN messages in which he disclosed his phone number, that he was drunk at the time, and said words to the effect that the student had “a nice body”. On other occasions, he sent the student an email with childhood pictures of himself as well as two pictures of naked Asian women with a caption to the effect that they were almost as pretty as the student, and childhood pictures of himself. Through MSN messages with the second student, Mr. Richards said words to the effect that she was attractive, referred to her appearance in underwear and called her “sweetie”. Mr. Richards asked both students not to tell anyone about his communications with them. Mr. Richards has no recollection of any of these communications. He indicated that at the time, he had been regularly abusing alcohol. He has since undergone treatment for alcohol dependence. On March 4, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement and Mr. Richards’ acceptance of a reprimand and agreement to adhere to a monitoring program to address his addiction.

admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Riedstra was employed as a secondary school teacher when a report was made by a female grade 12 student (who was a peer tutor in Mr. Riedstra’s dance class) that Mr. Riedstra had been sending her inappropriate text messages for a period of time. The district investigation determined that between February to May 2009, Mr. Riedstra texted the student several times. The messages were innocuous at first, but became increasingly suggestive. For example, in discussing the possible failure of the student in his class, Mr. Riedstra said, "No, I wouldn’t fail you. I might fail you if you don’t date me." On another occasion, after the student had brushed past Mr. Riedstra at school, Mr. Riedstra texted, "I got a good smell of you this morning and could feel your body through the fabric." Later that day, Mr. Riedstra sent the student a lengthy sexually explicit and graphic text message describing in detail specific sexual acts that would occur if they were to meet in his classroom in the evening. For example, he suggested that she wear a skirt because it would be easier to take off, that he would bend her over the counter and come at her from behind, and that she could "go down on [her] knees" and "finish [him] off." The student then changed her cell phone number and the texts ceased. During the district investigation, Mr. Riedstra admitted that he sent these and other text messages. On March 30, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Riedstra agreed to the immediate cancellation of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. Ms. Rosengren was employed as an elementary school teacher when she applied on January 28, 2010 for an extended personal leave to visit family overseas from February 15 to March 19, 2010. Ms. Rosengren also bought her airline tickets around the same time. The district’s board denied the application on February 10, 2010, and Ms. Rosengren immediately appealed the decision. On February 14, 2010 the board advised it would not reconsider. Ms. Rosengren proceeded with her travel plans. She did not report to work or communicate with the school district between February 15 and March 19, 2010, but she did ensure that a teacher-on-call had been hired to cover her unauthorized absence. On January 26, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Rosengren agreed to receive a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. In October 2010, while Ms. Rottacker was employed as a high school teacher, she advised her employer one day that she was sick and would not be at work. In fact, Ms. Rottacker was not sick, but worked as a substitute teacher at another school. This was in direct violation of her contract with her employer. She accepted pay from both employers for that day. On June 17, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Rottacker agreed that the College would issue her a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. The College was notified that a district investigation found that Mr. Rybachuk had attempted to humiliate and intimidate a colleague and that his behaviour met the definition of harassment. In June 2009, a teacher asked Mr. Rybachuk for his assistance with building a stage for graduation ceremonies. In response Mr. Rybachuk questioned the teacher as to why she had never requested Mr. Rybachuk’s partner, also a teacher, to act as a teacher-on-call for her class. The teacher was upset by this exchange and discussed the conversation with two staff members in the school office. Two days after the exchange occurred, Mr. Rybachuk hand-delivered a note to the teacher. The contents of the note indicated that he would make public details of the teacher’s private life. The teacher felt threatened and bullied by the note. On July 28, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Rybachuk agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. In the 2004-2005 school year, Mr. Schippers engaged in behaviours that violated the professional boundaries between teacher and a female student. On one occasion, Mr. Schippers offered to give the student a backrub; on the second occasion, gave her a one-handed back massage and told her that she was a "distraction" to him; verbally communicated with her on a personal level; corresponded with her through MSN Messenger and sent her messages of a personal nature; gave her gifts; and inappropriately touched the student's leg on two separate occasions. On January 24, 2008, PISC approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement and Mr. Schippers' acceptance of a reprimand and his undertaking to participate in and successfully complete a boundary violations workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In April 2011, an investigation was launched by Mr. Schmid’s employer while he was employed as a middle school science teacher. The investigation determined that Mr. Schmid made extensive use of his school computer for personal use during class time, including visits to a variety of commercial, entertainment and non-educational websites. The district’s investigation also determined that Mr. Schmid used inappropriate language in the classroom. Mr. Schmid had implemented a new seating arrangement in his science class whereby students were assigned seats according to their height. Some students were upset by their new placements and changed their seats the following day. Mr. Schmid was upset that they had done so and said words to the effect that “if you are at a job and you saw someone in grade 3 that you knew, that called you a “bitch," would you quit?” He also used words such as "slut" and "whore." Mr. Schmid spoke loudly and students in the class were nervous because of his behaviour. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Schmid agreed that the College would issue him a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that his conduct was contrary to College Standard 2. In December 2010, the College received a district report that Mr. Servatius was disciplined in connection with a Mexican vacation that Mr. Servatius took when his employer believed that he was attending a professional development activity at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) in November 2010. In late September 2010, Mr. Servatius submitted a “Professional Development Self Declaration Form” requesting authorization to attend at UNLV, and then shortly thereafter submitted a “Short Term Leave Application” form to use professional and discretionary days to attend at UNLV on revised dates. Mr. Servatius used the term “conference” to describe his attendance at UNLV, which he later acknowledged was not an accurate description. Mr. Servatius then decided to take a trip to Mexico, using the absence approved for his attendance at UNLV. On October 25, 2010, Mr. Servatius booked tickets to Mexico. Mr. Servatius failed to submit a revised application for leave when his plans changed and therefore failed to obtain authorization to use professional and discretionary days to go to Mexico. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Servatius agreed to a five-day suspension of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In March 2007, Mr. Sidhu was involved in an access dispute with his former spouse concerning his two children. In the course of that conflict, he advised his ex-spouse that he had surreptitiously video taped sex acts between the two of them and threatened to expose the sex tapes to his spouse’s place of employment if she did not accede to his demands. In April 2007, Mr. Sidhu was arrested and charged with extortion under the Criminal Code of Canada. In December 2007, he plead guilty to the lesser charge of engaging in threatening conduct directed at another person contrary to Section 264 (2)(d) of the Criminal Code and was given a one year suspended sentence. On July 7, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee accepted the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Sidhu agreed to a reprimand and an undertaking not to return to teaching until certain conditions are fulfilled. His teaching certificate was cancelled in November 2007 for non-payment of fees.

admitted to professional misconduct. In September 2008, Mr. Singh was employed as a teacher-on-call when he completed a one-month full-time assignment in a grade six class at an elementary school. During this assignment, Mr. Singh engaged in extensive verbal abuse of students in his class. For example, he referred to students as “losers” and “jackasses”, told one student he didn’t have brain cells, told the class that he would only teach the girls and not the boys and referred to one student as “stupid”. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Singh agreed to a one-week suspension from the date of approval and his undertaking to successfully complete a course in anger management. As a result, the citation was rescinded.

admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. While employed as a secondary school teacher during the 2007-2008 school year, Mr. Soong engaged in inappropriate behaviour with regards to his on- and off-duty interactions with students. His behaviour included having physical contact with two students, using obscenities in class and telling sexually related jokes while teaching, using unnecessarily sexualized examples in the course of classroom instruction, inappropriately using Facebook, and allowing students to inappropriately sexualize their assignments. In addition, between 2005 and 2007, Mr. Soong attended four student parties that were not sanctioned by the school. On one of these occasions, he brought alcoholic beverages and gave them to the students as a gift. On December 11, 2009, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Soong accepted a one-year suspension of his College certificate of qualification and an undertaking to fulfill certain conditions prior to his return to teaching.

admitted to professional misconduct and conduct unbecoming a member of the College. In January 2009, Mr. Sumner’s employment as the principal of an elementary school was terminated for receiving expense reimbursements without proper documentary support and for his involvement in a motor vehicle accident while under the influence of alcohol. On October 9, 2008, the vehicle that Mr. Sumner was driving was involved in an accident and overturned. Mr. Sumner and the three passengers left the scene. The police had to track down all the occupants, including Mr. Sumner. Mr. Sumner’s license was suspended for 90 days, owing to his breathalyzer reading of 0.14. In November 2008, following an investigation into the school’s accounting and financial practices, the school authority advised Mr. Sumner that a number of his expense reimbursement payments were unsupported by documentation or proper explanation. Mr. Sumner admitted that he had received funds from the school to which he was not entitled and failed to take appropriate steps in a timely way to ensure all payments to him were properly justified. On June 2, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Mr. Sumner accepted a one-month suspension of his College certificate of qualification.

admitted to professional misconduct. While employed as a secondary school teacher, Ms. Therrien engaged in inappropriate relationships with several students. The school district’s investigation found that Ms. Therrien arranged for tickets to a rock concert and attended the concert with students, permitted students to sleep over at her house on several occasions, slept over at a female student’s apartment, “partied” with students following the senior cast party and had a “going away” party for a student at her home. With respect to one specific male student, Ms. Therrien brought breakfast for him and others, attended a basketball game with him, communicated on MSN about personal matters and gave him driving lessons. On May 10, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Therrien accepted a three-month suspension of her College certificate of qualification from the date of approval, and an undertaking to successfully complete the College Boundary Violation workshop.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standards 1 and 2. In September 2009, the College was notified that Ms. West had been disciplined following a physical altercation with a student. The incident took place in April 2009, wherein Ms. West saw two students sitting on a bench in the corridor near the gym and directed them to go to their respective classes. When the students failed to comply, Ms. West instructed one of the students to hand over the school’s laptop computer that had been assigned to that student. The student withheld the laptop from Ms. West, who then grasped one end of the laptop and again requested that the student give it to her. Both continued to pull on the computer and Ms. West ultimately let go of it. On December 21, 2011, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. West agreed that the College would issue her a reprimand.

admitted to professional misconduct. In 2006, Mr. Widen engaged in inappropriate written communications with students regarding personal issues not related to matters of education. He disclosed his use of anti-depressants; disciplinary issues relating to himself; and used sexually suggestive language and content with female students. On December 16, 2008, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consensual Resolution Agreement in which his Certificate of Qualification will be suspended until certain conditions are fulfilled.

admitted to professional misconduct and agreed that her conduct was contrary to College Standards 1, 2 and 3. While employed as an elementary school teacher, Ms. Winkler used excessive force in physically moving two grade one students in her class. In one instance, she grabbed the student by the arm, pulling the child off balance and lifting the child from the ground. In the second instance, she seized the student by the right arm, above the elbow, and forcefully pulled the student to a bench. On November 23, 2010, the Preliminary Investigation Sub-Committee approved the Consent Resolution Agreement in which Ms. Winkler agreed to receive a reprimand and to successfully complete a College Boundary Violations workshop and other conditions.