News Items tag as: BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation

BC teacher who said 'slut' in class and didn't use preferred pronouns, gets reprimanded
March 29, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A BC teacher who failed to use the preferred pronouns of students, taught kids the French word for "slut," and asked a pupil of Japanese heritage if it was a "cultural thing" that the Japanese couldn't handle their alcohol and threw up at parties, has been reprimanded.
BC teacher suspended after 'relentless' and 'inappropriate' messages to students
March 22, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A BC teacher has been banned from the classroom for five years after he was caught messaging four female students in a manner that "approached grooming."
BC gym teacher who inappropriately touched students allowed to teach again
February 09, 2025 - 4:00 PM

A B.C. physical education teacher has been suspended and ordered to take a course after making students play a game in which he touched them inappropriately.
BC teacher suspended for showing Grade 7s 'sexually suggestive' social media
February 08, 2025 - 10:00 AM

A BC teacher who showed Grade 6 and 7 pupils sexually suggestive content from his own social media sites has been suspended for one month.
Suspension and therapy for BC teacher who yelled at Grade 7 class
January 26, 2025 - 12:00 PM

A BC teacher, with a history of yelling at her students, has been suspended for two days and ordered to undergo counselling.
BC principal suspended for duct taping pupil to a chair
January 25, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A BC elementary school principal, who duct tapped a student to a chair and then denied it to her superiors, has been suspended for five days.
BC teacher fired for failing to report aggressive student
December 29, 2024 - 12:00 PM

A BC teacher who failed to report that a student had threatened a classmate has been reprimanded by the regulator after they were fired by the school.
BC teacher suspended for not letting Grade 8 student use the bathroom
December 22, 2024 - 4:00 PM

A BC teacher who made a Grade 8 student cry after they told them they couldn't use the bathroom has been suspended for five days.
Okanagan teacher who tried to get pupils to snitch on friend gets reprimanded
August 01, 2024 - 7:01 AM

An Okanagan middle-school teacher who encouraged a couple of Grade 8 students to snitch on their friend by giving them his cell phone and asking for a photo of a student slacking off has been reprimanded.
BC teacher told class two 'darling' students had 'blossomed'
July 09, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A BC Teacher was reprimanded and ordered take remedial education for making a number of inappropriate comments to and about students in his class, according to the province’s teacher regulator.
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News Items tag as: BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation

BC teacher who said 'slut' in class and didn't use preferred pronouns, gets reprimanded

BC teacher suspended after 'relentless' and 'inappropriate' messages to students

BC gym teacher who inappropriately touched students allowed to teach again

BC teacher suspended for showing Grade 7s 'sexually suggestive' social media

Suspension and therapy for BC teacher who yelled at Grade 7 class

BC principal suspended for duct taping pupil to a chair

BC teacher fired for failing to report aggressive student

BC teacher suspended for not letting Grade 8 student use the bathroom

Okanagan teacher who tried to get pupils to snitch on friend gets reprimanded

BC teacher told class two 'darling' students had 'blossomed'

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