Teacher cancelled, censured after intimidation, gossiping, swearing at students
A secondary school teacher has been struck off in New Zealand after the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found an "extensive range of conduct" towards students that amounted to serious misconduct and justified cancellation of registration.
The Tribunal said the teacher's behaviour while employed at a New Zealand school between August 2019 and September 2020 "must clearly meet the test for serious misconduct."
The teacher had taught at the school since 2010 and her employment was terminated in November 2020; she is not currently working as a teacher and her practising certificate has since expired.
According to the agreed facts attached to the decision, the teacher intimidated and threatened students, at one point moving into a student's personal space and screaming "get out," and on another occasion warning she would "get even worse" with a student.
She also told students others had complained about her and boasted that she had "never got in trouble."
The Tribunal further heard that the teacher frequently gossiped with and about students, probing their relationships, and commenting on their bodies and clothing. She also discussed students' sexual activity and described some students as "dirty little ferals."
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