Resources

Laws and Rules

These resources establish the purposes of the Discipline Committee and the Fitness to Practise Committee and how they do their work.

Early Childhood Educators Act, 2007 – Government of Ontario legislation that creates the Discipline and Fitness to Practise Committees and gives them their power to make decisions about accusations of professional misconduct or incapacity against Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs)

Professional Misconduct Regulation– Government of Ontario regulation that lists different kinds of acts that can be professional misconduct. (Some other kinds of professional misconduct are listed in the Early Childhood Educators Act, 2007.)

Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee – instructions created by the Committees for what will happen during cases, when, and how

Instructions and Forms

Sending Documents to the Hearings Office for Your Case – instructions for how to “file” (send) documents to the Hearings Office and to “deliver” documents to the Prosecutor (the lawyer representing the College of Early Childhood Educators) when this is required in the Rules of Procedure

Practice Direction: Case Management Forms – instructions created by the Committees with forms RECEs and the Prosecutor (the lawyer representing the College of Early Childhood Educators) must use during Case Management

• • Prosecutor’s Worksheet
  • RECE’s Worksheet
  • Proposed Resolution: Discipline Resolution Process
  • Consent to Participate in the Discipline Resolution Process
  • Plea Inquiry
  • Case Conference Memorandum

Form 2A: Notice of Motion – form to use to bring a motion in a case

Form 2B: Order – form to use to describe the order wanted in a motion

Process Guides and Information

How the Hearings Office Communicates with RECEs

Accommodation Process

Duty Counsel’s Role in Case Management

Discipline Resolution Process Information

Public Openness

Hearing Records