The Dr. Vibe Show: High Suspension Rates For Black Students In TDSB Need To Change, Experts Say

1. High suspension rates take place in most westernized public schools regarding students of color. Part of the problem rests with the fact that mostly caucasian female teachers, who are in charge of the suspensions awarded are still ‘racially afraid’ of students of color. Secondly, many students of color ‘think’ that it’s cool to get Ds and Fs and act out in school because they know that their parent(s) will be able to ‘nag’ the school out of proper punishment. We’ve got the same thing here in the states. Higher suspension rates of Black students in LA, Chicago, New York, and Indiana. Now we’ve got more Black girls getting suspended because of their ‘Beyonce’ “Bow Down” attitude. Girl on girl fights are more and more common and have been for the last five years, here in the states. The way to ‘nip this problem’ in the bud is for young people to learn how to behave in the classroom. It’s not a social hour. School IS the place to learn something. As one who has worked the classroom scene, even in Alternative (Gulag or punishment schools) the students ‘know’ that they can ‘act out’ and still have to have educational services. When the inmates know the system better than the jailer, either you have to ‘ramp up’ the punishment, or change the jailers.

2. Copied from facebook but has appeared on a number of other forums including canadianparents. Judging by the large number of replies, most of which degenerated to teacher bashing, the thread was quite popular and to a significant extent reflects the perception of many members of the public.

   Having been a teacher at Silverthorn Collegiate Institute for a good number of years I have had an unprecedented opportunity to see a number of principals (and vice principals) [ Also to mention that former VP of Silverthorn Collegiate Vivian Mavrou was having inappropriate relations with a 15 year old school bully inside her car] come and go in their quest of climbing the educational ladder, or just simply waiting for their retirement. Some were good, some were bad, and some were just plain ugly.

   Lets recap the last 10 years at SCI.

   There was Barb MacKenzie, better known as Empire Builder or BM. She had her own little clique and everybody suffered as a result of her inefficient manner of running a school of the caliber of SCI. Fortunately she left, no doubt under duress, for some Hong Kong private school to unleash her incompetence on unsuspecting Chinese students. Latest word there is that she is now in the Middle East somewhere running an all girls school. The most offending part was all those ridiculous post cards she sent back to SCI – as if anybody cared to read them without making negative comments. Her popularity with the students was so immense that her portrait near the auditorium was vandalized.

   Then came the Barbs replacement, Gordy Stefulic who, while at the helm, was to turn SCI around but instead sank the ship to the bottom of the ocean. This woman made her applications for promotion during a period during which the TDSB was Pink Listed and subsequently was promoted mainly due to the lack of well qualified competition. Naturally this would be confidential as there is a tacit agreement between the Teachers Federation and the Board negotiators that no action against scabs will be taken in exchange for no contact stripping on preparation time or some other minor issue. Needless to say Gordy Stefulic had both professional and personal life issues that needed to be resolved. She had conflicts with teachers, students and office staff, the latter a constant source of useful confidential information. Being a principal is a skill like any other. There are right ways to do it, and wrong ways to do it. Ways that work and ways that dont work. It seems, unfortunately, somehow, that this basic concept has been lost in the TDSB and very apparently on Gordy Stefulic. She had absolutely ZERO

   1. Leadership skills
   2. Motivational skills
   3. Work ethic
   4. Understanding of human psychology
   5. Willingness to do, or experience doing, what they ask their teachers to do
   6. Basic level of respect for their team
   7. Ability to be fair
   8. Ability to de-escalate conflict
   9. Willing to take responsibility for the consequences of their action, and for the actions of their
   students.

   As such, I’d say this is, or borders on, incompetence. At the very least it’s lazy. She would always delegate tasks which she was too incompetent to do herself and in the process take credit if the task was successful. This is the kind of hiring mistake that shows a systemic lapse in the TDSBs ability to encourage informed and proactive actions from those in educational management. At the very least, I’d like to see that someone, somewhere in the strata of TDSB education management cares enough to make this a rather more public case study of how NOT to operate. It’s only from errors like this that others can learn, after all.
   Incompetent principals fortunately represent a relatively small proportion of the teaching force, but the number of students who come in contact with such principals is substantial. Students are not the only ones who are being shortchanged by incompetent principals. These poor performers tarnish the reputations of the vast majority of teachers who are competent and conscientious professionals. Is it any wonder why the TDSB is going down the toilet?

   Fortunately this woman was transferred under a dark cloud (as told by the girls in the front office and a number of staff members) to Etobikoke Collegiate in exchange for Ron Ellis, who although not perfect has at least not rocked the boat too much and has gained the confidence of the staff in general. It might beneficial to note that the transfer of Ms Stefulic to Etobicoke Collegiate has not been too smooth as her reputation from her previous schools had preceded her along with a number of serious allegations regarding unprofessional conduct with a student in the nineties. Although not formally proven there has been, according to different sources and the internet, an internal inquiry and a warning was the only consequence. Personally, and it is only my opinion, Ms Stefulics further advancement up the educational ladder cannot be justified in order to avoid possible future embarrassment to those who have so far protected her. Doesnt this bring back memories of stories told about Bishops, Priests and Altar Boys and transfers to new parishes?
   Quite understandably, the problem of administrative incompetence has captured the attention of education reformers. They have advanced numerous solutions: cleansing the profession by dismissing all incompetent principals; improving the attractiveness of teaching by raising salaries; restricting entry into the profession by means of competency tests; upgrading the quality of pre-service education by adopting competency-based preparation programs; and providing incentives for quality teaching.

   BTW she was the princpal at etobicoke collegiate institute and now she is the Chair of the TSAA where is is in power from 2013-2015. Incompetence has its rewards.

3. DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS

   BETWEEN:

   ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS

   and

   GORDANA ANNE STEFULIC

   NOTICE OF HEARING

   THE INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS, pursuant to section 26, subsection (5) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”), Statutes of Ontario, 1996, chapter 12, has directed that the matter hereinafter described regarding the conduct or actions of Gordana Anne Stefulic, Certificate No176236 , be referred to the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers.

   IT IS ALLEGED that Gordana Anne Stefulic is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in subsections 30(2) and 40(1.1) of the Act in that:

   (a) she failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario
   Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);

   (b) she abused a student or students physically, sexually, verbally, psychologically or emotionally, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(7) and engaged in sexual abuse of a student or students of a nature defined in sections 1 and 40 (1.1) of the Act;

   (c) she failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically section 264(1)(c) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15);

   (d) she committed acts that having regard to all the circumstances would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(1Cool; and

   (e) she engaged in conduct unbecoming a Member, contrary to Ontario Regulation
   437/97, subsection 1(19).

   PARTICULARS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

   1. Gordana Anne Stefulic (the “Member”) is a member of the Ontario College of
   Teachers.

   2. At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board
   (the “Board”) as a Principal at [XX] School (the “School”) in Ontario.

   3. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member granted and/or permitted Student No. 1
   and Student No. 2, two male students of the Board under the age of sixteen years, entry
   and/or access to her Facebook page and by so doing, allowed Student No. 1 and Student
   No. 2 to access inappropriate and/or view material including:

   (a) A photographic image of a male person without a shirt, wearing a Speedo bathing suit and titled, “Meal of the Day”;

   (b) A drawing showing a naked woman depicting her breasts and a naked man holding a string which was tied to his well endowed penis.

   4. During the 2007-2008 academic year, the Member,

   (a) permitted a student and/or students to have access to a personal laptop computer which she knew or ought to have known contained images of a pornographic nature or erotic nature, which appeared to depict young adolescent males;

   (b) permitted a student and/or students to have access to the classroom computer which she knew or ought to have known contained pornographic images and/or violent cartoon images and/or images of naked bodies;

   (c) requested and/or allowed Student No. 3, Student No. 4 and Student No. 5, male students, to give her a massage; and

   (d) made no efforts to deter or prevent a student and/or students from seeking to massage her back.

   THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A HEARING pursuant to sections 30 and 32 of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, to decide whether the allegations are true and whether Gordana Anne Stefulic is guilty of professional misconduct. A copy of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee will be provided upon request.

   THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE WILL MEET on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. to set a date for the hearing of this matter. The Committee will meet on the 12th floor of the offices of the Ontario College of Teachers at 101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

   YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BE PRESENT ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED DATE AND AT THE HEARING AND TO BE REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.

   If you wish, you or your legal counsel may contact College Counsel to discuss the scheduling of a hearing date to determine whether a date for the hearing can be agreed upon. If a date for the hearing can be agreed to, in accordance with Rule 4.02(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee and of the Fitness to Practise Committee, the hearing will proceed on the agreed date.

   IF A DATE FOR THE HEARING OF THIS MATTER IS NOT AGREED UPON AND YOU DO NOT ATTEND TO SET A DATE FOR THE HEARING OF THIS MATTER, THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE MAY PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE TO SET A DATE FOR THE HEARING. NOTICE OF THE HEARING DATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU IN WRITING AT YOUR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AS SHOWN IN THE RECORDS OF THE COLLEGE.

   IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND ON THE SCHEDULED HEARING DATE, THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE MAY PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE AND YOU WILL NOT BE PROVIDED WITH ANY FURTHER NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS.

   IF THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE FIND YOU GUILTY of professional misconduct, you are liable to the penalties set out in section 30 of the Act.

   A MEMBER whose conduct is being investigated in proceedings before the Discipline Committee may examine before the hearing any written or documentary evidence that will be produced or any report, the contents of which will be given as evidence at the hearing. You or your representative

   may contact the office of Caroline Zayid of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, solicitor for the College in this matter, at Suite 5300, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto, ON M5K 1E6, telephone 416-601-
   7768.

   Date: January 14,2013

   Michael Salvatori, OCT
   Registrar and Chief Executive Officer
   Ontario College of Teachers
   12th Floor, 101 Bloor Street West
   Toronto, ON M5S 0A1

   TO: Gordana Anne Stefulic
   [XX] [XX]

   AND TO: Calderoni Steer Wanderon McTavish & Smith LLP
   2 Sheppard Ave E
   North York ON M2N 5Y7
   Dale Stump, Solicitor for the
   Member

   B E T W E E N :

   ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS – and – GORDANA ANNE STEFULIC

   DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS

   NOTICE OF HEARING

   McCarthy Tétrault LLP
   Suite 5300
   Toronto Dominion Bank Tower
   Toronto, ON M5K 1E6

   Caroline R. Zayid
   Tel. 416 601-7768
   Fax 416 868-0673

   David E. Leonard
   Tel. 416 601-7684
   Fax 416 868-0673

   Solicitors for the
   Ontario College of Teachers

   #12685381

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