Victorian teachers who have had registration suspended or cancelled

Victorian teachers facing sexual assault and drug trafficking charges are among forty educators stripped of the right to teach this year.

Former Bacchus Marsh Grammar teacher Michael McIntyre has been banned from teaching for two years.

Victorian teachers facing sexual assault and drug trafficking charges are among the dozens of educators stripped of the right to teach this year so far.

Nur Esma Caliskan, from Port Melbourne, was charged with four serious drug offences on June 23, after she was arrested at Melbourne Airport.

She has been charged with trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines and possessing the same drugs, and will face the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court in November.

The teacher was suspended on an interim basis by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) in July.

It comes as forty educators have had their registration suspended or cancelled by the VIT in 2022.

Another teacher, Monique Ooms, who was a recreation teacher at Sandringham College, was handed an interim suspension on August 19.

She will appear in Sale Magistrates’ Court in December after being charged by the Sale Sexual Offences and Child-abuse Investigation Team.

Another teacher, David Carnie, had his registration halted after he was charged with the sexual penetration of a child aged 16 to 17 under his care or supervision.

He will appear in court in October.

Neither Ms Ooms nor Mr Carnie are working in a Victorian school at present.

It comes as more details about the conduct of former marathon runner and high school teacher Michael McIntyre can be revealed.

Mr McIntyre was banned from teaching for two years in March after he was accused of inappropriate conduct with seven students while working at Bacchus Marsh Grammar.

A ruling released by the VIT concludes that Mr McIntyre, who came to the school in 2016, was “not fit to teach”.

It reveals Mr McIntyre knowingly entered into personal relationships with two students between 2016 and 2018, causing them both discomfort.

He also gave flowers and cards with personal notes to three other students in 2017 and 2018 and exchanged emails with two more students that were personal in nature and discussed inappropriate topics.

He was suspended in June 2018.

The conduct included hugging and kissing on the cheek, giving students “Mac In Black” loyalty cards, signing off one email as “Mr MacIloveyousomuchitmaycostmemyjob” and telling students they looked “hot”.

He joked about going on a Nandos date with one, gave a student a can of beer and offered to supply 1kg of pure weed to another.

A spokesman for the Department of Education said they “take any allegations of concerning or inappropriate behaviour from teachers seriously, including assisting with police investigations where required”.

The VIT publishes a list of teachers that are facing disiplinary action and are not currently permitted to teach.