South Okanagan teacher reprimanded again for disrespectful behaviour

A South Okanagan coach who had antecedently tally afoul of some nan schoolhouse territory he useful successful and nan B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch is again being reprimanded.

Miko McGrady is simply a Penticton, B.C., mediate schoolhouse coach who precocious had 2 complaints made against him successful 2023 for disrespectful behaviour, according to nan B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch.

The first incident had to do pinch McGrady emailing 1 student’s parents pinch concerns astir their behaviour successful nan classroom.

According to a consent solution statement published this week, connected Feb. 6, 2023, he wrote an email to a student’s parents saying nan student was tin of being bully erstwhile they chose to, but besides that they wasted their ain clip and were “warming a spot while distracting others.”

“McGrady’s email besides questioned whether different options mightiness beryllium much beneficial, including an online mathematics programme aliases ‘homeschooling’,” nan acting commissioner for nan coach regularisation branch said successful a study published Tuesday.

According to nan report, McGrady went connected to opportunity that if nan student was his child, he would return distant “some aliases each of” their privileges.

The student’s parents later said nan email made them look “like bad parents.”

The 2nd rumor arose a period later, pinch a different group of students. McGrady was school a Grade 8 people erstwhile 1 student asked if they could spell to nan washroom. McGrady granted nan petition but said nan student had to time off their cellphone successful their locker.

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The student did not heed nan informing truthful McGrady asked 2 of nan student’s friends to spell look for them, nan acting commissioner for nan coach regularisation branch said.

A short clip later, nan friends returned and McGrady past asked them to effort again. This time, however, he gave them his individual cellphone pinch nan camera on.

The acting commissioner for nan coach regularisation branch said McGrady sent them retired “to find and photograph” their friend accessing their individual cellphone without permission.  They obliged by hunting nan student down but not by taking nan photo.

These latest issues prompted nan territory to nonstop a missive of subject and nonstop McGrady to a people called Reinforcing Respectful Professional Boundaries Training.

Three erstwhile issues pinch McGrady successful 2018, 2020 and 2021 prompted nan territory to rumor letters outlining that he is expected to behaviour himself astatine each times pinch students successful a mode which respects some nan boundaries of nan master narration and due interactions pinch students.

The astir terrible reprimand happened successful 2010, erstwhile nan territory suspended McGrady for 2 days without salary pursuing allegations that he utilized inappropriate connection and made inappropriate comments to students.

He discussed nan territory investigation pinch his students and publically identified students he believed had complained astir him.