The Discipline Committee ordered that the teaching certificate of Noélie Yaogo be suspended for eight months for repeated professional misconduct over three academic years, including failing to adequately supervise students, failing to manage the classroom effectively, failing to follow lesson plans or provide clear instructions, making inappropriate remarks to students, and using unnecessary physical force with students.
During the time in question, Yaogo worked as an occasional teacher and completed assignments at several schools.
Yaogo, who was certified in June 2018, was self-represented throughout the hearing, which took place on April 5, 2024, May 9, 2024, August 21, 2024, and December 8, 2025. Yaogo attended the beginning of the hearing, but then withdrew partway through the day on May 9, 2024, and did not respond to the College's communications or participate further in the disciplinary process after that.
Yaogo’s misconduct included failing to:
- take student attendance,
- supervise students on numerous occasions,
- adhere to lesson plans and provide clear instructions to students
- manage the class effectively, and
- help students who asked for support, telling students to “shut up” and that they were “not good kids”.
Yaogo also refused to allow students to use the bathroom, closing the door to her classroom and barricading the door to prevent students from leaving, and grabbing a student’s arm on two occasions.
The Discipline Committee panel found Yaogo guilty of professional misconduct and ordered that her Certificate of Qualification and Registration be suspended for eight months and that she receive a reprimand. In addition, she was directed to complete a course on classroom management and professional responsibilities associated with supervising students before accepting any position requiring certification.
Yaogo was also ordered to pay $20,000 in costs to the College within 6 months of the date of the panel’s written decision on penalty. The panel noted, among other things, that the Member’s uncooperative conduct lengthened the proceedings.
In their written decision on penalty, the panel stated, “Teachers are responsible for ensuring students’ safety and physical well-being. [Yaogo] failed to meet this expectation when she grabbed a student’s arm on two occasions and when she barricaded the classroom door, as well as through her lack of consistent supervision.”
