Commissioner for Teacher Regulation
Last updated on January 8, 2024The Commissioner for Teacher Regulation is an independent statutory decision maker who is appointed for a five-year term under the Teachers Act.
It's the Commissioner's responsibility to oversee the discipline process for certified educators in B.C. The Commissioner reviews the conduct and competence of educators in B.C. and helps enforce the standards for educators.
Addressing concerns about teacher competence and conduct in a way that's transparent, fair, and in the public interest.
Receive Complaints or Reports About Teacher Conduct & Competence
The Commissioner reviews all complaints from the public and reports from teachers, schools and school districts about teacher conduct or competence, The Commissioner does not decide if a person is guilty. The Commissioner can
- Investigate
- Close a matter by not taking further action
- Offer a consent resolution agreement
- Order a hearing and appoint a hearing panel if the teacher declines the offer for a consent resolution agreement
The Commissioner cannot ask a teacher to apologize, fire a teacher, or change the teacher in your child’s classroom.
Make a complaint (anyone)
Anyone can make a complaint about the conduct or competence of a teacher.
- Make a teacher complaint to the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation
File a report (as a teacher, school or school board)
Certified teachers and school boards or independent schools have a duty to report misconduct or incompetence.
- File a report as a teacher, school or school board to the Commissioner for Teacher Regulation
Make Rules and Procedures
The Commissioner makes rules and processes for resolving reports or complaints, investigations and hearings.
Commissioner's Rules
Rules are based on procedural fairness and help ensure the balance of public interest and a certificate holder’s right to due process.
Review Appeals Related to Teacher Certificates
The Commissioner reviews teacher certification appeals.
Teacher Certification Appeals
The Commissioner can review reconsideration decisions related to:
- Being refused a teaching certificate
- Being given a type of teaching certificate that is different than the one you applied for
- Limitations or conditions on a teaching certificate
- Having a teaching certificate rescinded
Make an appeal by submitting the Appeal of a Reconsideration Decision Form (PDF).
See the decisions made by a certification appeal hearing panel.
Release Annual Reports
The Commissioner releases annual reports that include a statistical review of complaints, reports and investigations.
Commissioner's Annual Reports
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2022-2023 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2021-2022 (PDF, 2MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2020-2021 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2019-2020 (PDF, 3MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2018-2019 (PDF, 4.8MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2017-2018 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2016-2017 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2015-2016 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2014-2015 (PDF, 1.3MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2013-2014 (PDF, 1MB)
- Commissioner's Annual Report 2012-2013 (PDF, 1.4MB)
See also Discipline Outcomes and Statistics.
Contact information
Ask questions or get information. Do you have questions about the discipline process or making a complaint? Contact us from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.