Teacher hit 8-year-old student in the head with a book and was banned from class for a year

A teacher who hit an eight-year-old girl on the head with a book has been banned from the classroom for a year.

In a long-running case, the teacher, who cannot be named, was suspended and referred to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) in August 2021.

It was a disciplinary procedure after being accused of indecent treatment of children under 12 years of age, with accusations of a sexual nature.

However, prosecutors dismissed that charge and the court concluded it did not have enough information to address it.

Instead, QCAT focused on an allegation that the teacher had hit the young woman with a book, the Mail reported.

The girl’s mother said her daughter told her the teacher embarrassed her by hitting her on the head with her work in front of the class.

The court heard the school principal said the teacher hit the girl on the head with a book and, although he had no intention of hurting her, it was still inappropriate.

The principal told police that the teacher was very upset and admitted that he might have hit the boy in the head with a rolled up worksheet.

“I remember he wanted to apologize and that he felt bad for making a student feel that way,” he said in a statement.

The girl was removed from that teacher’s class, but “continued to suffer until she confessed her pain and humiliation in a text message to an unnamed friend six years later,” QCAT was told.

The court concluded that the professor “conducted himself in a manner that does not meet the standard of conduct generally expected of a professor.”

Your teaching registration has been canceled and you are not allowed to apply to regain it until February 19, 2025.

To renew your registration you must submit a psychologist report to the College of Teachers, which regulates the profession.

That report should demonstrate that you have awareness and understanding of what are and are not appropriate ways to interact with students.