Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: SENIKO CORDETT KILLINGS
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Nov. 13, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, December 31, 2014.
Latest Update: Jan. 18, 2025
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
DR. TONY BENNETT, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO, 112-2875
SENIKO CORDETT KILLINGS,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Dr. Tony Bennett, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against SENIKO CORDETT KILLINGS. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate
disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 1012.315,
1012.795, and 1012.796, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6A-10.081, Florida Administrative
Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions
specifically set forth in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes.
The Petitioner alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 981792, covering the area of
Mathematics, which is valid through June 30, 2013.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Mathematics
Teacher at Madison Middle School in the Miami-Dade County School District,
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. During the 2011/2012 school year, Respondent taught mathematics to middle school
students. Respondent used profanity in the classroom including, but not limited to, assholes, fuck
and bitch. Further, Respondent directed profanity at students, including but not limited to the
phrases; “shut the fuck up,” “stop acting like a bitch” and “shut up you asshole,” or words to that
effect.
SENIKO CORDETT KILLINGS
Administrative Complaint
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The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: — The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(), Florida Statutes, in
that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession
prescribed by State Board of Education rules.
RULE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are ih violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(3)(a), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to make reasonable effort
to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental health
and/or physical health and/or safety,
COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(3)(e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a student
to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the
Explanation of Rights and Election of Rights forms attached to and made a part of this
Administrative Complaint, Petitioner respectfully recommends that the Education Practices
Commission impose an appropriate sanction against the Respondent's educator’ s certificate pursuant
to the authority provided in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The sanctions
imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited to, any one ora
combination of the following: issuing the Respondent a written reprimand; placing the Respondent
on probation for any period of time; restricting the Respondent’s authorized scope of practice;
assessing the Respondent an administrative fine; directing the Respondent to enroll in the Recovery
Network Program; suspending the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time not to
exceed five years; revoking the Respondent’s educator's certificate for a period of time up to 10
years or permanently; determining the Respondent to be ineligible for certification; or barring the
Respondent from reapplying for an educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or
permanently.
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EXECUTED on this 3° ~~ dayot —\Ueng- 2013,
DR. TONY BENNETT as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 14-005340PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 29, 2014 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Cancel Hearing and to Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Dec. 02, 2014 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Dec. 02, 2014 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 9, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Nov. 14, 2014 |
Initial Order.
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Nov. 13, 2014 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Nov. 13, 2014 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Nov. 13, 2014 |
Agency referral filed.
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