Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: CARROLL ROBERTS
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: West Palm Beach, Florida
Filed: Nov. 20, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, January 15, 2015.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO, 112-2176
CARROLL GLYNN ROBERTS,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint
against CARROLL GLYNN ROBERTS. 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 456911, covering the areas of
School Social Worker and Exceptional Student Education, which is valid through June 30, 2014.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Mentally
Handicapped Teacher at Poinciana Park Elementary School in the Miami-Dade County Schoal
District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. On or about December 5, 2011, the Respondent failed to properly supervise his
Exceptional Student Education (“ESE”) students. The Respondent’s students did the following:
threw books in the center of the room, threw chairs in the center of the room and permitted a child
to come out of the classroom unsupervised.
CARROLL GLYNN ROBERTS
Administrative Complaint
Page 2 of 3
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(g), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces his
effectiveness as an employee of the school board.
COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1){(j), 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 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in 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.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
CARROLL GLYNN ROBERTS
Administrative Complaint
Page 3 of 3
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 or a
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.
EXECUTED on this _) 5 __ day of evnteor 4 » 2014.
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PAM STEWART, as
Comunissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 14-005517PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jan. 15, 2015 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Jan. 13, 2015 |
(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 26, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; West Palm Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Dec. 01, 2014 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Nov. 21, 2014 |
Initial Order.
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Nov. 20, 2014 |
Letter to Carroll Roberts from Gretchen Brantley regarding your case filed.
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Nov. 20, 2014 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Nov. 20, 2014 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Nov. 20, 2014 |
Letter to G. Brantley from Agency`s General Counsel requesting administrative hearing and notification of counsel of record.
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Nov. 20, 2014 |
Agency referral filed.
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