A FEMALE teacher who kissed a student during a drunken night out has been reprimanded but allowed to continue teaching.

Abbey Megan Bryant admitted kissing the year 12 boy at a nightclub for a "significant period" after a graduation ceremony last December.

Ms Bryant had asked the teen - whom she hadn't taught - to stay mum and repeatedly denied the allegations to her principal before confessing on March 13. She resigned three days later.

A Victorian Institute of Teaching hearing was told Ms Bryant, stressed because of her teaching load, drank as many as eight glasses of wine at the ceremony where she touched the student inappropriately.

Her judgment had deteriorated during the night and she shared a car with students to the club where she continued drinking.

She kissed the boy while dancing, admitting it was a serious kiss rather than just a peck on the cheek, but went home with a friend and had not seen him since.

Counsel representing her queried the boy's age, physical size and whether he had completed year 12.

"The male student had not been taught by the teacher and she had had nothing to do with him at school or any other connection," the panel was told.

"There was no evidence that the boy was distressed or upset and no statement had been provided by him."

Ms Bryant testified she was "embarrassed, remorseful, scared and disgusted" on realising what she had done.

The panel found her guilty of serious misconduct, although her behaviour was said to be "at the lower end of seriousness", but declared her fit to teach.