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Some of the material was given to the Coquitlam teacher as part of his contract to work as an exam marker for the province between 2010 and 2018. Under contract, Baker wasn’t to disclose or use any of the marking materials without the ministry’s permission.

In June 2018, the English 12 provincial exam given to Baker’s class included material from exams he had distributed. When he became aware, he didn’t report it and lied when questioned by a colleague, two other students and the district.

Baker was suspended by the district for 10 days without pay in August 2018 and was forced to give up his department-head role. As part of a signed consent agreement, Baker’s teaching certificate was suspended for five days.

In MacDonald’s case, she received a copy of an exam for the purpose of reviewing a student’s exam results. She had been instructed by the principal to “get rid” of the restricted exam when the review was complete, but she kept it instead.

The Vernon teacher later distributed a copy of the exam to her English 12 students, which contained questions used in the January 2018 English 12 exam. When MacDonald became aware of this, she didn’t report it, but did discuss it with other English teachers.

When the district investigated, MacDonald handed over a copy of the secure exam that had a ‘do not distribute’ warning blocked out from the exam’s front page. MacDonald was suspended for one day without pay in March 2018.

Under a signed consent deal, MacDonald will also have her teaching certificate suspended for three days.

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