Misbehaving teacher allowed to return to school A TEACHER found to have engaged in serious misconduct by abusing her granddaughter's school principal can return to the classroom. The woman, who taught elsewhere, was accused of repeatedly swearing at the principal about a 2009 playground incident involving her granddaughter. The teacher lost her job, and her registration was suspended when she did not pay her annual fee. The Victorian Institute of Teaching is allowing her to be registered on five conditions, including that she visit a psychologist to deal with personal problems and anger management. The VIT panel was told the woman went to the school alleging her young granddaughter had been assaulted. She made "disparaging, unprofessional and aggressive comments" toward the principal. When police arrived, she allegedly told a parent to "keep your ------- son away from my granddaughter." The teacher, who disagreed with specifics of the allegations, regretted the incident, the panel heard. "Going to the school was the worst mistake of my life," she said. The January decision was published recently. In an unrelated VIT hearing, a teacher who put his hands up the skirt of his daughter's teenage friend to adjust her clothes will keep his registration. The panel found there was no evidence the teacher touched the girl's skin or limbs in the incident, at his home. In evidence, the teacher said he should not have adjusted the teen's clothes. The panel considered the act amounted to misconduct, but was convinced his apology was genuine.