Parents have slammed the teaching watchdog for failing to de-register a teacher who showed students R-rated movies, paid them for massages and told stories about incest.
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The Victorian Institute of Teaching's handling of the case has also been criticised by Education Minister James Merlino, who said he was "concerned by the timeframe" and "seeking an explanation" .
Chris Adams was suspended from Caulfield Junior College in November 2015 after parents complained about his "inappropriate" storytelling, which included tales of incest, urination, murder and defecation. They also raised concerns about him paying students for massages, and creating videos where students surrounded him "like a royal figure".
In one video obtained by Fairfax Media, two students are seen massaging the teacher's shoulders and head while the remainder of the class bow down to him and cool him with fans.
The Education Department sacked Mr Adams from the state school in January after conducting an investigation and finding he acted in a "disgraceful, improper" manner.
And earlier this week, the Fair Work Commission upheld the Department's decision, after Mr Adams unsuccessfully argued that he had been unfairly dismissed.
The Department alleged that Mr Adams inserted his students' names into the "inappropriate" stories, which detailed a student having a baby, a child falling in love and marrying her brother and a priest accidentally urinating on a girl's dress in a boys' toilet.
Mr Adams told his students not to repeat the stories outside the classroom because he didn't want them to "take on a different character".
He also showed them R-rated fight scenes from Jean-Claude Van Damme movies and provided students with a document titled 'how to control a bunch of ungrateful, odorous children'. It was set out like a science experiment and detailed how to humiliate students by criticising their work, questioning their intelligence, shoving soap down girls' throats and spraying "two full cans of deodorant into her face, to give her a nice fresh smell".
Mr Merlino said the teacher's conduct was "entirely inconsistent with the behaviour expected of our teachers".
But while the Education Department has barred Mr Adams from working in Victorian state schools, the Victorian Institute of Teaching has not cancelled or suspended his registration, which means he can still work in independent and Catholic schools.
The institute has been conducting its own investigation into the teacher's alleged misconduct since November 2015.
"It worries me that he is still holding his licence and that he can still work with children," one parent from Caulfield Junior College said.
Victorian Institute of Teaching chief executive Melanie Saba said that the investigation would conclude shortly.
She said that it was a "complex" investigation that involved many witnesses, other agencies including police and a simultaneous Fair Work Commission case.
"We acknowledge that it can be frustrating when investigations are lengthy," she said. "However, complex investigations like this must be handled carefully and can prove time consuming."
Another parent said that if a teacher was barred from working in one education sector, there should automatically be restrictions on their employment in other sectors.
"It worries me that it is taking so long."
