Following the fourth conviction the council agreed to renew her practicing certificate on several conditions, including alcohol counselling treatment, attending Alcoholics Anonymous, a 12-month treatment of alcohol deterrent drug disulfiram and random testing.
The teacher initially objected to taking the drug and attending Alcoholics Anonymous, and said she had a new position at an intermediate school and did not want her alcohol issues known in the community.
However, when appearing before the tribunal the teacher acknowledged she had a serious problem with alcohol, the decision said.
After a "journey of self-awareness" she was now willing to agree to the conditions and had started attending AA.
The principal and deputy principal of her current school confirmed her abilities as a teacher and said she had been open about her history when applying for the position.
The tribunal, chaired by Kenneth Johnston, allowed her to continue teaching, but said she was being offered a last chance.
She was censured and ordered to advise any prospective teaching employer of the finding for two years, and undertake alcohol treatment steps.
In another decision, a teacher convicted of benefit fraud to the value of $13,065 was found to have been motivated by desperation, not greed.
In a letter, the teacher said the offences came after a marriage break-up left her a solo mother, struggling to provide for her children. "I was suffering from severe depression and quite simply made a bad mistake," she said.
"I have worked hard to get where I am today and I beg you not to strip me of that."
She was censured and ordered to inform any prospective teaching employer of the finding for the next three years.
In the third decision, a high school teacher convicted of two charges of wilful damage in September 2012 was censured.
The charges related to an incident on March 25, 2011, when the teacher was drunk and smashed in a small window while looking for his son. He later used a wheelbarrow to smash all the windows in a parked car.
