Teachers relate their profession with teaching abilities, moral characteristics, knowledge and skills. The study has revealed that teachers name such necessary personality traits as that is love for children and strictness, which indicate their mission and ability to work with young people. The research results show that students appreciate teachers' kindness, love, sincerity, friendliness, honesty and courtesy. Most parents believe that love for children, patience, strictness, sincerity, fairness and tact are the most necessary personal characteristics of a teacher. However, the teacher personality traits, named by parents, are characteristic to teachers by about 50 percent.

Raktažodžiai: Profession, Qualification, Pedagogical vocation, Competence