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In this study, the opinions of parents, who have children in the preschool period and work in different professions, on preschool teachers were evaluated. The study group of the research consisted of 20 mothers and 18 fathers, 38 parents in total, who had children in the preschool period, graduated from university and worked in the state sector in different professions. In this study, the phenomenology pattern, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used. The data were collected using the “Personal Information Form” including questions for parents and the semi-structured “Parent Interview Form”, which was prepared by the researcher and contained open-ended questions. The Parent Interview Form consisted of questions regarding the status of preschool teachers in the society, their difference from other teaching areas, their personality traits, the professional skills they must have, the way they prepare children for the first grade in primary school, their work hours and dialogues with families. According to the findings of the study, parents stated that preschool teachers had a position far from the value they deserved and provided children with life skills differently from other teaching areas, they must be kindhearted and create different learning environments, they prepared children for the primary school adequately, their working hours were too long, and they must be in cooperation with families continuously. This study is significant in terms of the determination of parents’ expectations about preschool teachers, making different suggestions and enabling cooperation between the teacher and the parent as a result of the data obtained.  

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