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The purpose of this research is to study the reasons for preferred class teachers, their educational and teaching practices and their professional development. The research has been carried out in the phenomenology (olgubilim) pattern of the quality research methods. In the study, two working groups, teachers and guardians, were formed. Teachers and guardians are determined by using the standard sampling technique of the purpose sampling types. The work group of teachers was formed by selecting 15 teachers who worked in the state school in Kahramanmaraş and the student was determined by the kura. The work group of parents was formed by 44 volunteers who were a student in the classroom of the preferred class teachers. The data was obtained using an open-end survey form for teachers with a semi-configured interview form and the content analysis technique. The research has concluded that class teachers are planned to enter classes, activities-based class processes, pay attention to each student’s success, provide the guardians and students with the necessary notifications about the evaluation results of measurement, experience, and reason for preference to be disciplined. It has also been among the reasons why class teachers have a very good level of communication and cooperation skills, they love their profession and their students, they prefer to be sacrificing, working, compassionate. The results obtained in the study may lead to what activities educational managers will focus on for their professional development.

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