Oczekiwania nauczycieli i rodziców wobec nauczyciela edukacji wczesnoszkolnej

This article focuses on the issue of parents’ and teachers’ expectations concerning the early childhood education (ECE) teacher, who plays an important role in the process of teaching, upbringing, and taking care of children in primary school grades 1–3. Consequently, parents’ and teachers’ expectations are high. This article is of a theoretical and empirical nature. The results of the findings indicate divergences in the teachers’ (43) and parents’ (54) opinions regarding the expected traits of the ECE teacher. Parents’ and teachers’ expectations differ and diverse traits of the ECE teacher are important to various respondents: parents value ECE teachers’ education and their friendly attitude to pupils, while ECE teachers emphasise decisiveness, consistency, and a good attitude towards their responsibilities.