Presenting a pattern for Specifying psychological characteristics in choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools

This research has been done due to the objective of Specifying psychological characteristics in choosing of the teachers of preliminary schools. As This period has a major role in actualizing cognitive, social and emotive growth, it is evident that preliminary teachers should be master than other teachers in knowledge and skill. The research method is qualitative and the data has been analyzed by coding process. The population, in the first stage, consists of 12 scholars of education and in the second stage, 377 teachers of 19 zones of Tehran. The sampling is purposeful (Extreme or deviant case sampling), the instrument is semi-structured questionnaire and the gathering of data, variables and concepts has got saturation through interviewing 12 scholars of effective persons in area of education and master in knowledge of psychology. The findings of this research can be divided in 3 categories that include the psychological characteristics of teachers: The first category is cognitive dimension that consists of analysis power, tact, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, high IQ and powerful memory. The second one is emotional dimension which includes cheerfulness, good temper, interest in teaching, emotional stability, humility, modesty and fairness. The third one is Personality features that consists of honesty, responsibility, tolerance, adornment, class management, purity, high social interaction, positive thinking, self-respect and self-cofidence. The most important result of this research is that the psychological characteristics of teachers are the essential factors in promoting their professional proficiency that should be considered in their selection.