Teacher quality is an important issue in terms of education and teacher qualifications is a factor to be considered in terms of the quality of teaching (Darling-Hammond, 2000). Determining the general and specific areas of competence of the profession and these competencies can be gained with the pre-service and in-service training programs should have improve the quality of teaching profession. In addition, qualification of teachers, students in achieving success in motivating students is stated in the literature the opinion is a factor (Cohen-Vogel, 2005; Darling-Hammond, 2000; Rockoff, 2003). The aim of this study is to examine elementary mathematics preservice teachers’ perceptions about the qualifications of an ideal teacher. In this study, qualitative approach was used to describe all aspects of elementary mathematics preservice teachers’ perceptions, experiences about the qualifications of an ideal teacher In this study, it was tried to provide examining of elementary mathematics preservice teachers’ perceptions about the qualifications of an ideal teacher without any limitations like questions, directions and etc. In this case, document analysis, one of the methods of qualitative approach was used in the study, and researcher demanded from elemantary preservice teachers to write an authentic composition on qualifications of an ideal teacher. 39 elemantary mathematics preservice teachers in the third grade level participated in the study. The data were collected on 2015-2016 spring semester. From the findings it is understood that teaching skills and qualifications, subject-matter knowledge, general culture knowledge and personal characteristics are important factors to become an ideal teacher. Ideal for elemantary mathematics teachers professional skills and qualifications necessary to have a teacher; importance to communication, making quality education ,be disciplined, being a good leader, to love the profession and be a good guide.