Pedagogy is considered to be a part of social sciences and nurturing is considered to be one of the main tasks of teachers' work along with preparing their students for further development. Social status of teachers is an important indicator of quality of the eduactional system which affects a lot of things. If the society has trust and respect for the profession, teachers will be more motivated to do their job. Profession of a teacher, as much as any other profession, demands acceptance from the society so it can improve and so it can give results that are satisfying. Therefore, this thesis refers to the social status of teachers' profession in the past and in the present. It includes the elements that explain the complexity of teachers' profession, description of teachers in the past and in the present and the research about the status of teachers' profession in Croatia. The data that we collected with the questionnaire indicates that teachers' profession is considered to be mediocre and that it could be organized in a much better way.