The article focuses on teachers’ role perception. The research was brought about by the assumption that teachers’ awareness of their roles is a constituent of reflective professionalism. The first part of the article contains a short review of changes in the teacher’s role. The second part presents research results. In order to find out if teachers are aware of their roles and how they perceive them, a questionnaire was implemented in a group of 124 teachers of primary school and middle school. Cumulative interpretation of gathered data suggests that teachers perceive their roles traditionally.