The main purpose of this study was to investigate the criteria to select cooperating teachers for elementary provisional teachers. This study employed self-devised questionaries on the educational professors of teachers' college, administrators and supervisors of Ministry of Education, Department of Education and Bureau of Education, principals, grade principals, elementary teachers and elementary provisional teachers, who graduated from teachers' colleges in 1994. A total of 1,750 questionnaires were sent to the subjects. Nine hundred and ninety-five (56.86%) questionnaires were returned, and 907 were used in this analysis, accounting for 91.6% of collected copies. The results revealed the following: The qualifications and characteristics to be weighted in selecting cooperating teachers for elementary provisional teachers included 20 criteria in the following 4 areas: (1)professionalism; (2)teaching competency; (3) competency in guidance; and (4) competency in handling adiministrative affairs.