People in Prekmurje region didn’t have a religious and educational center in their local environment, because they had neither a diocese nor other important cultural centers, and it did not benefit them. Until 1777, when Maria Theresa issued the decree Ratio educationis, the Church itself was in charge of education. It was founding schools and determined the curriculum independently of the state. Only after this decree the state governed the educational system, supervised school lessons, education of children and determined the subject matter. A teacher's work at that time is therefore not comparable with his present role, both in an educational role as well as the curriculum. Their work was in fact regularly monitored by priests and they taught in their own house or the teacher's home, which was erected near the rectory or the church at the expenses of the parishioners. In addition teachers also worked as sextons, organists, and if necessary performed other tasks, which meant teaching remained in shadows and was somewhat neglected. In this article I will focus on the role of the teacher in the educational process of the specified time period, which subjects were taught, in which language, and finally, what was these teachers’ education and nationality.