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Effective teachers influence students learning and success. Research in this area can be scarcely found in Indonesian contexts. The objective of the study is to explore teachers and students perception of the criteria of effective teachers using mixed method. The qualitative data involved 3 teachers and 4 students of English language department who were interviewed, and the quantitative data involving 196 university students were conducted to confirm the interview results. The results show that teachers and students indicated somewhat different perceptions of what constitutes effective teachers, both from the qualitative and quantitative data. While qualitative data show teachers and students placed pedagogical factors as the most important, the quantitative data reveal personal and interpersonal skills as the most important skills needed in being effective teachers. The study can be used to encourage teachers to conduct reflective practice and for students to be aware of and evaluate their expectations of effective teachers.