How did a graduate class of teachers and principals come to explore what was really important to teachers? They had an idea that they all shared the same values (both teachers and principals) and would agree on what rewards teachers prize. Would administrators rate the motivation rewards the same way the teachers would? To find out, five schools were selected to participate in the study. That is, administrators and teachers from their building would rank order the perceived rewards of teaching, but with the administrators predicting teacher responses. The data suggest that of the five school administrators participating, one response matched teacher preferences exactly, one response did not match any of the teachers preferences and the other three responses were somewhere in between. Additionally the data indicate that viewed totally, the administrators predicted that the teachers would choose, "full appreciation of work done" followed by "job security," while teachers generally chose "good pay" and "good working conditions." Comments indicated that some of the principals felt they had gotten out of touch with their teachers. Some of the teachers indicated surprise that their administrators could predict the teacher responses with such accuracy. (Contains 1 table.)