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The National Alliance of Black School Educators

National Board Certification Areas

NBPTS has developed the process for obtaining certification in 27 areas, using multi-part assessments. Teachers applying for National Board Certification are expected to demonstrate principled and professional commitment in the field of teaching.

Available Certificates

Generalist 1. Early Childhood (ages 3-8)
2. Early Adolescence (ages 11-15)
3. Middle Childhood (age 7-12)
Art 4. Early and Middle Childhood (ages 3-12)
5. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (age 11-18)
Career and Technical Education 6. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (age 11-18)
English as a New Language

7. Early and Middle Childhood (ages 3-12)
8. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (age 11-18)

English Language Arts 9. Early and Middle Childhood/Literacy-Reading Language Arts (ages 3-12)
10. Early Adolescence (ages 11-15)

11. Adolescence through Young Adulthood (ages 14-18+)
Exceptional Needs Specialist 12. Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (ages birth-21+)
Health Education 13. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (ages 5-18+)
Library Media 14. Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (ages 3-18+)
Mathematics 15. Early Adolescence (ages 7-15)
16. Adolescence and Young (ages 14-18+)
Music 17. Early and Middle Childhood (3-18+)
18. Early Adolescence through Young (3-18+)
Physical Education 19. Early and Middle Childhood (ages 3-12)
20. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (ages 11-18)
School Counseling 21. Early Childhood through Young Adulthood (ages 3-18+)
Science 22. Early Adolescence (ages 11-15)
23. Adolescence through Young Adulthood (ages 14-18+)
Social Studies 24. Early Adolescence (ages 11-15)
25. Adolescence through Young Adulthood (ages 14-18+)
World Languages Other than English 26. Early and Middle Childhood (3-18+)
27. Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (3-18+)

Consult the NBPTS website for specific availability dates. Click here for more informaiton on the standards, certificate overviews, portfolio instructions, assessment center information, scoring guides, and the scoring handbook.