Fields of Certification

NBPTS offers the following 25 certificate areas that cover 16 subject areas and are classified into seven student age categories. As a candidate you can opt for a generalist certificate or one that is subject-specific.

Art

• Early and Middle Childhood
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

Career and Technical Education

• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

English as a New Language

• Early and Middle Childhood 
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

English Language Arts

• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood  

Exceptional Needs Specialist

• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood

Generalist

• Early Childhood
• Middle Childhood

Health

• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

Library Media

• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood

Literacy: Reading – Language Arts

• Early and Middle Childhood

Mathematics

• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Music

• Early and Middle Childhood
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

Physical Education

• Early and Middle Childhood
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

School Counseling

• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood 

Science

• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Social Studies – History

• Early Adolescence
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood

World Languages Other than English

• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood

Age Categories

• Early Childhood  (Ages 3-8)
• Middle Childhood  (Ages 7-12)
• Early & Middle Childhood  (Ages 3-12)
• Early Childhood through Young Adulthood  (Ages 3-18+)
• Early Adolescence  (Ages 11-15)
• Adolescence and Young Adulthood  (Ages 14-18+)
• Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood (Ages 11-18+)

Certificates Currently Available