Awareness Meetings Fields of NBPTS Certification
Fields of Certification through the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
|
Developmental Level |
Discipline |
Grade or Age Span |
|
Early Childhood |
Generalist ‡ |
Pre-K to Gr. 3 |
|
Middle Childhood |
Generalist ‡ |
Gr. 3 to Gr. 6 (if in an elementary school) |
|
Early and Middle Childhood |
Art |
Pre-K to 6 (elementary school) |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Art |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Career and Technical Education |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
|
Early and Middle Childhood |
English as a New Language |
Pre-K to 6 (elementary school) |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
English as a New Language |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
|
Early Adolescence |
English Language Arts |
Gr. 6 (middle school) – 8 |
|
Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
English Language Arts |
Gr. 9 – 12 |
|
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Exceptional Needs Specialist |
Birth to 21+ |
|
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
Library Media |
Pre-K to Gr. 12 |
|
Early and Middle Childhood |
Literacy: Reading-Language Arts † |
Pre-K to Gr. 6 (elementary school) † |
|
Early Adolescence |
Mathematics |
Gr. 6 (middle school) – 8 |
|
Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Mathematics |
Gr. 9 – 12 |
|
Early and Middle Childhood |
Music |
Pre-K to Gr. 6 (elementary school) |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Music |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
|
Early and Middle Childhood |
Physical Education |
Pre-K to Gr. 6 (elementary school) |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
Physical Education |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
|
Early Childhood through Young Adulthood |
School Counseling |
Pre-K to Gr. 12 |
|
Early Adolescence |
Science |
Gr. 6 (middle school) – 8 |
|
Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Science |
Gr. 9 – 12 |
|
Early Adolescence |
Social Studies/ History |
Gr. 6 (middle school) – 8 |
|
Adolescence and Young Adulthood |
Social Studies/ History |
Gr. 9 – 12 |
|
Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood |
World Languages Other than English †† |
Gr. 6 (middle school) to 12 |
† For DOE financial assistance and other support, teachers must be working as a reading specialist or teach reading full-time according to their schedule. This is a literacy certificate, not a reading certificate.
‡ The EC and MC Generalist certificates assess the entire range of the elementary curriculum.
†† At this time, the certificate is available for teachers of French or Spanish.
