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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
Career and Technical Education
English as a New Language
English Language Arts
Exceptional Needs Specialist
Generalist
Health
Library Media
Literacy: Reading – Language Arts
Mathematics
Music
Physical Education
School Counseling
Science
Social Studies – History
World Languages Other than English
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+)