National Board reaches milestones in the development of the new National Board Certification of Principals. Visit www.nbpts.org/principals for more information and to receive regular updates.

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