An applicant for a Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully obtained certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and possess good moral character may be granted a Missouri certificate of license to teaching their area of NBPTS certification most closely aligned with the current areas of certification approved by the board. The certificate of license to teach will be an initial professional classification (IPC) or a career continuous professional classification (CCPC), if the applicant possesses four (4) years of DESE approved teaching experience. A comparison of Missouri Areas of Certification to those areas of National board Certification is listed below.
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National Board Areas of Certification |
Missouri Areas of Certification |
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Subject Area |
Age Level |
Subject Areas |
Grade Level |
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· Early Childhood/Generalist |
3-8 |
· Early Childhood |
Birth- 3 |
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· Middle Childhood/generalist |
7-12 |
· Elementary |
1-6 |
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· Early through Middle Childhood/Art |
3-12 |
· Art |
K-9 |
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· Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career & Technical Education |
11-18+ |
· Art |
K-12 |
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· Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Career & Technical Education |
11-18+ |
· Certificates corresponded to specialty areas clusters: |
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s Agriculture & Environmental Science |
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s Agriculture Education |
5-9 & 9-12 |
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s Business/Marketing, Information Management, & Entrepreneurship |
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Business Education |
5-9 & 9-12 |
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s Family & Consumer Science |
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s Family & Consumer Sciences |
B-12 |
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s Technology Education |
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s Industrial Technology |
5-9 & 9-12 |
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· Early Adolescence/English Language Arts |
11-15 |
· Language Arts |
5-9 |
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· Adolescence & Young Adulthood/English Language Arts |
11-18+ |
· English |
9-12 |
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· Early & Middle Childhood/English as a New Language |
3-12 |
· English for Speaker of Other Languages |
K-12 |
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· Early Adolescence through Young Adult/English as a New Language |
11-18+ |
· English for Speaker of Other Languages |
K-12 |
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· Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Exceptional Needs |
Birth-21+ |
· Certificates correspond to 5 paths: |
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s Early Childhood |
Birth-8 |
s Early Childhood Special Education |
Birth-3 |
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s Mild/Moderate |
5-21+ |
s Mild/Moderate Cross Categorical |
K-12 |
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s Severe/Multiple |
5-21+ |
s Severely Developmentally Disordered |
K-12 |
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s Visual Impairments |
Birth-21+ |
s Blind/Partially Sighted |
K-12 |
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s Deaf/Hard of Hearing |
Birth-21+ |
s Deaf/Hearing Impaired |
K-12 |
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· Early Childhood through Young Adulthood/Library Media |
3-18+ |
· Library Media Specialist |
K-12 |
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· Early Adolescence/Mathematics |
11-15 |
· Mathematics |
5-9 |
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· Adolescence & Young Adulthood/Mathematics |
11-18+ |
· Mathematics |
9-12 |
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· Early & Middle Childhood/Music or Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Music |
11-18+ |
· Certificates correspond to performance perspective: |
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s Band or Orchestra |
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s Instrumental Music |
K-12 |
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s Vocal |
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s Vocal Music |
K-12 |
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· Early & Middle Childhood/Physical Education |
3-12 |
· Physical Education |
K-9 |
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· Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Physical Education |
11-18+ |
· Physical Education |
K-12 |
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· Early Adolescence/Science |
11-15 |
· General Science |
5-9 |
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· Adolescence & Young Adulthood/Science |
14-18+ |
· General Science |
9-12 |
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· Early Adolescence & Young Adult/Social Studies—History |
11-15 |
· Social Science |
9-12 |
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· Adolescence & Young Adult/Social Studies—History |
11-18+ |
· Social Science |
9-12 |
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· Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/World Languages Other than English |
11-18+ |
· Certificates correspond to target language: |
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s French |
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s French |
K-12 |
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s Spanish |
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s Spanish |
K-12 |
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