Graduate Credit
The American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has evaluated three of National Board for Professional Teaching Standards courses. Teachers who have completed the process (have ten scorable entries as evidenced by their score reports) after 1997* are eligible for three graduate credit recommendations, and teachers who have achieved National Board Certification after 1997 are eligible for an additional six graduate credit recommendations, for a total of nine credit recommendations. In additions, if you are an NBCT who has renewed your certification, you are eligible for three graduate credit recommendations.*the National Board Certification process began in 1994, but changed significantly in 1997.
National Board candidates and NBCTs may use the ACE credits
- as actual graduate credits at an institution of higher education (IHE).
Note: Teachers must be currently enrolled for the IHE to consider the ACE transcript for graduate credits. The use of the graduate credit is at the discretion of the IHE and the IHE will most likely charge a nominal fee for applying the ACE credit to the teacher’s transcript. - toward continuing education credits, pay increases, or recertification.
National Board candidates or NBCTs should send their ACE transcript to the school district superintendent and/or school board, school district office, or the state department of education.
Sometimes, a certifying body may require an official transcript from the IHE. In this case, you need to submit the ACE transcript to an IHE and request that it be sent to the appropriate organization.
Note: The National Board makes no recommendations to IHEs, school districts, or state departments to accept this credit. NBPTS strongly recommends that you ensure that the credit will be accepted before submitting payment, because no refunds will be issued.
- completed the National Board Certification process (have ten scorable entries as evidenced by your score report) after 1997, but did not achieve (three credits);
- achieved National Board Certification after 1997 (an additional six credits, for a total of nine credits);
- previously received three hours of credit for completing and would now like to request the additional six hours for achieving
- renewed your National Board Certification (an additional three credits, for a total of 12 credits)
Go directly to the ACE Web page at https://www.acenet.edu/transcripts and log in if you
- previously have received six hours of graduate credit for achieving National Board Certification, and would now like to request the additional three hours of graduate credit;
- are requesting a duplicate copy of your transcript, at the cost of $15.