The requirements for National Board Certification in the field of Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Art are organized into the following eight standards. The ordering of the standards is designed to facilitate understanding, not to assign priorities.

I. Goals and Purposes of Art Education
Accomplished teachers set ambitious goals for students based on clear conceptions of how art links students to broad human purposes.

II. Knowledge of Students
Accomplished teachers demonstrate an understanding of the development of adolescents and young adults in relationship to their art learning, recognize their interests, abilities and needs, and use this information to make instructional decisions.

III. The Content and Teaching of Art
Accomplished teachers use their knowledge of art and students to help students make, study, interpret and evaluate works of art.

IV. Learning Environments
Accomplished teachers establish environments where individuals, art content and inquiry are held in high regard and where students can actively learn and create.

V. Instructional Resources
Accomplished teachers create, select and adapt a variety of resources and materials that support students as they learn through and about art.

VI. Collaboration with Colleagues
Accomplished teachers work with colleagues to improve schools and advance knowledge and practice in their Þeld.

VII. Collaboration with Families
Accomplished teachers work with families to achieve common goals for the education of their children.

VIII. Reþection, Assessment and Evaluation
Accomplished teachers are reþective; they regularly monitor, analyze and evaluate their teaching and student progress in order to expand their knowledge and strengthen their practice. They use a variety of assessment and evaluation methods, encourage student self-assessment, and effectively report assessment and evaluation results to students, families, colleagues, policymakers and the public.