Language Proficiency Medals
Celebrate language achievement with meaningful recognition. This page features two commemorative medals designed for educators to present during ceremonies honoring students who meet language exit criteria or demonstrate significant language growth. Each medal offers a tangible way to acknowledge effort, progress, and perseverance—elevating language milestones and making celebrations intentional, inclusive, and memorable.
Ways educators can use the medals:
🎓 Language Exit Ceremonies: Award medals to students who meet state or district language proficiency exit criteria.
📈 Growth Recognition: Celebrate measurable progress in language development, even if students have not yet exited services.
🏫 Schoolwide Assemblies: Highlight multilingual learners’ achievements alongside academic awards.
🏅 Classroom Celebrations: Use medals during end-of-year or benchmark celebrations to recognize effort and persistence.
🤝 Family Engagement Events: Present medals during family nights or newcomer celebrations to honor students’ growth with families present.
🌍 Multilingual Milestones: Recognize biliteracy pathways, reclassification steps, or successful transitions out of language support programs.
📝 Goal-Setting Moments: Pair the medal with a reflection or certificate where students acknowledge their growth and set future goals.
📸 Keepsake & Motivation: Provide students with a lasting symbol of accomplishment they can keep, display, or reference as motivation.
These medals help educators make language growth visible, reinforce the value of multilingualism, and ensure students feel proud of their progress and achievements.
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