The Seal of Biliteracy program is a voluntary Michigan Department of Education program to certify students who have high proficiency in both English and another world language. The Seal may be awarded to any student receiving a high school diploma, a high school certificate of completion or a high school equivalency certificate and who has demonstrated Intermediate High proficiency on acceptable world language assessments and met the English Language Arts requirements for graduation or demonstrated proficiency on a validated test of proficiency for English Learners. The Seal has been created to encourage students to study world languages and embrace their native and heritage languages. The Seal will provide employers with a way to identify individuals with strong language and biliteracy skills. The Seal may serve as an additional tool for colleges and universities to recognize applicants’ language abilities for admission and placement.
Since 2018 the program has been introduced in many Michigan high schools, but its implementation often requires efforts from parents or from the school board to request that the school allow students to participate.
For more information about the program, please see Michigan Department of Education website:
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-81351-456570--,00.html
Here is link to the national Seal of Biliteracy website:
https://sealofbiliteracy.org/
Since its inception in Michigan over 1100 students received the Seal of Biliteracy in 57 languages, with the largest numbers in Spanish, Arabic, French, German and Sylheti languages.
For students of the Polish language who want to participate in the program and receive biliteracy certification, there is a standardized test for Polish proficiency called STAMP4S which was developed by Avant Assessment Inc. in April 2018. Piast Institute organizes the STAMP4S test for students to receive their Seal of Biliteracy certification in the Polish language. The state Seal of Biliteracy can be received ONLY by students in the 11th and 12th grades. The global Seal of Biliteracy can be received by ANYONE 6th grade and up.
For more information and the next testing date please contact Marzanna Owinski at 248 613 6751.
Additional information about the Seal of Biliteracy program and the STAMP4S test in Polish language can be found at SealofBiliteracyPoPolsku.com.
Since 2018 the program has been introduced in many Michigan high schools, but its implementation often requires efforts from parents or from the school board to request that the school allow students to participate.
For more information about the program, please see Michigan Department of Education website:
https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-81351-456570--,00.html
Here is link to the national Seal of Biliteracy website:
https://sealofbiliteracy.org/
Since its inception in Michigan over 1100 students received the Seal of Biliteracy in 57 languages, with the largest numbers in Spanish, Arabic, French, German and Sylheti languages.
For students of the Polish language who want to participate in the program and receive biliteracy certification, there is a standardized test for Polish proficiency called STAMP4S which was developed by Avant Assessment Inc. in April 2018. Piast Institute organizes the STAMP4S test for students to receive their Seal of Biliteracy certification in the Polish language. The state Seal of Biliteracy can be received ONLY by students in the 11th and 12th grades. The global Seal of Biliteracy can be received by ANYONE 6th grade and up.
For more information and the next testing date please contact Marzanna Owinski at 248 613 6751.
Additional information about the Seal of Biliteracy program and the STAMP4S test in Polish language can be found at SealofBiliteracyPoPolsku.com.
