Each year NMOLÉ recognizes outstanding teaching, service, and dedication to the language education profession. Awards include:

• NMOLÉ Teacher of the Year, recognizing a world language teacher who has demonstrated great potentials to represent New Mexican language educators at regional (SWCOLT) and national (ACTFL) levels.

• Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring an individual for lengthy and dedicated service to the language education profession;

• Excellence in Teaching Award, recognizing a world language teacher who has demonstrated exceptional ability and outstanding performance in classroom instruction;

• Young Educator Award, recognizing a world language teacher in their first five years of service who shows uncommon potential for the development and implementation of ideas in the classroom;

• Outstanding Administrator Award, honoring an administrator for contributing in a significant way to the promotion of the teaching and learning of world languages.