Calling all area English teachers.

English teachers from grades seven through college level in Sonoma and Marin counties are invited to attend a forum on student expectations in English. The focus will be the building blocks needed for success in college.

Greta Vollmer, English professor at Sonoma State University, will be guest speaker, giving a talk entitled “Grammar as Rhetorical Choice.”

The event is sponsored by the North Bay California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS). The goal is to better align curriculum and expectations in kindergarten through college.

Regular readers might remember a story about how nearly half of all college freshman in the California State University system must take remedial math and/or English because they are deemed lacking basic skills coming out of high school: http://bit.ly/fTr7x5

English teachers, principals, deans and curriculum specialists are invited to attend the event. It will run from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 9 in the Redwood Room C at the Sonoma County Office of Education, 5340 Skylane Blvd. Dinner is included in the $15 cost.

RSVP by May 1 to http://bit.ly/e57BmM