Regional Professional Development Strategy
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is committed to empowering faculty in an AI-driven era. As artificial intelligence reshapes the ways we teach, learn, and work, faculty professional development must evolve to meet this moment. This requires professional development that supports faculty as they build the knowledge, skills, and ethical frameworks needed to integrate AI into instruction and student support—ensuring that all students, particularly those historically underserved, can thrive in an increasingly digital and data-informed world. By investing in faculty as leaders of innovation and equity, this strategy also strengthens California’s broader goals: advancing inclusive student success and preparing a skilled workforce for the state’s evolving economy.
This statewide strategy is grounded in a shared belief: that every faculty member—regardless of discipline, location, or role—deserves access to relevant, high-quality learning opportunities that build both technological fluency and human-centered leadership. The plan is structured around three integrated approaches: systemwide learning, regional responsiveness, and disciplinary innovation. Together, these create a professional development ecosystem that is coherent, flexible, and deeply aligned with the realities of California’s colleges. At the center of this approach is a commitment to collaboration across institutions and partners to ensure faculty are not navigating these changes alone.
Regional Professional Development Networks
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Statewide Collaborations
2025-2026
The Regional Professional Development Networks (RDPNs) will be led by PD Leads from each college that will convene in a community of practice throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. Each regional CoP will convene with their college and district constituents, Strong Workforce Regional Consortia, and other system partners to identify regional faculty PD needs in support of AI literacy and AI readiness. Through collaboration and sharing of resources and practices, each region will host a regional untethered professional development event in Spring 2026 and develop a 2026-2027 Regional PD Plan.
In partnership with their local Academic Senates, Vice Presidents of Instruction identified 1-3 PD Leads in Fall 2025 who are serving in nine regional Communities of Practice across the state. The Lead PD CoPs meet monthly between fall and spring with facilitation provided by the Chancellor’s Office, to envision, design, and implement regional professional development in support of faculty AI literacy. Spring 2026 regional events will be shared on the Vision Resource Center’s systemwide calendar.
Making Professional Development More Equitable
Regional Professional Development Networks are coordinating broad-access professional development events and programs that provide flexible attendance options. Untethered professional development is an example of a design approach that minimizes the load of coordinating campus-specific events by bringing a regional online program to faculty regardless of where they are and making opportunities for college-specific discussions and workshops that wrap around the program.
Watch this 90-second video to learn more about untethered professional development.
The Regions
Butte College, Calbright College, Feather River College, Lake Tahoe, Lassen, American River, Cosumnes, Folsom Lake, Sacramento City, Mendocino, College of the Redwoods, Shast, Sierra, College of the Siskiyous, Woodland, Yuba
LA Pierce, LA Southwest, LA Trade-Tech, LA Valley, West Los Angeles, Mt. San Antonio, Rio Hondo, Santa Monica
Barstow, Chaffey, Copper Mountain, College of the Desert, Mt. San Jacinto, Palo Verde, Moreno Valley, Norco, Riverside City, Crafton Hills, San Bernardino Valley, Victor Valley
Allan Hancock, Antelope Valley, College of the Canyons, Cuesta, Moorpark, Oxnard, Santa Barbara City, Ventura
Coastline, Cypress, Fullerton, Golden West, Irvine Valley, Orange Coast, Saddleback, Santa Ana, Santiago Canyon
Cuyamaca, Grossmont, Imperial, MiraCosta, Palomar, San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, San Diego Miramar, Southwestern
Fresno City, Madera, Coalinga, Lemoore, Taft,
Columbia, Modesto
Cabrillo, Chabot, Las Positas, Contra Costa, Diablo Valley, Los Medanos, DeAnza, Foothill,
Gavilan, Harnell, College of Marin, Monterey Peninsula, Napa Valley, Ohlone, Berkely City,
College of Alameda, Laney, Merritt, City College of San Francisco, Evergreen Valley, San Jose
City, Cañada, College of San Mateo, Skyline, Solano, Santa Rosa Junior, Mission, West Valley
