In collaboration with the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC), our system will support continuous instructional improvement and effective teaching and learning practices by creating a centralized hub that curates professional learning opportunities, evidence-based resources, and tools that help faculty enhance pedagogy, integrate innovative and equitable practices, and respond to evolving faculty, student, and workforce needs. All faculty—regardless of discipline, location, or role—will have access to high-quality learning opportunities grounded in equity, innovation, and collaboration, including consistent access to guidance, webinars, courses, communities of practice, and other professional development offerings that align instructional excellence with institutional and systemwide priorities.
Core Commitments to Faculty
- All faculty will have equitable access to relevant, high-quality professional development.
- Professional development will advance equity, accessibility, student success, and institutional innovation.
- Faculty will lead the future of teaching and learning across all instructional contexts, including in-person, online, hybrid, and HyFlex environments.
- AI literacy, ethical technology use, and adaptive pedagogy will be recognized as core competencies, integrated with foundational practices in assessment, student engagement, and inclusive teaching.
Partners and Resources
There are many great resources available to support faculty professional development throughout our system. Listed below are a few of the resources and organizations that facilitate many of those opportunities.
| Partner/Resource | Description and Access |
|---|---|
| California Community Colleges Vision Resource Center | The California Community Colleges Vision Resource Center is an online learning and communication platform that offers all California community college employees equitable access to professional development opportunities and supports efforts to fulfill the goals outlined in Vision 2030. |
| California Community Colleges CVC@ONE | The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office supports CVC@ONE. In collaboration with the Chancellor's Office, CVC@ONE is a vibrant community of educators dedicated to improving and enhancing teaching and learning. We offer a wide range of professional development, including courses, workshops, webinars, and asynchronous resources. |
| Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) OERI | The ASCCC OERI provides professional development regarding OER via webinars, visits to colleges, events, and presentations. During the academic year, weekly webinars provide a forum to share discipline-based information as well as information on specific topics related to OER advocacy, adoption, and development. Live webinars provide an opportunity for the OERI to hear from faculty at the colleges and our archived webinars serve as a useful library of resources. |
| Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) | As the official voice of California community college faculty in academic and professional matters, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is committed to equity, student learning and student success. The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges acts to empower faculty to engage in local and statewide dialog and take action for continued improvement of teaching, learning, and faculty participation in governance. |
| California Community Colleges Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation and Equity | The California Community Colleges’ Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation and Equity (Digital Center) brings generative artificial intelligence and digital technology to the system’s 116 colleges. It helps harness the power of generative AI to transform the ability to serve students as they move into an AI-powered workforce. |
