The California Community College Chancellor’s Office in collaboration with the Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation, and Equity (Digital Center) is seeking five exceptional individuals to join our inaugural cohort of AI Fellows. This program aims to advance the thoughtful and equitable integration of AI across the California community colleges by promoting innovation in teaching, learning, operational efficiency, and student support.
Program Overview
AI Fellows will play a crucial role in shaping the future of AI implementation across California's 116 community colleges. Fellows will work collaboratively with the Digital Center team, faculty, staff, and administrators to develop frameworks, guidelines, and resources that support the responsible adoption of AI technologies while maintaining our commitment to equity and student success.
Fellowship Details
Two-year appointment with possibility of renewal
10-15 hours per week
(25% to 37.5% time)
Remote with occasional in-person meetings. Some travel to attend conferences for presentations and facilitate trainings
Submit questions about the AI Fellows program to AIFellows@CCCCO.edu.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated expertise in artificial intelligence and its applications in education
- Experience in higher education, preferably in community colleges
- Strong commitment to equity and student success
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Recommended Focus Areas
Fellows will have the opportunity to specialize in one of the following critical areas along with an optional secondary focus area:
Focus on supporting faculty and instructional design
- Developing guidelines for AI-enhanced curriculum design
- Creating frameworks for AI integration in online and hybrid learning
- Supporting faculty in developing AI literacy and pedagogical best practices
Identify and evaluate new AI opportunities
- Conducting research on AI impact in community colleges
- Identifying emerging AI trends and applications that impact operational efficiency, teaching, learning, and/or student support
- Developing proof-of-concept projects
- Creating innovation frameworks for AI adoption
Focus on preparing students from diverse and traditionally underserved backgrounds to participate in programs for AI driven changes in various industries and workforce programs
- Developing AI skills training programs with consultation from faculty
- Aligning industry partnerships for AI workforce initiatives
- Reviewing the AI focused career pathways and design mapping for student journey and progression for stackable credentials and certifications leading to degree attainment
- Aligning AI curriculum with career pathways mapping and workforce needs
- Working directly with the Chancellor's Office Communications team, engage local districts/colleges Public Information Officers (PIOs) and the ICAN team to actively/widely promote the pathways to their campuses and in their communities
Focus on the technical aspects of implementing AI solutions across the system
- Focusing on integration of AI tools within a broader ecosystem
- Developing technical standards and/or working with leading vendors on product requirements and integrations
- Mapping data flows and architecture
- Planning for scalability of AI solutions
- Contributing to the Digital Center’s data strategy relating to products across its portfolio
- Partnering with the Foundation for Community Colleges to align efforts to establish and manage statewide vendor contracts within the California Community Colleges ecosystem, with emphasis on securing no-cost or reduced-cost student access to these platforms
Focus on building AI literacy and capacity among faculty and staff across the system
- Designing AI literacy programs for faculty and staff
- Creating training materials and resources
- Developing AI competency frameworks
- Building communities of practice around AI adoption
Leveraging AI for improved evaluation and data-driven decision making
- Developing AI-enhanced evaluation frameworks
- Creating guidelines for learning analytics implementation
- Designing data-driven intervention strategies
- Evaluating impact of AI solutions on the outcomes of Vision 2030
AI Student Support Services
Focus on AI applications that directly benefit students and ensure AI implementations are accessible to all users and follow universal design principles
- Designing AI-enhanced student support systems to create efficiencies in the student services process
- Developing training/mentoring frameworks and models
- Developing frameworks for AI-powered academic advising
- Creating guidelines for AI use in student services
- Implementing early warning systems and predictive analytics
- Designing and implementing hands-on AI literacy programs to develop student proficiency in leveraging artificial intelligence tools for academic and career applications
- Ensuring AI tools meet accessibility standards
- Developing guidelines for inclusive AI design
- Creating frameworks for AI-enhanced accommodations
- Implementing universal design principles in AI applications
Application Process and Timeline
Release Date: February 14, 2025
Application Deadline: March 7, 2025
Application Review and Selection Period: March 8 - 24, 2025
Fellowship Start Date: April 1, 2025
Interested candidates should provide a two-page statement of interest addressing:
- Your interest in the AI Fellows program
- Your preferred focus area and why
- Your experience with AI and education
- Your commitment to bringing career pathways to diverse and traditionally underserved communities and supporting student success
In addition, please include:
- Your current resume/CV
- Two professional references
- LinkedIn profile link
