All Staff Day Schedule
Fall 2026 All Staff Breakout Sessions
Each presentation is offered twice
Session 1: 10:30 – 11:15
Session 2: 11:25 – 12:10
AI access (Gemini, Copilot, embedded tools), privacy, and safe usage (C-32)
As AI tools become part of everyday work on campus, this session offers guidance on protecting institutional systems and data and protecting the privacy of the people AI touches. Attendees will learn about current AI tools provided by AHC, recommendations for appropriate data usage, and privacy and security considerations of AI.
Presenters: Alberto Restrepo, Andy Specht
AI Think, Therefore I Teach: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education (C-35)
Curious about how generative AI is actually showing up in higher ed—and what to do about it in your own courses? Join us for an interactive PD workshop where we’ll discuss both the exciting possibilities and the ethical challenges surrounding AI in teaching and assessment. Through live polling, movement activities, and real classroom examples from your colleagues (like using AI bias detection to boost research methods skills), you’ll walk away with new insights on how faculty actually view and use AI in higher education, practical strategies to help your students evaluate AI outputs critically, a guide to foundational AI terms for educators, and a framework for ethically integrating generative AI into educational assessment.
Presenters: Danya Serrano, Ryan Meza
Online Teaching in the Age of AI: What Changes, What Doesn't, and What We Must Become (C-36)
Artifical intelligence is transforming higher education, and not simply by making us more efficient. This session will explore practical uses of AI for online teaching, course design, assessment, and faculty productivity, while also asking the larger question: What will it mean to be a professor in five, ten, or fifteen years? Rather than viewing AI as a replacement for faculty, we'll consider how it can free us to spend less time on routine tasks and more time doing the work that drew many of us into academia: studying our disciplines more deeply, improving our teaching, exploring new ideas, and becoming better scholars for the benefit of our students.
Presenters: Fred Patrick
From Mandate to Mindset: Crafting Accessible, IDEAA-Centered Course Outlines That Actually Work (C-33)
Navigating Title 5 updates, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) requirements, and
shifting state transfer frameworks like AB 1111 (CCN) and Cal-GETC can easily feel
like a cascading domino effect for community college educators. But strong Course
Outlines of Record (CORs) do more than satisfy compliance—they set every student up
for success from day one.
Designed for faculty, staff, curriculum members, and administrators, this interactive
session demystifies how to embed Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Accessibility
(IDEAA+) into the foundation of your curriculum. We will unpack Title 5 § 55001/55001.5
requirements and demonstrate how UDL principles transform COR elements—from measurable
outcomes and robust content to inclusive instructional methods and representative
assignments. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies, a "Four-Question
Approach" for strong submissions, and clear techniques to align CORs seamlessly with
C-ID and CCN templates to prevent costly launch delays and ensure equitable outcomes
for all learners.
Presenters: Larry Manalo
CTE Processes and Support (C-30)
This will be a great opportunity to communicate CTE services with faculty and staff mostly pertaining to equipment, supplies, and travel requests.
Presenters: Tom Lamica, Thesa Roepke, CTE team
Curriculum Approval and Financial Aid Eligibility (C-31)
This session will provide an overview of the curriculum approval process and how academic programs become eligible for financial aid funding. Participants will learn the key steps involved in curriculum submission, approval pathways, and compliance considerations required for financial aid eligibility. The training will also highlight common challenges, timelines, and collaboration points to support successful financial aid program approval and student access to funding.
Presenters: Kristin Milligan, Vickey Smith