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Spring 2025 baseline · June 2026 update

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Spring 2025 baseline — 8 regions, 122 colleges, 3 entries, 16 notes · updated scan (latest: June 2026) adds 11 source-verified findings (7 new). Every entry is tagged with one or more Vision 2030 domains: People · Policy · Systems · Resources.

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Engaged People
  • 🆕AI Workgroup appointed by Technology Committee. CCSF has an AI Workgroup (appointed by the Technology Committee) that supports thoughtful, ethical, accessible, privacy-conscious use of GenAI across teaching, learning and operations. Named members: Jennifer Kienzle (Chair), Monika Liu (Administrator), Alex Hosmer and Richard Velasquez (Classified Professionals), and Megan Sweeney (Faculty). 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕GenAI Essentials self-paced course for all employees. CCSF offers a self-paced 'Generative AI Essentials' course introducing ethical, accessible, privacy-conscious AI use for education and operations. All employees (administrators, classified professionals, faculty) can enroll by emailing CityOnline@ccsf.edu; employees are encouraged to complete it before using GenAI for college work and to revisit it annually. 2025 · high confidence — source
People
Team/Lead: CCSF Academic Senate
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Policies
  • 🆕Recommendations for CCSF Employees Using Generative AI (endorsed Nov 2025). Employee GenAI recommendations developed by the AI Workgroup were last updated and endorsed by the Technology Committee on November 18, 2025. They direct employees never to enter PII/student/confidential data into GenAI tools, to be cautious with agentic/autonomous AI, to apply critical thinking and be transparent when AI is used, and note employees are not required to use AI. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • Academic Senate sample AI language for syllabi. The Academic Senate maintains a 'Sample AI language for Syllabi' page affirming faculty purview: each instructor decides how, if at all, generative AI is used, and must communicate that intent in the syllabus for transparency and academic-integrity documentation. Sample statements are adapted from Sonoma State University; described as a fluid document updated as GenAI evolves. undated · high confidence — source
  • Academic integrity guidance tied to faculty AI syllabus policy. CCSF guidance frames unauthorized use of generative tools (where students submit AI-generated content as their own) as the core academic-integrity concern; faculty must document their AI policy in the syllabus so violations can be addressed. The library's faculty-support academic-integrity page reiterates CCSF's plagiarism definition and prevention resources. undated · high confidence — source
Policy
Team/Lead: CCSF
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Resources
  • 🆕Microsoft Copilot approved; Zoom AI Companion for transcription; ban on third-party meeting bots. Microsoft Copilot, used with a CCSF account, is the college-approved (FERPA/Privacy-Policy-compliant) GenAI tool available to all employees. Zoom AI Companion (in CCSF's enterprise Zoom license) is endorsed for transcription/summary, while third-party AI meeting assistants such as Read.AI and Otter.AI must be discontinued in CCSF meetings. 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕Curated AI resources: Microsoft AI Skills Navigator and Elevate for Educators. The CCSF AI page links employees to external learning resources including the Microsoft AI Skills Navigator and Microsoft Elevate for Educators, and directs staff to review official resources from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Digital Center (CCCCO Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation, and Equity). 2025 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕CNIT 430 Intro to AI (credit course) offered Spring 2026. CCSF offers credit course CNIT 430 'Introduction to Artificial Intelligence' (3 units), an intro to AI fundamental concepts, ethical considerations and practical applications with hands-on work in real-world cybersecurity and cloud contexts; scheduled Spring 2026 (Jan 17-May 20, 2026) taught by Samuel Bowne, with recommended prep CNIT 120 and CS 131B. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • 🆕City Extension non-credit AI & Machine Learning Suite. CCSF City Extension (continuing education, via ed2go) offers an 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Suite' (48 course hours, $262, instructor-moderated online) covering AI science, AI ethics and applications, and supervised/unsupervised/semi-supervised machine learning techniques. 2026 · high confidence — source
  • Faculty GenAI Resources site (Dayamudra Dennehy). ESL faculty member and Digital Fluency Coach Dayamudra Dennehy maintains a public 'Gen AI Resources' site (a 'Generative AI Living Timeline') curating interviews, webinars, articles, tools and policy suggestions for CCSF, with content updated through 2025 (e.g., Summer 2025 UNESCO Red Teaming Playbook for Educators). 2025 · high confidence — source
  • Library AI citation guidance (MLA/APA examples). CCSF Library guidance states AI language models such as ChatGPT may be used for assignments with appropriate citation; students are responsible for fact-checking AI output and must properly cite AI tools, with MLA and APA citation examples provided. (Some library AI LibGuide URLs returned 404 on direct fetch; citation guidance is cross-referenced from the Academic Senate AI syllabus page.) undated · medium confidence — source
ResourcesPeopleSystems
Team/Lead: CCSF/Senate and Librarians
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