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West Valley College
Region: Bay Area
At a glance
West Valley College's TEACH Center has sustained a year-long faculty AI professional-development effort, launching an "AI in Action" Community of Practice in Fall 2025 facilitated by Anna Mills and continuing through Spring 2026 with sessions led by Trudi Radke on metacognition and ethics. The Academic Senate adopted Open/Limited/Closed AI syllabus statements in Fall 2023, now integrated into districtwide WVMCCD academic-integrity policy and a faculty research guide maintained by librarian Maryanne Mills. The Computer Information Systems & Technology department launched two new transferable AI/ML courses (CIST 007 in Fall 2025, CIST 008 in Spring 2026) as a stackable pathway toward a planned CS certificate, alongside a noncredit business AI course.
Updated Scan Findings
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- 🆕'AI in Action' Community of Practice (Fall 2025). The TEACH Center launched an 'AI in Action' Community of Practice facilitated by critical-AI-literacy advocate Anna Mills, with FLEX-credit workshops Sept 5 and Sept 12, 2025, a semester-long implementation commitment, limited stipends, and a Week 15 Teaching Showcase. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕AI in Action CoP continues into Spring 2026. The professional learning calendar lists Spring 2026 'AI in Action CoP' sessions led by Trudi Radke: 'Process vs. Product: Teaching Metacognition in the Age of AI' (Feb 5, 2026) and 'Ethics in AI' (Feb 12, 2026). Spring 2026 · high confidence — source
- Multi-semester AI faculty workshop history. Faculty AI workshops have run since at least Fall 2024 (e.g., Anna Mills sessions Sept 6 and Oct 11, 2024 on adaptation and reducing AI misuse; faculty AI assignment sharing Sept 20, 2024; an 'AI Enhanced and AI Literacy Share Out' March 7, 2025). 2024-2025 · high confidence — source
AI Policies · 4
- 🆕Districtwide WVMCCD AI Resource Hub. The West Valley-Mission CCD AI Resource Hub provides districtwide guidance covering district policies/guidelines, academic integrity, technology procurement and review, district projects/examples, and resources, applying to West Valley College's campus. 2025-2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕District AI academic-integrity policy mapping. The district's 'Academic Integrity and AI Use' guidance ties AI misuse to BP/AP 3720, BP 3721, and BP 5500 student conduct standards, defines four misuse categories (in-class/out-of-class cheating, plagiarism, falsification) and Closed/Restricted/Open use frameworks, and provides a Maxient reporting form. 2025-2026 · high confidence — source
- Academic Senate AI syllabus statements (Open/Limited/Closed). The West Valley College Academic Senate (WVCAS) adopted three AI syllabus statement templates in Fall 2023 - Open Use, Limited Use ('no more than 25% of the student work should be generated by AI'), and Closed Use - each requiring an AI-tool disclosure statement and citation; the faculty guide hosting them was last updated May 5, 2026. 2026 (page) · high confidence — source
- AI integrated into academic integrity guidance. The faculty AI guide's Academic Integrity section (last updated May 5, 2026) frames AI under the WVC Dishonesty Policy and cites current resources including Leon Furze's 'AI Assessment Scale Revisited' (2024 preprint) and an Anna Mills presentation (Jan 24, 2025) on AI and academic integrity. 2026 · high confidence — source
AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 6
- 🆕First AI/ML course launched Fall 2025 (CIST 007). CIST 007 'Foundations of Machine/Deep Learning with Python' (4 units, prereq CIST 005A, UC/CSU transferable) launched Fall 2025, teaching traditional ML and deep learning using Python, PyTorch, and Scikit-Learn. Fall 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Second AI/ML course for Spring 2026 (CIST 008). CIST 008 'Essential Tools for Machine/Deep Learning in Python' is slated for Spring 2026, using industry tools including PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, and Keras; both courses are transferable to CSU and UC. Spring 2026 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Stackable AI 'pathway' toward CS certificate. CS Department Chair Takyiu Liu describes the new AI/ML courses as a 'stackable pathway' that can stand alone or form part of a planned computer science certificate, aimed at bridging the Bay Area tech skills gap; the initiative emphasizes accessible, project-based learning (labs, mini-projects, reproducible workflows). 2025 · high confidence — source
- 🆕Noncredit business AI course (NCBU 059). NCBU 059 'Small Business and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools' is a 0-unit noncredit course (11-12 lecture hours, no prerequisites) introducing AI tools for identifying efficiency, cost savings, and growth opportunities in small businesses. undated · high confidence — source
- 'AI for Faculty' research guide. The Library/DE Committee maintains an 'Artificial Intelligence for Faculty' research guide (last updated May 5, 2026; contact Maryanne Mills) covering generative AI overview, syllabus statements, academic integrity, AI detection, copyright/ethics, professional development, and classroom integration including a 'chatbot proof strategies' section. 2026 · high confidence — source
- Student-facing AI research guide. The WVC Library maintains a student 'Artificial Intelligence (AI)' research guide (last updated May 21, 2026) with sections on AI history/future, AI in healthcare, business, art, military and ethics, plus citation guidance and library databases. 2026 · high confidence — source
Spring 2025 baseline
AI-Engaged People, Processes & Timelines
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Team/Lead: West Valley/Librarians
- Librarians have created AI in education guides
AI Policies
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AI Courses, Tools & Resources
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Team/Lead: West Valley/Maryanne Mills
- AI for Educators Library Guide, Librarian Maryanne Mills
- Using AI in the Classroom
- AI and Academic Integrity
- AI for Students, Librarian Maryanne Mills
- West Valley had participating representation in PlayLab in November Inaugural cohort with UC Berkeley
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AI Courses, Tools & Resources · 4
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- https://libguides.westvalley.edu/AIForFaculty#:~:text=The%20Library%20and%20DE%20Committee,being%20used%20in%20higher%20education fetched
- https://libguides.westvalley.edu/AIForStudents fetched
- https://libguides.westvalley.edu/c.php?g=1361304&p=10053444 fetched
Contacts at this college
| Name / Role | Phone | |
|---|---|---|
MM Maryanne Mills Librarian | maryanne.mills@westvalley.edu | (408) 741-4661 |