National Applied AI Consortium

Professional Development

The National Applied AI Consortium offers active and ongoing AI training opportunities in collaboration with industry partners.

The National Applied AI Consortium is collaborating with Grow with Google to support college faculty to develop AI skills and equip students with in-demand skills through the Google Career Certificates program (now with AI training), Google AI Essentials and the recently announced Google Prompting Essentials. Community colleges can access these courses at no cost.

Microsoft has partnered with the National Applied AI Consortium to prepare community college faculty to teach Microsoft AI skills through AI Bootcamps. The no-cost train-the-trainer sessions will help faculty successfully achieve the AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals certification and provide an overview of Microsoft Learn for Educators (MSLE).

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with a free, ready-to-teach curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs. This includes long-running hands-on lab environments where educators can bring their own assignments and invite their students to get experience using select AWS services and access to over 100 AWS services. AWS Academy partnered with the National Applied AI Consortium to empower community college faculty to teach the new AWS AI Practitioner certification.

Intel is partnering with the National Applied AI Consortium to equip college faculty with the tools to teach critical AI skills. Using the Intel AI for Workforce curriculum, the training covers AI fundamentals, generative AI, machine learning, and applied AI ethics, emphasizing hands-on learning and effective pedagogy. Faculty will gain access to ready-to-teach materials, including assignments, guides, and assessments, to make AI education more accessible in community colleges.