Office of Instruction
Welcome to the Office of Instruction. Our primary role is to support the college's mission by ensuring that students from diverse backgrounds receive quality instruction in all areas of the college. This includes general education, transfer, career, and basic skills education.
Instructional Divisions
The Office of Instruction also provides leadership and support to all instructional programs at the college.
Academic Support & Learning Technologies Division
- Anniqua Rana, Division Dean (650) 306-3470
- Jacky Ip, Division Assistant
- Email: canaslt@smccd.edu
Business, Design & Workforce Division
- Alex Kramer, Division Dean (650) 381-2271
- Robyn Ledesma, Division Assistant (650) 306-3201
- Email: canbusiness@smccd.edu
Humanities & Social Sciences Division
- James Carranza, Division Dean (650) 306-3350
- Daniel Barba, Division Assistant (650) 306-3182
- Email: canhumanities@smccd.edu
Kinesiology, Athletics & Dance
- Kathleen Sullivan-Torrez, Division Dean (650) 381-2236
- Christina Gilbert, Division Assistant (650) 306-3212
- Email: cankad@smccd.edu
Science & Technology Division
- Ameer Thompson, Division Dean (650) 306-3322
- Magda Mercado, Division Assistant (650) 306-3291
- Email: canscitech@smccd.edu
Instructional Resources
Office of Instruction Organizational Chart
The Office of Instruction at Cañada College has professional and kind faculty, staff, administrators and assistants to help you with degree or certificate information, course information, and resolving course issues. Please view our Organizational PDF Chart below.
Office of Instruction Reports
2025-2026
- Cañada College Faculty Handbook 2025-2026 (Aug 2025)
- Cañada College Deans Handbook
- Cañada College VPI Handbook
- Cañada College Curriculum Handbook 2025-2026
- Cañada College Course Schedule Development Handbook and Timeline 2025-2026
- Cañada College FTEF Allocation Handbook 2025-2026
- Cañada College Course Cancellation Process and Timeline 2025-2026
- Cañada College Faculty Evaluation Timeline (June2025)
- Cañada College Program Evaluation Timeline
- Cañada College SLO Timeline
- Emergency Instructional Continuity Plan (Spring 2025)
2024-2025
- Strategic Enrollment Management Plan Progress Report (Spring 2025)
- Strategic Stewardship of FTEF Allocation: Aligning Resources with Student Success and Institutional Priorities (May 2025)
- Extension of Strategic Enrollment Management Plan 2023-2025 (April 2025)
- AP 7.69.3 Student Disciplinary Sanctions (Feb 2025)
- Instructional Adjunct Salary Placement (Jan 2025)
- Admin Guide--Instructional Adjunct New Hire Salary Placement Process for Deans (Jan 2025)
- AP 6.04.1 Guidelines for Course Cancellation (Nov 2024)
- BP 6.04 Guidelines for Class Cancellation (Nov 2024)
- Deans Learning Community:
- College Budget Planning Calendar (July 2024)
- Program Review SOP (July 2024)
- Adjunct Faculty Hiring and Evaluation part 1 and part 2 (July 2024)
- Summary Adjunct Hiring Process
- Summary Faculty Evaluation
- Faculty Evaluation Procedures by EGC
- Faculty Evaluation AFT 1493-Appendix G
- Hiring 101
- Reassigned Time--Full-Time Faculty
- Reassigned Time--Adjunct Faculty
- Summary Reassigned Time
- Faculty Professional Development Approval Process
- AP 2.09.3 Teaching Assignments for Classified Employees (May 2024)
2023-2024
- Memo re 67 percent Workload Compliance (Jan 2024)
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2022-2023
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Meet the Staff
Chialin Hsieh (Vice President of Instruction)
Office of the Vice President, Instruction - Office of InstructionPhat Minh (Frank) Nguyen Le (Curriculum and Instructional Systems Specialist)
Office of the Vice President, Instruction - Office of InstructionAlessandra Zanassi (Executive Assistant)
Office of the Vice President, Instruction - Office of Instruction