Kyla BradyLong

Kyla received her B.S. in Biological Sciences with a minor in Psychology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, in December 2011, her Single Subject Science Credential with additional authorization in Earth Science, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics from Cal Poly in 2013, and her Masters of Science in Chemistry from South Dakota State University in 2017. Starting in 2015, she was lucky enough to teach science at her alma mater, Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, CA. Here she serves as science department chair, on the Instructional Leadership Committee, on the districtwide NGSS Steering Committee, and on the districtwide Social Justice Curriculum Writing Committee. Since 2024, she has been honored to move into an Assistant Principal role at the same school. She is also keeping current with science instruction through her consulting work with the Cal-Math Science and Computer Science grant and various communities of practice.

Being allowed to engage in scientific thinking regularly has allowed me to maintain my passion for the subject.

Being reminded of how science looks in the true research setting, during the exploration phase, has allowed me to think about how the high school science classroom is and is not preparing students to work and think in this way.

Fun fact: I was homecoming princess my senior year of college for the College of Science and Math and my fraternity brother was my prince.