Mr. Green has been teaching broadcasting at CHS for 30 years now. Previously teaching at Valley Middle school, Mr. Green has made a substantial impact on the CHS campus.

Lancer Link: How long have you been working at CHS?

Doug Green: I started teaching [at] Carlsbad in 1991. I started Valley’s broadcasting classes in 1996, Aviara’s broadcasting classes in 1999 and in 2002 I moved to Carlsbad High School to start the CHSTV program. So I have been at CHS for twenty of my thirty one years in the district.

LL: Why did you start your career here:

DG: The Valley and Aviara broadcasting programs had become so successful that students wanted to continue in broadcasting in high school and beyond. In 2002 I was asked to move to Carlsbad High School and it was in that September that CHSTV was “born.” We were in a portable classroom for the first year with no studio whatsoever, but CHSTV won four National Emmy Awards in our first year.

LL: What did CHS look like when you first joined?

DG: CHS was built in 1957, I believe, and the school was “tired.” Totally lacked in “curb appeal” and the classrooms were antiquated. My classroom/studio was an old science classroom in the 100 building (now the main parking lot) and it had no heat or air conditioning. Still, there was a sense of history in those old classrooms because many students were learning in the same classrooms that their parents learned in years earlier

LL: What was your first position at CHS?

DG: I have always taught Broadcast Journalism and I have always split my day between CHS and VMS.

LL: Who/what was the thing that made you teach?

DG: I love my job. I love that I get to teach a subject area that I am passionate about and I love that students who take broadcasting take it for up to six years (7th to 12th grade). Their passion for what we do is why the program has been ranked #1 in the USA for fourteen years in a row. I love that we get to tell important stories and I love that so many of my students find their dream careers in film and television, or public relations, or in any career where being a great communicator, great writer, and great collaborator is important.

LL: When did you have the idea of being a teacher?

DG: My dad was a school superintendent and I remember waking up before daylight (in the cold New England winters) as a high school senior and thinking “I could never be a teacher. I can’t do this for the rest of my life!” About 10 years later I was working as a social worker and was asked to be a guest speaker at Valley Middle School in a Health Class. And I loved it. So, I got my substitute teaching credential, and then my regular teaching credential and began my teaching career as an 8th grade language arts teacher at Valley. The rest is history!