Dr. Churchill is a highly respected educator who is proud to serve in his fourth year as Superintendent of Carlsbad Unified School District.

He is passionate about all aspects of teaching and learning, and is especially interested in classroom technology integration, early learning and kindergarten readiness, workforce development, and career pathways for all students. He previously served as an assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, high school principal, associate principal of curriculum and instruction, and a high school English teacher. He began his 24-year career in education teaching English for six years in China. 

Dr. Churchill was recently recognized as the 2019 Innovative Superintendent by the Classroom of the Future Foundation. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for both the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and the Classroom of the Future Foundation, Dr. Churchill is also currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Governors for the North Coastal Consortium for Special Education. 

Dr. Churchill earned his Educational Doctorate from Argosy University, a master’s degree in school leadership from Northeastern Illinois University, a master’s degree in teaching and learning from DePaul University, and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Valparaiso University. Ben, his wife, and their two school-age daughters live in Carlsbad. The family is thrilled to be part of the active community of parents and other committed stakeholders in the district.

Connect with Dr. Churchill on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook - @SuptChurchill

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Transcript of the Entire Episode

100:00:00,000 --> 00:01:35,160Scott Schimmel: Hey, everybody. This is Scott Schimmel, the co host, the host of the YouSchool podcast, and I'm here, I'm really thrilled to be here with Dr. Ben Churchill. He's been really gracious to make time for us in his office. And I've known I've known Ben, since probably the first week that you came here, I met you and a gym at Carlsbad High School, when you were fresh to San Diego. And it was great to welcome you here. And now it's going on to your fourth year. So, Ben, welcome to the show. And thank you for joining, would you just kind of tell us where you are, what you're doing, and what brought you here.

200:01:36,000 --> 00:03:41,250Dr Churchilll: Cool, thanks, Scott. Life is good. I am here in Carlsbad, as you said, my fourth year as superintendent, Carlsbad Unified School District. And I feel very fortunate we we moved here from the Chicago area. Four summers ago, my wife and my two daughters. And I, we had decided, when I was finished my doctorate degree, we were looking for Superintendent jobs. I've been on the SU a chief academic officer in the Chicago region. And when when we thought about, you know, the the change on our family that that, you know, starting a superintendent job would entail, we thought, let's find somewhere really awesome to do this work. Right. So, so we looked at the map, we circled a couple of places on the map that we thought would be places we'd like to live and raise a family Why? Exactly right. Right. So So coastal San Diego County, was high on the list. I knew the search firm that was conducting the search for the Carlsbad superintendent. And, you know, it all worked out. So I feel very fortunate that we, we worked hard to get here. And that will work in an equally hard to stay here. Because it's an outstanding place to live great place to raise a family. And and and the people I work with are outstanding. So couldn't couldn't be a better situation personally. And professionally. The work is the right work. We have a really positive and supportive community. parents and community members are genuinely supportive of public education and Carlsbad. Yeah. So So we, we get to do a lot of good work, because we get to partner with so many good people who are either behind the scenes working in their school, we work with the business community do a lot of