Welcome Brittany Neeb

WELCOME

Brittany Neeb Art Teacher

We are delighted to welcome Brittany Neeb to Wilderness School in 2021. It is always wonderful to meet new members of staff and learn what inspired and led them to their current role. We sat down with Brittany and asked her a few questions to get to know her.

What led or inspired you to get into education?

I haven’t always had a positive relationship with school. For a lot of my education, I had negative experiences with many teachers and the environment I was in. For a long time, I didn’t see myself completing Year 12. In Year 10, I made a decision that changed my relationship with school – I moved schools. In doing so, I met an astonishing, knowledgeable and inspiring teacher who I thank for this pivoting point in my education. In Year 11, I turned to that teacher and said, “I am going to be like you one day”. As my art teacher, the belief that she held in me was something I had never experienced in my schooling. Her continuous support is something that I will always value and is a quality that has inspired me to be the teacher I am today. Both the negative and the positive experiences have shaped my relationship with education. I wanted to be the teacher that I lacked in much of my schooling and the one who makes you want to go to school, purely because they believe in you. I also told myself I wouldn’t be the teacher that lets a student fall through the cracks as I did and that I would be the best teacher I could possibly be to inspire young women to be whatever they desire. I am so humbled to come to school each day and be that teacher. Seeing girls put their trust in me during their schooling is all I ever dreamed of and I know I am where I’m meant to be.

What is your vision for Wilderness students in your role as an Art Teacher?

The girls at Wilderness are blessed with more opportunities than they realise. As an educator of any subject, it is important that we guide students to see and experience those opportunities. As an Art Teacher at Wilderness, I want to show girls the possibilities within the Arts. A common misconception of studying Visual Art is that there are very limited opportunities to come from it, when in fact, there are thousands.

I want to be the teacher that shows students the world of endless possibilities. Although art is often overlooked, it is integrated into every aspect of our lives. My vision for Art at Wilderness is to enable students to have real-world, industry-focused experiences that equip them with skills they can utilise and build upon in the future.

What is the most rewarding aspect of the work you do and what makes it so worthwhile?

As a graduate teacher within my first year of teaching, the environment at Wilderness has provided me with fundamental experiences that I will carry with me forever. A big part of this and by far one of the most rewarding aspects of what I do has been the relationships that I have formed. The girls at Wilderness are the most amazing young women. From