Pravin Shetty is a teacher who is passionate about helping students and making a difference in their lives. He has experience teaching both academically and assisting with cultural transitions for children in Melbourne. Shetty aims to build trusting environments for his students and inspire independent learning through creative lesson planning and accommodating different learning styles. He has a Masters in Teaching and over 12 years of experience in educational roles at Monash University.

1. My Portfolio
A Little About Myself
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in
creative expression and knowledge." ~Albert Einstein
Pravin Shetty
3 Bodley Street Clarinda 
Victoria-3169 
0474736523 
teacherpravinshetty@gmail.com
Web Site: www.pravinshetty.com
www.sahaydricamps.in

3. Welcome to my portfolio!
I am so excited to be working with children and really making a difference in their lives.
Being a teacher is who I am and what I have always wanted to be.
I remember being so upset in class as a child because I did not understand what was being talked about in the
classroom. A dedicated teacher helped me by recognizing my learning disability and finding ways to assist me.
I owe my success to this amazing teacher who changed my life.
Those experiences made me who I am today and I am now helping others.
I assist children making the transition to our school systems here in the Melbourne both academically and
culturally.
I love my job and am very proud to be in this position making a difference.

4. I come to this profession with definite beliefs in mind in relation to who I will be as a successful teacher,
employee, and member of a community.
I am a teacher who most importantly embraces the development of a trusting environment with my
students.
In my opinion, students only open up to learning beyond the borders of basic requirements when trust
is present.
One of the skills I will utilize in building the before mentioned environment is found in the ability to
communicate efficiently with one’s students.
I will not only provide educational data from the curriculum, but am a good listener willing to respond in
kind to all ideas presented by the classroom community.
I will also respond well to change in being open to learning from others in trying new approaches in
lesson construction and delivery.
My teaching methodologies main objective is to inspire learning of content as well as developing the
skills necessary for students to explore content and draw intelligent conclusions independently.
I am committed to inspiring this critical exploration through stimulating teamwork amongst peers, being
aware of different learning styles, teaching across subject boundaries, providing individualized
accommodations, involving students in goal setting where appropriate, and being able to recognize
and seize the moment when teachable moments occur.
All of these approaches can be fostered through creative lesson planning.

5. My studies have provided me with the theoretical grounding and my teaching rounds with the practical experience to continue growing
as the excellent teacher that I strive to be. My philosophy is that “not all children are ready to learn the same thing at the same time in
the same way”. I found this particularly true during my school placements where I embraced opportunities to scaffold students’
learning to facilitate individually appropriate stages of learning within a safe and constructive environment.
I am impressed with the range of activities undertaken at the school, such as the STEM in Schools and Reading Recovery programs, and
how these are tailored to meet the needs of the students. I am passionate about being involved in an active school community that is
characterised by a willingness to engage new programs that provide opportunities for students that extend the standard curriculum.
The culture of ongoing self-reflection and improvement that is indicated to me by your School Charter and Code of Practice documents
is very encouraging to me as I am keen to develop my skills as an educator.
I am a passionate and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working with positive people who share my enthusiasm for teaching and
learning which shows in my Lecturer’s position at Monash University for 12+ Years. I have a varied repertoire of employment
experience in Different roles as well in Monash as a Liaison Officer and believe that my professional knowledge and skills together with
my personal qualities make me an ideal candidate for this job. My Research and Publications on my personnel webpage and my
communication skills and professional approach to teaching have added to the successes

6. Languages Fluent in: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Tulu.
Residency Status: Australian Citizen
— Creative Lesson
Planning
— Curriculum
Development
— Instructional Best
Practices
— Classroom
Management & Discipline
— Standardized Testing /
Scoring
— Learner Assessment
— Experiential Learning
— Special Needs
Students / IEPs
Core Competencies:

7. Qualifications:
· Feb 2017 -Studying Masters in Teaching Primary/Secondary
· Feb 2012-14 Bachelors in Ed. Dahanu Management India--Mumbai
University
· Feb 2005-2010 Masters Continuation PHD, Monash University Australia
· 2001, Cisco Network Academy Program
· 1999, Masters of Information Technology, Monash University Australia
· 1997, Diploma in Business Management, Dahanu Management & Computer
· 1996, Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology, St Xavier’s Institute
· 1993, Bachelor of Commerce, Bombay University India

8. Professional Development
 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education & care setting-India 2014
 Responding to Abuse & Neglect Child Protection-India 2013
 Behavior Management-India 2013
Voluntary Work
Voluntary Primary Care Teacher for Dixon House, 2015/2017
Stepped away from the classroom to serve as a primary teacher to Elderly people who cannot operate Computers to
parent diagnosed with stage cancer / Dementia.
ICT Consultant Dixon House (Voluntary)
 · Build and maintain relationships with Key Stakeholders
 · Upskilling stakeholder with computer skills.
 Emails, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Reading and Writing Skills to Immigrants
 · Providing training with writing up resumes, cover letters and answering key selection criteria

9. PERSONAL INTERESTS:
 Initiated the Homework Help Club at St Marys High in India
 Coach of the U10 Boys St Marys High School Cricket Team in India
 Coach of the U12 Girls St Marys High School Cricket Team in India
 Independently travelled throughout India in 2011 to learn about IB Schools to open up myself a School in a Remote
village in Dahanu Road in India
 · Cricket · Reading · Computer Games and · Gardening

10. Memberships and Affiliations
 Anti-Corruption Govt of India
Anti-Terrorist Govt of India
Society for Fast Justice Govt of India
 Right to Information Act- Govt of India
 Member of Australian Computer Society
 Cricket Umpire of Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association
(VSDCA)
 Member of Monash University Alumni Association
 Member of Melbourne Indian Club
 Psychiatric Nurse (RN-DIV II) from Swinburne University
 Member of Lions Club of Dahanu Road India

11. Skills
Work skills
•Creative Lesson Planning
•Curriculum Development
•Classroom Management & Discipline
•Experiential Learning

15. Personal Resources and Tools
www.pravinshetty.com/teaching
www.sahyadricamps.in
https://www.pinterest.com.au/marishashetty/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEnFxHZOcLA
https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3APRAVIN%20SHETTY
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-resources
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade4/student/tryout.html
https://au.ixl.com/ela/year-9/choose-the-word-whose-connotation-and-denotation-best-match-the-sentence