Teacher Author Workshop: Writing Children's Literature
Sheetal Paul
Instructor Profile
Sheetal Paul
Sheetal is a published Children's Literature Author, who started her professional journey as a language teacher.
Languages : English + Hindi
The education space encouraged Sheetal to translate good stories into the regional language of her students that later pushed her into creating children’s literature in English and Hindi. She has 7 such titles published. She recently bagged the 3rd prize in the Virtual Story Telling competition, organised by the Olive Ridley Collective!
She loves to travel with stories and collect more during the same. She enjoys writing for and with children up to the primary grades. Her latest endeavor called The Teacher_Author Program invites education practitioners and students from across the country to write comprehensive, critical, and contextual Children’s Literature! She believes Language gives us the power to give meaning to anything and everything!
She worked at The Teacher App (New Delhi- 2018-2020) as an academic specialist curating and creating digital courses around language education. Since 2017 March, she has been providing consultation services to various governmental and non-governmental organisations in the realm of Learning objectives in the primary grades and majorly around language education. She worked as a primary school teacher at Shiv Nadar School (Faridabad- 2015-2017). And worked as research investigator at Jamia Millia Islamia's Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research (2014). Prior to pursuing Master degree in Education, Sheetal taught at Digantar (Jaipur- 2009-2011).
Education / Certifications
| Degree/Course | Field of study | Organization | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Master of Arts in Education" | - | "Azim Premji University" | - | - |
| "Bachelor degree in Elementary Education" | - | "Delhi University" | - | - |
| "Certificate course in Teacher Education" | - | "Ambedkar University" | - | - |
Testimonials
Arzoo Rikhy (Shiv Nadar School, Noida) - "The content was well-curated. Borrowing from Indian and foreign theorists, the content was relevant and helped bridge the gaps between theory and practice. Feedback on the scripts was timely and encouraging. It mostly gave one a way forward of how to continue and keep at it. Facilitation provided with space that was open and honest and encouraged participation. All viewpoints were considered valid, which made you want to participate even more. Sheetal was constantly approachable and encouraged one to keep scripting!"
Abhishek Menon (Azim Premji Foundation, Pondicherry) - "The course provides a comprehensive introduction to children's literature, both theory and practice, using relevant examples! I am amazed by all the books that were shared in the session. I really mean it. ALL! There were so many takeaways from the stories, how children's literature should NOT have a moral, how the illustrations play a big role and sometimes even a bigger role than the text, etc."
Prof. Poonam Batra (Delhi University CIE) - "I am so happy to see your creativity take leaps and bounds. Your work will go down in the annals of history that document the significance of children's literature and how you pioneered in giving it critical shape, especially involving the large numbers of primary school teachers from across the country."
Snehal Welde (The Orchid School, Pune) - "Ms Sheetal Paul has clarity of the entire process and structure of the workshop. Hence the facilitation was smooth, interesting, and progressive! It helped build confidence in me that I can write! The children's literature that I was exposed to was brilliant. It was an exposure to both Hindi and English quality literature. I was constantly engaged and was able to take that literature to my classroom too! Content was relevant, engaging, and this is one of the few courses I am glad I joined and sad that it is getting over."
Arzoo Rikhy (Shiv Nadar School, Noida) - "The content was well-curated. Borrowing from Indian and foreign theorists, the content was relevant and helped bridge the gaps between theory and practice. Feedback on the scripts was timely and encouraging. It mostly gave one a way forward of how to continue and keep at it. Facilitation provided with space that was open and honest and encouraged participation. All viewpoints were considered valid, which made you want to participate even more. Sheetal was constantly approachable and encouraged one to keep scripting!"
Abhishek Menon (Azim Premji Foundation, Pondicherry) - "The course provides a comprehensive introduction to children's literature, both theory and practice, using relevant examples! I am amazed by all the books that were shared in the session. I really mean it. ALL! There were so many takeaways from the stories, how children's literature should NOT have a moral, how the illustrations play a big role and sometimes even a bigger role than the text, etc."
Prof. Poonam Batra (Delhi University CIE) - "I am so happy to see your creativity take leaps and bounds. Your work will go down in the annals of history that document the significance of children's literature and how you pioneered in giving it critical shape, especially involving the large numbers of primary school teachers from across the country."
Snehal Welde (The Orchid School, Pune) - "Ms Sheetal Paul has clarity of the entire process and structure of the workshop. Hence the facilitation was smooth, interesting, and progressive! It helped build confidence in me that I can write! The children's literature that I was exposed to was brilliant. It was an exposure to both Hindi and English quality literature. I was constantly engaged and was able to take that literature to my classroom too! Content was relevant, engaging, and this is one of the few courses I am glad I joined and sad that it is getting over."
Courses offered by Sheetal Paul
Courses offered by Sheetal Paul