[@Mae]

Should I, for lack of a better term, set up my character with level 1 type skills? 

As a monk, he spends most of his time, meditating, practicing martial arts, or tending to the upkeep of the Monastery. 

His main proficiency lies in acrobatics and athleticism. 

From a martial standpoint, I'll pull from the DnD stock and give him, for starters, the Flurry of Blows technique; in one attack action he can string together multiple rapid attacks. However you see fit to limit this is OK with me. 

His elven heritage, if I'm not mistaken, gives him a degree of Stealth as well.