Editing with Checkword

SERVICES OFFERED – copy editing, structural editing, proofreading, styling, content development.

  • Specialist in educational publishing.
  • Books (academic, educational, trade); policy documents; websites and more.
  • Online and hardcopy.
  • Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat PDF markup.
  • Educational, academic and trade publications.

Contact info@checkword.com.au for editing services.

TESTIMONIALS

It has been an absolute pleasure and a privilege working with you this year. Your professionalism, diligence and meticulous eye for detail are truly commendable. You are an incredibly talented editor.  Australian educational publisher

I was having no success pitching my 85,000 family history manuscript until Checkword gave me good advice on restructuring it. Immediately I had better luck and Scholarly Scoundrel is with a publisher.  Jan Worthington, Genealogist and Author

RECENT PROJECTS 

2024

Proofreader – two books for Uro Publications: Thinking Space by Leon van Shaik; Queensland Architects 1823–1895

Editor – Doctoral thesis – RMIT University, School of Economics

Editor – Cambridge Checkpoints VCE Psychology Units 3&4 – Cambridge University Press

Editor – Cambridge Checkpoints VCE English: Analysing and Presenting Argument Units 3&4 – Cambridge University Press

Editor – Doctoral thesis – University of New England, School of Science and Technology

Editor – Doctoral thesis –  Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Editor – VCE Support Materials for Heath and Human Development, Physical Education, Accounting, Philosophy, Theatre Studies, Drama

Editor – VCE Media examination preparation book – Insight Publications

Editor – Doctoral thesis – Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Proofreader – VCE Visual Communication Design trial exam paper – Insight Publications

Editor – Doctoral thesis – Victoria University, Institute of Sustainable Industries and Livable Cities

Editor – VCE Applied Computing Support Materials – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Proofreader – VCE Media trial exam paper – Insight Publications

Editor – Doctoral thesis – RMIT School of Economics, Finance and Marketing College of Business and Law 

Editor – Women’s Art Register – 12 articles 

Proofreader – ‘Culinary Moulds’ – private client

Editor – VCE Legal Studies Revision Questions – Insight Publications

Editor – Article on the topic of accessible travel  – private client

Proofreader – VCE Classical Studies Study Design – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Proofreader – Doctoral thesis – Queensland University of Technology – Faculty of Health

Proofreader – Photographic text book – private client

Indexer – The Cambridge Handbook of Literature and Plants – various authors, Cambridge University Press UK

2023

Editor – VCE Study Designs: Drama, Theatre Studies, VET, Accounting – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Editor – HASS (Year 10) Lesson Plans for teachers (19 chapters) – Oxford University Press

Editor – Cambridge Checkpoints VCE Psychology Units 3&4 – Cambridge University Press

Editor – Cambridge Checkpoints VCE English: Analysing and Presenting Argument Units 3&4 – Cambridge University Press

Indexer – Botanical Culture and Popular Belief in Shakespeare’s England – Cambridge University Press UK

Editor – Photographic Travels in the Flinders Ranges – private client

Editor – Doctoral thesis: University of Canberra, Faculty of Arts and Design

Editor – VCE Sample Materials (Outdoor & Environmental Studies, Visual Communication Design, Legal Studies, Politics, Sociology) – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Editor – HASS worksheets (Year 10) – Oxford University Press

Proofreader – Botanical Culture and Popular Belief in Shakespeare’s England – Cambridge University Press UK

Editor – OzBox digital projects (Cross-curriculum – History, Geography, Science – Primary) – Oxford University Press

Editor – VCE Study Designs: English Language, Outdoor and Environmental Studies, Product Design Technologies, Visual Communication Design – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Editor/Proofreader – Trial VCE Exam papers for Legal Studies, Media Studies, History (Revolutions), Geography, Visual Communication Design – Insight Publications

2022

Editor – STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths) digital projects, Years 7–10 – Oxford University Press

Editor – Application for an educational position (private client)

Editor – South Australia Dept for Education program for DreamBIG Arts Festival 2023

Editor – VCE Advice for Teachers – English, Economics, Algorithmics, Visual Arts, Business Management, Chemistry, Literature, Music, Physics, Psychology, Texts and Traditions, Chinese Literature, Culture and Society – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Editor and proofreader – Senior Secondary Certificate Reform – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 

Editor –  Worksheets and digital resources for Oxford Science 7 Victorian Curriculum Student Book – Oxford University Press 

Editor/proofreader – Trial VCE Exam papers for Health & Human Development, Legal Studies, Media Studies, History, Geography – Insight Publications

Editor – Vocational Education and Training units – Aspire Learning Resources (ongoing)

Editor – Clickview – voice-over scripts on a range of topics (ongoing throughout the year)

2021

Editor – VCE Advice for teachers: Food Studies, Environmental Science, Biology – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 

Editor – Doctoral thesis, Victoria University student 

Editor – Biography of famous singer/songwriter – private client

Editor – Revised national curriculum: The Arts – ACARA

Editor – Long-form essay ‘Nobles and Savages on the Television’ – private client

Editor – VCE Languages Advice for teachers  – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (including Latin and Hebrew)

Proofreader – Open Day – 80,000 word novel – private client

Editor – voice-over scripts on a range of topics (ongoing throughout the year) – Clickview

Editor – Oxford Science 8 Victorian Curriculum Student Book – Oxford University Press (from first draft through all page layouts to print copy)

Editor – The Elusive Captain Cromarty (historical biography) & The Cromartys of Port Stephens (novel) – private client

Editor – VCE Legal Studies trial examination paper – Insight Publications

2020

Proofreader/editor academic thesis: topic of 3D printing – QUT Ph.d student

Editor – South Australia Dept for Education program for DreamBIG Arts Festival 2021

Proofreader – Academic papers for Science, Maths for Engineering journals – Edanz Group [This is an ongoing position.]

Editor – Vocational Education and Training units – Aspire Learning Resources [ongoing projects throughout 2020]

Editor – VCE Health and Human Development Units 3 & 4 – Cambridge University Press (check first and second pages of typeset manuscript) [January/February), edit online quizzes [August] and all teacher assets [October] ALSO Edit interactive teachers’ book Units 1–4 [December]

Editor – VCE Languages Advice for teachers (template) & EAL Advice – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority [ongoing work]

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper – Legal Studies  & Proofreader for Food Studies examination – Insight Publications

2019

Editor – VCE Health and Human Development Units 3 & 4 – Cambridge University Press (copy-edit of original manuscript)

Proofreader – Psychology or Queensland Units 1 & 2 Student Workbooks – Oxford University Press

Copy editor – VCE Advice for teachers -–Advanced Computing – VCAA

Proofreader – Psychology for Queensland Units 3 & 4 Student Workbooks – Oxford University Press

Copy editor – VCE Advice for teachers – Agricultural and Horticultural Studies, Foundation English, six Languages – VCAA

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper – Legal Studies & Food Studies – Insight Publications

Guest speaker with workshop on editing for Celebrants Australia Inc.

2018

Copy editor – Psychology for Queensland, Units 1 and 2, Answer Book – Oxford University Press

Copy editor – VCE English Study Guides – Macmillan Education

Copy editor – Dynamic PDHPE for HSC (text book) – Cengage Learning

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper 2018 – Legal Studies, Food Studies, Media – Insight Publications

Copy editor – Quizzes and Answer sheets for Oxford University Press’s Justice and Outcomes 

Copy editor – Advice to Teachers: VCE Extended Investigation / Classical Studies /Languages / Systems Engineering / Drama / Theatre Studies (for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper 2018(Insight Publications) – Food Studies

Structural/copy editor – Stepping Stones – 50,000 word memoir

2017

Copy editor – Advice to Teachers: VCE Philosophy (for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)

Copy editor – Advice to Teachers: VCE Industry and Enterprise  (for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)

Editor – Victorian Curriculum: The Arts – Music Curriculum – Sample Units

Proofreader – The Special Deal of a Lifetime (Report) – Catholic Education Melbourne

Structural/copy editor – My Soul is Your Soul – 84,000-word memoir

Copy editor – Advice to Teachers: VCE Visual Communication Design (for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority)

Workshop on editing for the Funeral Celebrants Association (Victoria) – see: FCAA Professional Development Day Flyer (1)

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper 2017 (Insight Publications) – Food Studies

Copy editor – Oxford University Press UK – The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds 

Editor – Oxford University Press – Humanities 9 quizzes

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Editor – Cambridge University Press – Health and Wellbeing in Childhood

Editor – Practice VCE examination paper 2017 (Insight Publications) – Legal Studies

Copy editor – Oxford University Press – Geography worksheets and answers (Year 8)

2016

Editor – Catholic Education Office – Inner City School Provision Report

Copy editor – Oxford University Press UK – Leadership: Practice and Perspectives

Writer/editor – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority – VCE Drama & Theatre Studies Play list 2017

Proofreader – Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority – VCE exams for special needs students

Proofreader – Catholic Education Office Victoria – Guidelines for engaging volunteers & contractors

Editor – Wiley/Jacaranda Science Quest 7 and 10 LearnON (online/interactive resources)

Proofreader – Oxford University Press – Humanities 8 textbook (Geography)

Editor – Oxford University Press – VCE Psychology Units 3&4 Workbook and Answers

Proofreader – Cengage Learning – Step into Stories (English textbook)

Structural editor – Mind Your Way – Supporting award applications by research scientists

Proofreader – Cambridge University Press – Literacies (textbook for pre-service teachers)

Editor – Practice VCE examinations 2016 (Insight Publications) – English Language, Global Politics, Media

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Proofreader – Cambridge University Press – Language & Literacy Development in Early Childhood

Editor – VCAA – VCE Examination Reports (wide variety of VCE subjects)

Editor – Oxford University Press – VCE Psychology Answer Book

2015

Editor – Catholic Education Office – 17 school ‘case studies’ on their literacy programs & Number Intervention Guidelines / Students with Disability Guidelines 2017

Editor – Local Government Victoria – website update

Editor – Supporting English as an Additional Language: Transition to School (policy document for VCAA)

Proofreader – SANE Australia website update (www.sane.org)

Editor – Dept of Health & Human Services (VIC) – policy documents for website

Proofreader – Cengage Learning – VCE Psychology Teacher Manual & Student Workbook

Editor – Cambridge University Press – Teaching and Digital Technologies (multi-author book for teachers) – hardcopy and website material

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Indexer (in collaboration with author Dr B. Johnson) – Chastity in Early Stuart Literature and Culture (Cambridge University Press, UK)

Editor – Drama Australia’s Equity and Diversity Guidelines 

Editor – Catholic Education Office Melbourne – a series of school profiles on the topic of reading

Editor – Practice VCE examinations 2015 (Insight Publications) – Global Politics, Legal Studies, Psychology

Copy editor – 226Strategy – Communications Strategy for their client (an environmental design group)

Editor – Cambridge University Press – Learning to Teach in the Secondary School (multi-author book for pre-service teachers) – hardcopy and website material

Editor – Cengage Learning – Answer Book for textbook – Experience of Nationhood  

Copy/structural editor – Memoir by Noel Butterfield (working title Friends and Foes)

Copy editor – policy documents – Catholic Education Office Melbourne.

Copy editor – Oxford University Press – academic book – Making a Market for Acts of God: The Practice of Risk trading in the Global Reinsurance Industry 

2014

Structural editor – Scholarly Scoundrel – my advice enabled the genealogist/author to find a publisher for the book

Copy editor/writer – BKA website – Sydney architectural firm updating their website

Editor – Practice VCE examinations 2014 (Insight Publications) – Business Management, Media, Food & Technology

Editor, styler & proofreader – Women’s Rights – Senior history book Australian Curriculum (Cengage Learning)

Proofreader – The Victorian Writer – monthly magazine of Writers Victoria

Proofreader – new author’s 80,000 word manuscript Bouncer – Finch Memoir Prizewinner 2013

Structural editor – self-publishing author’s non-fiction book History of the Newhaven Yacht Club

Proofreader – Connect with History Year 10 Teacher Edition (Cengage Learning)

Editor & Proofreader – Practice VCE examinations 2013 (Insight Publications) – English Language, English as an Alternative Language, Studio Arts

Structural editor/Proofreader – Anthology of short stories published by Little Raven

2013

Proofreader – A+ Practice VCE Exam and Teachers’ Notes (Cengage Learning)

Proofreader – iScience 7 NSW Worksheets (Cengage Learning)

Editor – academic thesis (Oxford University D.Phil)

Proofreader – Connect with History Year 9 (Cengage Learning)

Proofreader -–Connect with History Year 10 (Cengage Learning)

2012

Sub-editor and formatter – iScience 8 NSW Worksheets (online) (Cengage Learning)

Proofreader – Teacher Resource Book for HSC Textiles and Design (Cengage Learning)

Online sub-editor/formatter – My French Life website (English language articles)

Structural and copy editor – Acting Smart Drama and Acting Smart Theatre Studies (school texts)

2011

Cengage Learning (educational publisher) – RMIT internship in 2011

Proofreader – iScience 7 and iScience 8 (Cengage Learning)

Voiceover and editor – iScience 7 , 8, 9 and 10 animations (Cengage Learning)

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)

Structural editor, copy editor and proofreader for wide range of documents including:

VCE examination papers

Professional development articles for Age and Herald Sun education supplements

VCE curriculum and assessment handbooks

VCAA website pages (Latest News, FAQs, Contact Us + more)

Where to Now? Guide to the VCE, VCAL and Apprenticeships and Traineeships

Return to Study – VCE and VCAL