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
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
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
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
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