Rita Vanden Heuvel Editor / Writer / Project Manager

613-***-**** abqsee@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.editors.ca/profile/7459/rita-vanden-heuvel http://www.linkedin.com/in/edueditor http://dameditors.ca/

Editorial Developing educational materials since 1998

Developing print and electronic educational materials

Highlights

Using curriculum guidelines to help develop content that meets all

learning outcomes

Adapting content to meet the developmental needs of learners

Adapting content and using formatting, design, and visual elements to

accommodate different learning styles

Checking reading level and adjusting reading level

Developing step-by-step procedures to help struggling learners

Developing assessment materials (e.g., rubrics, learning tasks)

Developing content for multimedia (e.g., SMART boards, websites)

Writing clear instructions for learners and teachers

Working collaboratively and communicating clearly with authors and

editorial teams

Skill Set Editing and writing for education (K to 12): Create highly readable and clear

learner and teacher content, with careful attention to curriculum, intended

audience, learners needs, and grammar and punctuation. Experience with a

variety of media ranging from print to electronic content.

Project management: Communicate clearly with editorial team. Consistently

meet all deadlines and deliver high quality materials. Ability to organize and

facilitate meetings, create and maintain schedules, and coordinate editorial team.

Editorial See list of clients/projects at http://www.linkedin.com/in/edueditor. Clients

Experience include Nelson Education, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Pearson Canada, Chestnut

Publishing Group, Chalkboard Publishing, Community Mapping, Pronk and

Associates, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, GTK Press, and Prentice Hall Ginn.

Professional Editors Association of Canada (EAC)

Memberships Kingston Twig (EAC)

Editorial EAC seminars including Copyediting and Eight Step Editing

Training Copyediting Study Group Summer/Fall 2010

Structural Editing Study Group Summer/Fall 2012

Education B.A.Sc. University of Guelph (Major: Family and Consumer Studies)

M.A. in Integrated Studies Educational Studies Athabasca University

(specialization in early literacy and assessment)

A.M.S. Certified Montessori Teacher: Birth to 6 and Elementary (6 to 9)

Teaching Montessori Teacher and Director of School (Elementary)

Experience College Lecturer in Communications and Business

Recipient of Teaching Award of Excellence from the National Association of

Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture

Recent Co-chair Kingston Twig (EAC), 2011 2012

Volunteering Co-teach a seminar on Editing for the Educational Market, 2012

Rita Vanden Heuvel Editor / Writer / Project Manager

613-***-**** abqsee@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.editors.ca/profile/7459/rita-vanden-heuvel http://www.linkedin.com/in/edueditor http://dameditors.ca/

Math McGraw Hill Ryerson Developmental Editor (2005 2012)

Edited textbooks, teacher guides, workbooks, exercise and homework books, practice

books, blackline masters, teaching masters, assessment masters, final exams, computer

assessment banks, online learning centres, technology instructions, and SMART board

materials (grades 7 to 12, including materials for Workplace and Apprenticeship

programs in ON and NL). Developed content to meet students needs and teaching

ideas for First Nation, M tis, and Inuit students. Math Links 7, Math Links 8, Math

Links 9, Mathematics 10, Pre-Calculus 11, Math Essentials 9, Math Essentials 10, Mathematics

12 Workplace and Everyday Life, Math at Work 10, Math at Work 11, Math at Work 12

Pronk Developmental Editor (2007)

Edited teacher guide (grade 9). Foundations of Math

GTK Press Developmental Editor (2003)

Edited content for student text (grade 3). Math Now

Science McGraw Hill Ryerson Developmental Editor/Project Manager (1999 2011)

Edited student texts, teacher guides, computer assessment banks (ON and AB) (grades

9 to 11). SciencePower 9, SciencePower 10, Science.Connect 1, Science.Connect 2, Science Links 10

Co-managed and edited content for student texts and teacher guides (ON) (grades 9

and 10). Science Essentials 9, Science Essentials 10

Managed and edited content for computer assessment bank (NL) (grade 9). Discovering

Science 9

Chalkboard Publishing Developmental Editor/Writer (2012)

Wrote and edited student materials (grades 1 and 2). Daily Science

Chestnut Publishing Developmental Editor/Project Manager (2003 2004)

Managed and edited content for science series (grade 1). Let s Explore Science

Nelson Education Developmental Editor (2011 2012)

Social Studies

Edited content for student text and teacher guide (Roman Catholic Separate School

Boards in ON), and researched content for accompanying DVD (grade 4). Many Gifts 4

Harcourt Developmental Editor (2003)

Wrote and edited content for a call for a proposal (grades 4, 5, and 7)

Chestnut Publishing Writer/Developmental Editor/Project Manager (2004 2008)

Literacy and

Co-wrote, edited, and managed content for early reading materials. Included two

Language Arts

student work books, teacher guide, and music CD (K and grade 1). Responsibilities

included managing meetings, curriculum correlations, quality control, field testing,

creating assessment tools, maintaining schedules, and managing team (e.g., provided

editorial guidelines, quality feedback, answers to queries). Let s Explore Language Sounds

for Fun

Edited and managed teacher guide for a novel study for reluctant readers) (grade 8).

Daredevils

Community Mapping Developmental Editor/Writer (2008 2009)

Developed and edited student and teaching materials based on ON curriculum for

Mennonite Heritage project. Completed curriculum correlation. Content was mounted

as online wikis (grades 7 to 10). See http://www.mennoniteheritageportrait.ca/

Pronk Developmental Editor (2004, 2007)

Edited non-fiction reading series (grades 4 to 6). Reading for Real

Prentice Hall Ginn Canada Developmental Editor (1998 1999)

Researched text and visuals for student texts (grades 7 to 9). Sightlines and Resourcelines

7, 8, and 9

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