The Authentic Task Approach: A Results Driven Professional Development Strategy to Promote Learning The Executive Briefing Paper introduces the Authentic Task Approach (ATA), a professional development design that allows participants to deepen their learning as they work to identify and solve real education problems in their context. The ATA has been used as the framework for national forums, as well as in individual schools, as a job-embedded professional development strategy. PDF Version: http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/l-9818.pdf Audience: Teacher Educators, Community Service Providers, Administrators Product Information Format: PDF Publisher: WestEd Copyright: 1999 Pages: 15