2025 September #Powerful Task Design Book Study

Join us for September's 2025 MSTA "Beyond the Book" Club Book Study, featuring #Powerful Task Design: Rigorous and Engaging Tasks to Level Up Instruction by John Antonetti and Terri Stice.

Participants are responsible for obtaining their own copy of this month's text prior to the beginning of the book study to order; click here.

This 18-hour online course guides educators through a deep dive into John Antonetti's and Terri Stice's Powerful Task Design. Participants will collaboratively explore strategies to develop high-yield, rigorous, and engaging classroom tasks. The course emphasizes reflection, application, and collaboration and can be taken for 1 credit of graduate-level professional learning. If you are interested in graduate credit, reach out to Facilitator Julie Gass at jgass@msta.org for more information.

Book study facilitator, Julie Gass has taught grades Pre-K through 8th grade and worked across urban, suburban, and rural districts over the last two decades. Her passion has always been about designing rigorous, engaging tasks--and building strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues. From her early days in elementary to teaching middle school social studies and later becoming an Instructional Coach, each role shaped her belief that transformational teaching begins with purposeful design and collaborative leadership. Today, she is a proud teacher's advocate at MSTA. 
 

​​​​​​📘 MSTA's Online Learning Platform

MSTA uses Teachable to host its online professional learning activities, including discussions, group work, and course materials.

What You’ll Find in the Course:

• Discussion Boards: Share insights and reflect with peers.
• Guiding Questions & Tasks: Apply key ideas from readings.
• Asynchronous Format: Participate anytime, anywhere.

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🧭 Getting Started with Teachable

First-Time Participant?

Check your email for a message from Teachable (sent to the address you used when registering). Follow the link to confirm your email and set your password. Your course will appear under "My Products."

Returning Participant?

Log in using your email and password from a previous course to access your dashboard.

 

​💬 Course Expectations

• Attend Zoom networking sessions to connect and collaborate.
• Complete assignments that link course concepts to your classroom practice.
• Access to course resources continues after the course ends.

 

🎓 PD Certification

• At the end of the month, PD certificates will be emailed to those who complete all course requirements.

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