PD WEEK 1: Overview
Week 1 marks the official start of the ProX summer internship experience!
As interns begin settling into new professional environments, this page will help employers stay informed on weekly learning themes, important updates, reminders, and resources designed to support both interns and employer partners throughout the summer.
Agility Focus: Meta-Cognition
This week, interns are focusing on metacognition: the practice of reflecting on how they think, learn, and grow within professional environments. Through this work, students are developing greater self-awareness and identifying how to approach challenges more intentionally.
As interns continue building work-ready skills throughout the summer, this foundation of self-reflection helps strengthen confidence, adaptability, and long-term professional growth. Employers can support this learning by asking thoughtful questions and creating space for students to process new experiences.
This Week’s Featured Speakers
Throughout the summer, interns will hear from featured speakers representing a variety of industries. These sessions are designed to support intern growth by exploring topics related to career readiness, professional development, and life beyond ProX.
Employers are encouraged to stay informed about featured speaker topics, as these sessions often reinforce the work-ready skills interns are developing throughout the internship experience and can serve as valuable conversation starters in the workplace.
Wilson Platt
Product Manager, ImBlaze
Wilson is the Product Manager for ImBlaze, Big Picture Learning's platform for supporting real world learning.
A former BPL School Design Coach for many years in the Pacific Northwest, Wilson brings his dedication to student voice and experience, his knowledge of school design, and his excitement for what could be to our digital team in service of product improvements and support.
Wilson loves to brainstorm, to turn a problem on its head, and most of all, to share in the joy and success of the people around him.
