Learn about the Professional Learning Network between the Chula Vista Elementary School District and the Bakersfield City School District focused on an ELD Model through the Collaborative Conversations lens. Approaching the work through “talking matters for learning”, the Picture Prompt model provides participants with a view of promoting collaborative conversations, where students engage in academic discourse merged with writing. These practices provide English Learners the tools to access the complexities associated with the ELPAC and CCSS.