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1. Provides certain services that cannot efficiently or economically be operated at the local school district level.
2. Offers local school districts assistance in coordinating instructional and pupil personnel efforts through the provision of educational specialists, implementation, and dissemination of innovative programs.
3. Assures legal compliance to the Education Code and various other governmental regulations.
4. Develops a strong educational leadership role in public education in Yolo County through identification and analysis of changing conditions and advocates development of educationally sound programs for responding to those changes.
5. Provides procedural consistency and judicial regularity for students, districts and staff.
6. Facilitates the development of consortia and other cooperative relationships with the public and private non-profit agencies, universities, businesses, and community-based and professional organizations.
7. Coordinates and operates specialized services meeting unique needs where county offices are best able to address them effectively or efficiently.
8. Increases educational options and services for high-risk students.

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YCOE has initiated three focus goals this year in addressing how we do business and where we will go as an organization. The three themes are leadership, accountability, and capacity building. To transform a visionary plan into action requires leadership. Leaders need to be accountable for the institutional vision and action taken. And the element that defines the degree that the first two goals are met is the outcome of capacity building of the organization in its service and its intellectual capital. The organization will continue to develop these three focal areas in its planning, work, and evaluation in the 2005-06 year.

The following descriptors were developed by the YCOE Leadership Team:

LEADERSHIP

1. Leadership creates a culture of change characterized by high levels of:
   1. interactivity
   2. communication
   3. resource sharing; and
   4. involvement.
2. An effective leader knows when to lead, when to mentor, and when to follow.
3. A pragmatic visionary who is proactively searching for new opportunities.
4. A successful leader communicates vision with passion and good-will.
5. An efficient leader is decisive, knows when to take risks and when to reevaluate and change direction.
6. Leadership, accountability, and capacity-building are interdependent.

ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Cross-divisional activities and sharing of knowledge facilitates accountability.
2. High standards build accountability resulting in credibility, clear focus, and effective delivery.
3. Use tools such as needs assessment, feedback, and evaluation to plan, implement, and adjust to meet the goals of the organization.

CAPACITY-BUILDING

1. Set clear expectations and provide the tools necessary to meet the needs of our staff and clients.
2. Involvement across divisions builds a common language and a sense of community.
3. Support and empower employees at all levels.
4. Momentum attracts partners and increases community involvement.
5. Enhancing the social, emotional, and intellectual climate and physical surroundings increases creative productivity.
6. Effectiveness, efficiency, and credibility improve our capacity.

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