Classes
Become an active participant in your future. Attend a Retirement Planning class!
SCERA offers two different classes: The Path to Retirement, and Planning to Retire. Choose the class that's right for you! Login to your MySCERA account to enroll.
The Path to Retirement
This 1-hour class is for members in the early- to mid- stage of your career, or if you are more than 5 years away from retirement.
Topics Covered:
- Understanding your plan
- SCERA benefits
- Membership milestones
- Calculating your benefit
- Leaving before retirement
- Reciprocity
- Divorce/Domestic Partner dissolution
- How to estimate your own benefit
- Tools and resources
The Path to Retirement Class Schedule
Planning to Retire
This 2-hour class is for late career members who are within about 5 years of retirement.
Topics Covered:
- Understanding your plan
- Defined benefit vs. defined contribution
- Eligibility to retire
- Calculating your benefit
- Benefit payment options
- What will your beneficiary get?
- Reciprocity
- Ways to increase your benefit
- How to apply for retirement
- Your first check
- Can you go back to work?
- What about Social Security?
- Tools and resources
The Planning to Retire Class Schedule
Retirement Planning Takes to the Road
If you have at least 10 people who are interested, SCERA will bring either the 1-hour or 2-hour class to you. For more information call SCERA at 565-8100.