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Become an active participant in your future. Attend a Retirement Planning Seminar!
SCERA offers two in person seminars: The Path to Retirement, and Planning to Retire. Choose the one that's right for you! Login to your MySCERA account to enroll.
The Path to Retirement
This 1-hour seminar 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
- Membership milestones
- Calculating your benefit
- Leaving before retirement
- Reciprocity
- How to estimate your own benefit
- Tools and resources
The Path to Retirement Packet can be downloaded here.
Planning to Retire
This 2-hour seminar is for late career members who are within 2 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?
- Tools and resources
If you are retiring within a year please remember attending a seminar is not a requirement prior to retirement. Seminars are informational only. The Planning to Retire Packet can also be downloaded here.