Pension Sense blog | October 13, 2025 | Melissa Jones-Ferguson

While October is known for scary, fright-filled entertainment because of Halloween, no one wants to fret over whether they’ll have enough money in retirement.

October is also National Retirement Security Month—time dedicated to reflecting on retirement and setting specific goals to get there.

During National Retirement Security Month, from October 13 to October 30, CalSTRS is hosting webinars designed for each phase of your career as a CalSTRS member. In addition to learning about your lifelong retirement benefit, you can find out why it's important to have supplemental savings.

Join us for the first two webinars in the series:

• On Thursday, October 16, My First Steps will provide a basic understanding of your CalSTRS benefit, steps you can take to meet your retirement goals and resources to help you along the way. You’ll also learn common misconceptions about Social Security, and why it’s important to start saving now.
• On Friday, October 24, My Retirement System will give you an overview of the CalSTRS hybrid retirement system. Learn about your survivor and disability benefits, how your benefit will be calculated, ways you can increase your benefit and available resources.

Other webinars include:

• Early Career: Learn and Discover
• My Retirement Benefits
• Midcareer Educator: Learn and Discover
• My Retirement Decisions
• Retire Now or Later
• Part-time Educator
• Start Saving Now With Pension2

Learn more about these webinars and register on our National Retirement Security Month webpage.

Planning for your retirement doesn’t have to be scary! You’ll leave these webinars with a better understanding of the steps you can take now for a secure retirement.