National Retirement Security Month
October 6–27
CalSTRS is taking part in a national event to raise public awareness about the importance of saving for your retirement. Attend these webinars designed for your career stage and learn why it’s important to have both a defined benefit and a defined contribution plan.
Webinars will be hosted throughout the month of October.
Early Career: Learn and Discover
Now that you’ve begun your career as a California educator, it’s a good time to start learning about—and saving for—retirement. As a CalSTRS member, you have access to valuable tools and resources designed specifically for early career educators. Learn more about your retirement benefits, including survivor and disability benefits, why it’s important to check your Retirement Progress Report each year and whether you’re eligible to purchase service credit.
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Am I Saving Enough?
Once you retire from CalSTRS, you’ll receive a lifetime monthly pension. Yet saving additional money for retirement is an essential part of reaching your retirement savings goal. Learn how CalSTRS Pension2® can help you close any gap between the amount your pension provides and your retirement income needs. Also explore a few scenarios to help you understand how long you may need to work and how much money you may need to save to achieve the retirement you desire.
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Protecting Your Loved Ones
As you plan for your future, remember you have choices for protecting your loved ones whether your death occurs before or after you retire. Learn about your lifetime benefit, the one-time death benefit and the default benefits available to you as a CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program member. Understand the choices you have, when to make those choices and how those choices will affect your loved ones.
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Midcareer: Learn and Discover
The middle of your career is the perfect time to start planning for retirement. Learn how to read your annual Retirement Progress Report and why it’s important to verify your report information each year. Also discover how to calculate your own retirement benefit estimates and use all the CalSTRS tools available to you.
Register now
Am I Saving Enough?
Once you retire from CalSTRS, you’ll receive a lifetime monthly pension. Yet saving additional money for retirement is an essential part of reaching your retirement savings goal. Learn how CalSTRS Pension2® can help you close any gap between the amount your pension provides and your retirement income needs. Also explore a few scenarios to help you understand how long you may need to work and how much money you may need to save to achieve the retirement you desire.
Register now
Protecting Your Loved Ones
As you plan for your future, remember you have choices for protecting your loved ones whether your death occurs before or after you retire. Learn about your lifetime benefit, the one-time death benefit and the default benefits available to you as a CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program member. Understand the choices you have, when to make those choices and how those choices will affect your loved ones.
Register now
Near Retirement: Learn and Discover
Retirement will be here soon. Are you prepared? Explore how to use the online tools found on CalSTRS.com and in your myCalSTRS account, including your Retirement Progress Report. Plus, learn how to estimate your future retirement benefit using our online calculator and how to provide money for a loved one after your death.
Register now
Am I Saving Enough?
Once you retire from CalSTRS, you’ll receive a lifetime monthly pension. Yet saving additional money for retirement is an essential part of reaching your retirement savings goal. Learn how CalSTRS Pension2® can help you close any gap between the amount your pension provides and your retirement income needs. Also explore a few scenarios to help you understand how long you may need to work and how much money you may need to save to achieve the retirement you desire.
Register now
Protecting Your Loved Ones
As you plan for your future, remember you have choices for protecting your loved ones whether your death occurs before or after you retire. Learn about your lifetime benefit, the one-time death benefit and the default benefits available to you as a CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program member. Understand the choices you have, when to make those choices and how those choices will affect your loved ones.
Register now
Part-time Educator: Learn and Discover
As a part-time educator, you have unique financial planning needs. Discover specific resources such as the part-time educator webpage on CalSTRS.com and learn how to use myCalSTRS and your annual Retirement Progress Report to determine which CalSTRS benefit program you pay into. Also, learn about the forms you’ll need to elect a CalSTRS retirement program, consolidate accounts or name a beneficiary.
Register now
Am I Saving Enough?
Once you retire from CalSTRS, you’ll receive a lifetime monthly pension. Yet saving additional money for retirement is an essential part of reaching your retirement savings goal. Learn how CalSTRS Pension2® can help you close any gap between the amount your pension provides and your retirement income needs. Also explore a few scenarios to help you understand how long you may need to work and how much money you may need to save to achieve the retirement you desire.
Register now
Protecting Your Loved Ones
As you plan for your future, remember you have choices for protecting your loved ones whether your death occurs before or after you retire. Learn about your lifetime benefit, the one-time death benefit and the default benefits available to you as a CalSTRS Defined Benefit Program member. Understand the choices you have, when to make those choices and how those choices will affect your loved ones.