Welcome to the Teachers Retirement Association
TRA is excited to offer a faster way of conveying information to our members and employers through videos and pre-recorded webinars. These presentations provide a general overview of various topics and are convenient to watch, even if you don’t have a lot of time to spare.
After viewing the videos/webinars, we would appreciate you taking the time to complete the following five-question survey so we can gather valuable feedback about the content of the presentations, future topics of interest, and your opinion about using alternative methods of communication to learn about your benefits. |
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| Combined Service Annuity (CSA) Combining TRA service with service from other Minnesota public pension funds. | |||
| View Video | 4 min 7 sec | ||
| Completing Your Retirement Application instructions for completing the TRA Retirement Annuity Application. | |||
| View Webinar | 15 min 10 sec |
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Preparing for Retirement |
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| Choosing A Plan That is Right For You The differences among the six annuity plans and the benefits available to you and your beneficiary. |
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| View Video | 4 min 47 sec | ||
| Choosing Whether to Accelerate Your Benefit Accelerating your benefit to age 62, 65 or normal retirement age. Is it right for you? |
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| View Video | 4 min 45 sec | ||
| Pre-Retirement Beneficiary OptionsPre-retirement beneficiary options for single and married members. | |||
| View Video | 2 min 17 sec | ||
| Refund of Contributions Requesting a refund of your contributions; know your options and the implications. | |||
| View Video | 4 min 48 sec | ||
| Welcome to TRA | |||
| View Video (RealPlayer) View Video (Windows Media Player) |
4 min 2 sec | ||
Your TRA Benefits: The Teaching Years An overview of the benefits and services TRA provides members. Designed with the mid-career teachers in mind, this presentation explores topics such as disability and survivorship coverage, purchase of prior service and portability issues, leaves of absence and their impact on your future retirement benefit and use of the TRA web site benefit calculators. |
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| View Recorded Webinar | 35 minutes | ||
Employers |
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| Introduction to Employer Reporting | |||
View Video (RealPlayer) |
7 min 43 sec | Script/text only | |
