Traditional Pension Plan Educational resources for the Traditional Pension Plan
We offer a number of tools and resources to help you to take an active role and stay educated throughout your career so you can be prepared for retirement.
You can choose from several educational offerings including in-person seminars, interactive webinars and online recorded presentations – all designed to meet your needs and assist you in making retirement decisions. Our education is updated regularly and tailored to your specific needs throughout your career.
Looking for more information on a specific topic? Then check out our informational leaflet series or comprehensive Member Handbook.
Our educational offerings are customized specifically for each retirement group (A, B and C).
Remember, you can always check your retirement group at any time from your annual statements found in your online account.
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In-Person Events
OPERS seminars are in-person events led by trained OPERS professionals. They take place all throughout the year at various locations in Ohio.
Registration is required, and the address of the venue will be sent to you after you register.
Seminar: Ready to Retire Pension / Ready to Retire Health Care
These presentations are for those within 5 years of retirement eligibility and are given back-to-back at the OPERS education seminars.
During these presentations you will learn about the retirement application process and the tools and resources available to help you with your retirement decisions.
You will also learn about important changes to Ohio retirement law and OPERS health care that may impact your retirement benefits.
Topics include:
- How to calculate your monthly payment
- Important decisions that you will need to make and how to apply for retirement
- Timeline details about your transition to retirement
- How Social Security may be impacted by your OPERS retirement benefits
- Current status of OPERS Pension and Health Care Trust Funds
- Eligibility requirements of health care and plans available
- What the current state of funding means for the future
- Review of the Retirement Planner tool
Workshop: Bridging the Gap to Financial Wellness
Financial wellness is the knowledge of personal finance which enables healthier financial decisions to achieve one's goals, and to enhance the overall quality of life.
Our goal is to provide you with hands-on, real life training so you can gain a better understanding of your personal finances and make sound financial decisions that can lead to a secure retirement in the future.
We are offering a new, interactive workshop called "Bridging the Gap to Financial Wellness." The goal of this workshop is to help you assess your financial wellness, review your current spending habits and estimate your retirement income so you can identify the "gap" between what you will have in retirement and what you will need. We'll also show you ways you can begin closing your gap today.
Webinars
Webinars are live, interactive demonstrations given over the Internet. Attendees only need a computer to join, making it a convenient way to ask real OPERS educators questions about their retirement.
The information conveyed is the same as the in-person seminars of the same name.
Webinar: Ready to Retire (Pension)
This webinar is one part of the two-part Ready to Retire series.
Topics include:
- How to calculate your monthly payment
- Important decisions that you will need to make and how to apply for retirement
- Timeline details about your transition to retirement
- How Social Security may be impacted by your OPERS retirement benefits
Webinar: Ready to Retire (Health Care)
This webinar is one part of the two-part Ready to Retire series.
Topics include:
- Current status of OPERS Pension and Health Care Trust Funds
- Eligibility requirements of health care and plans available
- How premiums are calculated
- What the current state of funding means for the future
- Review of the Retirement Planner tool
Webinar: Bridging the Gap to Financial Wellness
Financial wellness is the knowledge of personal finance which enables healthier financial decisions to achieve one's goals, and to enhance the overall quality of life.
The goal of this webinar is to help you assess your financial wellness, review your current spending habits and estimate your retirement income so you can identify the "gap" between what you will have in retirement and what you will need. We'll also show you ways you can begin closing your gap today.
Join us to learn how making sound financial decisions can lead to a more secure retirement in the future.
Recorded Presentations
Recorded presentations can be viewed online at any time and registration is not required.
Although these presentation are not interactive, they are a great way to get more in-depth information on a specific topic. You can get move through the presentation at your pace, pausing or replaying sections.
- Education Today for Retirement Tomorrow
- Ready to Retire: Health Care
- Ready to Retire: Pension
- Refunding from the Traditional Pension Plan
- Viewing your Online Account
- Options for Law Enforcement Members with Non-Law Enforcement Service Credit
- Additions to Law Enforcement and Public Safety Divisions
- Disability Benefits Presentation
Learn More
The following resources provide detailed information on a number of subjects as well as the latest news and updates from OPERS.