MN TRA Retirement Sessions: For Early, Mid, and Late Career Principals

Join MN TRA experts for a FREE 1-hour webinar to help you plan for retirement—at any stage in your career!
Two webinars—one for early/mid career principals and one for late career principals—will be provided on Tuesday, April 13 to help you understand what you can do to plan your retirement! Brought to you by MNTRA and MESPA's Financial Awareness Committee.

Register for FREE on TRA's website:

10am Benefit for the Future: click here to register

2pm Planning for Retirement: click here to register

Schedule - April 13, 2021

Session 1: Benefit of the Future - 10:00-11am 

Register for this session here.

This webinar is for early and mid-career educators looking to find out more about TRA and what we offer. This session will help you understand what you can do to plan your retirement throughout your career. We will discuss how the TRA defined benefit plan works. We will explain how we calculate service credit and salary and how a member’s age factors into the calculation. Other topics include beneficiary coverage, leaves of absence and disability coverage. As administrators it is always helpful to understand the benefits TRA provides.

Session 2: Planning for Retirement - 2:00-3pm

Register for this session here.

This webinar is geared toward members who are within 7 to 10 years of retirement. This presentation gives more specific information on TRA’s six Life Plans for beneficiaries, as well as acceleration, taxes, and working after retirement. We will also cover the application process and timeline. This session will include instructions for your online account so you can run your own estimates.

About the Presenters

Rick McLeod, Laurel Anderson, and Kay Norris are counselors at MN TRA.