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Webinars and Seminars |
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ORS is committed to serving members and employees today and preparing them
for tomorrow. With this in mind, we are now offering the following webinars and
seminars.
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Preretirement Seminars
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Running time:
Approximately
2 hours |
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You may notice we have scheduled fewer meetings than in previous years. This gives us greater opportunity to consider special meeting requests. Information about how to request a special meeting will be sent to your employer.
This two-hour meeting is an opportunity for you to hear an overview of your retirement benefits so you can make informed decisions about your retirement and your future. Topics include:
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Earning and purchasing service credit
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Eligibility requirements
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Calculating retirement benefits
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Insurance coverage
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Questions and answers
The meetings are offered throughout the state by region. In order to provide
better customer service and to assure adequate seating and materials, advance
registration is required for these meetings. To begin the registration process,
please click on the region where you would prefer to attend a meeting.
Note: If the facility is closed due to inclement weather or for any other reason, the meeting is canceled.
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"Ready, Set,
Retire!!" |
Running time:
Approximately
2 hours |
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Our Detroit office now offers Ready, Set, Retire!! sessions for public school employees retiring within
the next 12 months. This optional counseling session will provide you with a retirement estimate and help
you complete the retirement
application forms. Ready, Set Retire!! group sessions are available Monday and
Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30PM and Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30AM for a
maximum of 10 participants per session (spouses welcome).
Complete confidentiality will be exercised.
Registration is required.
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Qualifying for Your Pension |
Running time:
5 minutes 41 seconds |
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What do you need to do to become eligible for your public school pension? How old do you need to be? How much service credit do you need to accumulate? What do you need to know about how your retirement plan—MIP or Basic—affects when you can retire? These questions will be answered in the tutorial Qualifying for Your Pension.
View the Qualifying for Your Pension tutorial now.
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The Equated Plan |
Running time:
6 minutes 12 seconds |
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This tutorial gives an overview of the Equated Plan while discussing how it affects your Social Security payment, who should choose the Equated Plan, and who should avoid it.
View The Equated Plan tutorial now.
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Note: We recommend you utilize a high speed Internet connection when
viewing the following webinars. Also, you may need to download and install the
Microsoft Office Automation Runtime plug-in to view the presentations
offered via Microsoft Producer. Complete
hardware/software recommendations are
listed below.
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How to Earn or Buy Service Credit |
Running time: 7 minutes 22 seconds |
 Learn how to earn or buy service credit in this
presentation.
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How to Pay for Service
Credit |
Running time: 6 minutes 21 seconds |
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Learn the three easy ways to pay for service credit in
this presentation. Click your connection speed to view:
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Hardware/Software Recommendations
We recommend the following hardware/software configurations for viewing the
webinars.
Windows Operating System
- 400-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
- 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or more
- Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later, Windows XP Home
Edition, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Super VGA (800 × 600) or a higher-resolution monitor
- Sound card with speakers or headphones
- Microsoft Windows Media PlayerŽ 9 or later
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator* 7.0 or later
- For presentations utilizing Microsoft Producer: Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or later. Or, download the
Microsoft Office Animation Runtime plugin.
Apple Macintosh Operating System
- Apple Mac OS X v 10.2 or later
- Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
- Sound card with speakers or headphones
- Internet Explorer* 5.2.2 (or later) for Mac
* Some advanced playback features may not be available when you view a presentation in Netscape Navigator running on the
Windows operating system or in Internet Explorer for the Macintosh.
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