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Webinars and Seminars

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  

Running time: Approximately 2 hours

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.

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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:

  • Earning and purchasing service credit
  • Eligibility requirements
  • Calculating retirement benefits
  • Insurance coverage
  • 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

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

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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Calculating Your Pension

Running time: 3 minutes 15 seconds

The Calculating Your Pension tutorial discusses the pension formula, how service credit affects your pension amount, and how your Final Average Compensation is calculated.

View the Calculating Your Pension tutorial now.


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Pension Payment Options

Running time: 9 minutes 2 seconds

The Pension Payment Options tutorial discusses what payment options are available, how survivor options work, and what happens to your pension if you die.

View the Pension Payment Options tutorial now.


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The Equated Plan

Running time: 6 minutes 12 seconds

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.

 

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

Microsoft Producer IconLearn how to earn or buy service credit in this presentation.

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Broadband - 300 Kbps (Cable or DSL subscribers) Dial-up - 56K Kbps
Dial-up users may experience extended download times of 10 minutes or more depending on network traffic.

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How to Pay for Service Credit

Running time: 6 minutes 21 seconds

Microsoft Producer IconLearn the three easy ways to pay for service credit in this presentation.

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Broadband - 300 Kbps (Cable or DSL subscribers) Dial-up - 56K Kbps
Dial-up users may experience extended download times of 10 minutes or more depending on network traffic.


Hardware/Software Recommendations

We recommend the following hardware/software configurations for viewing the webinars.

Windows Operating System

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Netscape Browser

  • 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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