Resources from “Adjunct Retirement and Benefits – What You Need to Know!”

On Tuesday, August 17, SDAFA hosted a program on part-time faculty retirement featuring: 

VEBA – Health Benefits – Shannon Hoffman,

CalSTRS –  Jennifer Helfend-Gomez

The San Diego Office of Education – Dan Puplava 

Social Security –  Jeffrey Rodriguez

The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) – Suzie Dixon and Jennifer Baker.

The event was recorded and is available below. There are also the files of the presentations which you may download for your personal reference. Please contact SDAFA if you have any questions.

Video of the Presentations

https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/xLx1dSAbzTs_DMAH1rPJ_BYnsgEfw49AMa_cJWfoaKHgiJFVVEQ4AbyjMK4gy1FoFQf2vz8bbhHFyQgg.u5LGcX86y2CAg_Hx?autoplay=true

         Times:
0:00:00  –  001:25      Greetings and Introductions
0:01:25  –         Shannon Hoffman – VEBA
0:29:05  –       Jennifer Helfend-Gomez CalSTRS – Cash Balance and Defined Benefit
0:55:00  –        Dan Puplava – SD Office of Education -APPLE/PEAR/3121 Plan
1:17:17 – Jeffrey Rodriguez – Social Security
1:42:32  –  2:07:47   Jennifer Baker & Susan Dixon CalRTA – WEP and GPO

the breakout sessions weren’t recorded

VEBA

Slide Show:

Website: https://www.vebaonline.com/

Cal STRS

California State Teachers’ Retirement System homepage

SD Office of Education, 3121 Plans

Social Security

Slide Show:

CalRTA

Home Page: https://www.calrta.org

https://www.congress.gov

https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/planner/wep.html

https://townhallproject.com https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/elimination-of-the-unfair?r_by=9559364&source=c.fb.ty

Slide Show:

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Please contact SDAFA if you would like to get involved with local lobbying efforts to repeal the WEP and GPO.

Flex

Flex credit is available for all SDCCD faculty for this activity (event #10139), and you can still watch the video and consult the resources for credit through the rest of this semester. If you teach in other college districts, please check your college’s professional development program for possible credit.

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