Membership

Available Trainings:

Stronger Together – Your Essential Guide to CTA/NEA Member Benefits

From your local association to CTA to NEA, our union is stronger when we stand together. With our mission to protect and promote the well-being of its members, along with 300,000 members statewide and 3 million members nationally, CTA and NEA provide an array of useful union-endorsed voluntary and automatic benefits available through your membership! 

You’ll get an overview of the most popular Member Benefits programs, including shopping and travel discounts, voluntary insurances, student debt relief assistance, retirement savings, financial services, Educators Employment Liability (EEL), Disaster Relief Fund, and more! CTA and NEA Member Benefits are designed exclusively for educators and when members learn about these programs, they’re excited to discover additional ways that membership can help them find solutions for many of their personal and financial needs. 

Target audience: All members
Time: 90 minutes

The Value of CTA/NEA-Retired Membership (CTA Member Benefits & NEAMB) as of March 2023

CTA/NEA Member Benefits continue with CTA/NEA-Retired membership. CTA/NEA provides unique services, programs and benefits for retirees. This workshop explains the importance of membership after retirement, and how CTA/NEA Member Benefits programs continue to meet the changing needs of members into retirement.

Target audience: CTA/NEA-Retired members
Time: 60 minutes

Educator’s Guide To A Successful Retirement (Prudent) as of October 2020

CTA wants you to have a long and happy retirement. CalSTRS and CalPERS generally covers only about half of your income at retirement, so it is essential that members consider a supplementary retirement savings plan as early as possible to make up the difference. There are a lot of plans offered to educators, but many have high fees or surrender charges.

In this session, we help you get started toward a financially secure retirement, review how to avoid suboptimal plans, and discuss the basics of saving for retirement using easy-to-understand terms. We will highlight The CTA 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan which was designed by CTA for educators and the only plan endorsed by CTA. The CTA RSP has high-quality investments at a low cost and a simple “quick enrollment” process that makes saving for retirement easy.

Target audience: All members
Time 60 minutes

Available as a Webinar - Go to home page to register with MB4U

More Month Than Money: Setting and Living Within a Budget (CTA Member Benefits & NEAMB) as of November 2024

If you set a goal to get your finances in order, this session is one you won’t want to miss. We’ll focus on setting financial goals, learning about various investment vehicles, tracking daily expenditures, creating a cash flow statement, and establishing a budget. Throughout our discussion, we’ll highlight many CTA and NEA Member Benefits designed specifically with CTA Members in mind to help stretch your dollar. CTA Members will leave feeling confident with steps to get their finances on track. 

Target audience: All members
Time: 90 minutes

Available as a Webinar - Go to home page to register with MB4U

Generation Debt: Student Loan Forgiveness (CTA Member Benefits) as of November 2024

Suffice it to say with the SAVE Plan tied up in litigation, the election of a new Administration, and potential changes to the US Department of Education, student loans, are top of mind for many educators. CTA Member Benefits is here to share the most current information, help answer questions, explain the loan forgiveness programs, and introduce the NEA Student Debt Navigator powered by Savi, which will analyze members student loans and help facilitate the process of making qualifying payments. By attending this session, members will have a better understanding of the process of forgiveness, paperwork to be filed, and how to advocate for themselves to the loan servicers.

Target audience: All members
Time 60 minutes