TRTA State Retirement Education Committee Chairman
Lynda Gottschalk

TRTA State Retirement Education Committee Members
Barbara Bain
James Boynton
Dick Gore
Anita Palmer
Pat Toland

The TRTA State Retirement Education Committee Chairman duties:
*1. Develop and implement with the committee a retirement education program;
*2. Identify a list of resource persons for retirement education events;
*3. Work with TRTA leaders to ensure that the District Committee Chairmen get the support and training needed to carry out their responsibilities;
*4. Gather information related to TRTA and TRS which would be of interest to retired school personnel and future retirees and send it to the District Chairmen; and
*5. Serve as presenter to train District and Local Unit counterparts at the TRTA Convention.

The TRTA District Retirement Education Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Be a facilitator for distributing TRTA Retirement Education materials to Local Unit Retirement Education Committee Chairmen in the District;
*2. Provide information of interest for active school personnel and retirees to Local Unit Retirement Education Committee Chairmen;
*3. Plan TRTA District activities to encourage and increase district-wide seminars, fairs, programs, and individual contact;
*4. Serve as resource person to Local Unit Chairmen;
*5. Promote and provide representation of TRTA and retirement information at active teacher organization events;
*6. Encourage Local Unit Retirement Education Committee Chairmen to post events on web sites;
*7. Serve as trainer of the Retirement Education activities for Local Unit Retirement Education Committee Chairmen at the District Spring Leadership Training Conference; and
*8. Attend the state Convention Retirement Education Leadership Training Session.

The TRTA Local Unit Retirement Education Committee Chairmen duties:
*1. Provide retirement education information received from TRTA to active school personnel;
*2. Plan and increase special activities such as seminars, fairs, programs, and individual contact. If necessary, combine activities with several Local Units;
*3. Assist and encourage District Retirement Education Committee Chairmen with retirement activities when
appropriate;
*4. Promote and provide retirement information of interest to retirees and active school personnel when appropriate;
*5. Communicate retirement events to appropriate sources for publication; and
*6 .Attend the state Convention Retirement Education Leadership Training Session.

* Not policy, suggested