Not exact matches
It turns out that this is the natural result of the most common type of
teacher pension plan (known as final
average salary (FAS) defined benefit
plans).
Current
teacher pension plans back - load benefits to the last 5 to 10 years of service, mainly because benefit formulas are based on final
average salary calculations that do not adjust for inflation.
Teacher pension formulas usually include the following variables: years of service, final
average salary, and a benefit multiplier determined by individual states and
plans.
All the numbers I've talked about so far reflect
averages across the entire teaching profession, but
pension plan benefits are so backloaded that most short - and medium - term
teachers get far less.
On one side, some reformers have favored scrapping traditional
teacher pension plans (defined benefit, or DB, of the «final
average salary» type) in favor of the IRA - type
plans received by most private - sector professionals (defined contribution, DC).
- Early - Career
Teachers: Using the
pension plan's assumptions for retention, the
average first - year
teacher in 2009 had less than a 50 - 50 chance of making it to 2020.
Reporters should steer away from reporting the simple «
average»
teacher pension plan, because the
average hides a lot of nuance.
For comparison's sake, the
average state
teacher pension plan assumes a real rate of return of 4.59 percent.
For every dollar states and local school districts are contributing to
teacher pension plans, an
average of $.70 goes toward paying down
pension debt.
For example, the
average CPP benefit payment for all Canadian workers is $ 5,919 a year, compared to an
average annual Ontario
Teachers»
Pension Plan of $ 42,900 (as of 2010.)
The Ontario
Teachers Pension Plan reports that «on average, members of the Teachers» pension plan are working for 26 years and collecting pensions for 31 years, a ratio that has reversed from 1970 when members worked an average of 27 years and retired for 20 years (see Globe and Mail April 2,
Pension Plan reports that «on average, members of the Teachers» pension plan are working for 26 years and collecting pensions for 31 years, a ratio that has reversed from 1970 when members worked an average of 27 years and retired for 20 years (see Globe and Mail April 2, 20
Plan reports that «on
average, members of the
Teachers»
pension plan are working for 26 years and collecting pensions for 31 years, a ratio that has reversed from 1970 when members worked an average of 27 years and retired for 20 years (see Globe and Mail April 2,
pension plan are working for 26 years and collecting pensions for 31 years, a ratio that has reversed from 1970 when members worked an average of 27 years and retired for 20 years (see Globe and Mail April 2, 20
plan are working for 26 years and collecting
pensions for 31 years, a ratio that has reversed from 1970 when members worked an
average of 27 years and retired for 20 years (see Globe and Mail April 2, 2014).