RTAM and MTS Pre-Retirement Seminars 2024

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Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba (RTAM) Pre-Retirement Seminars 2024

Seminar date: Saturday, January 27, 2024

Time : 9:30-11:30 am (Registration will start at 9:00 am)
Registration deadline: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 4:00 pm
https://www.cognitoforms.com/RetiredTeachersAssociationOfManitoba/RTAMPreretirementSeminarJan272024

Seminar date: Saturday, March 16, 2024

Time : 9:30-11:30 am (Registration will start at 9:00 am)
Registration deadline: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 4:00 pm
https://www.cognitoforms.com/RetiredTeachersAssociationOfManitoba/RTAMPreretirementSeminarMar162024

We will be announcing new RTAM seminars in the coming months, we will also be presenting at several SAGE conferences this Fall as part of an increased outreach to active teachers.

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Upcoming Pre-retirement Seminars with The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) Date Time Location

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4:30 – 7:30 pm Virtual
Saturday, January 20, 2024 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Viscount Gort, Winnipeg
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 4:30 – 7:30 pm Virtual
Saturday, February 10, 2024 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Viscount Gort, Winnipeg
Saturday, February 24, 2024 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Brandon University, Brandon
Saturday, March 2, 2024 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Norwood Hotel, Winnipeg
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 4:30 – 7:30 pm Virtual
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 4:30 – 7:30 pm Virtual

To register for the above seminars, please contact Glen Anderson by calling The Manitoba Teachers’ Society at 204-888-7961; toll free 1-866-494-5747.

RTAM MEMBER BENEFITS	STUDENT BENEFITS
1. The project will provide the means and incentive to increase communication between RTAM members and their family high school students they are sponsoring.	1 Portfolios encourage the collection of artifacts and evidence by the student to support their successful writing of award and scholarships applications.
2. Recognizing the importance of a post-secondary education, RTAM members can feel pride in the role they will play in supporting their family members to be awarded funding to help with the high costs of today’s world.	2 Portfolios help students focus on their knowledge, skills and attitudes to support their successful applications for bursaries and scholarship.
3. This project will provide RTAM members with an opportunity to experience renewed passion in their roles as teacher and mentor working with their family members.	3 Portfolios help students track their changes and growth in important leadership skills through their high school experience.
4. RTAM member involvement with their family members will promote positive mental health opportunities during a time when COVID has caused many to experience social and physical isolation.	4 Portfolios assist the student in becoming more aware of their own learning experiences and history.
5. RTAM member involvement will support a sense of purpose in their lives and offer them a sense of social value to society.	5 Portfolios provide a framework to encourage students’ self-assessment leading to a more accurate choice of how they want to spend their future, their career aspirations.
6. RTAM members will increase their opportunities to know and understand their youth family members’ challenges and issues while developing a relationship and creating a sense of trust.	6 Portfolios provide a framework with resources for building a resume and completing university/college entrance applications as well as job applications.
7. RTAM members can offer direct input into the writing of the applications to enhance the students’ chances of being successful.	7 Portfolios save the student the time and agony of trying to recall their experiences and gather all their information to complete applications in their graduating year.
	8 Portfolios provide students support to practice informed decision-making regarding their personal and professional opportunity selections.

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RTAM and MTS Pre-Retirement Seminars 2024

Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba (RTAM) Pre-Retirement Seminars 2024

Upcoming Pre-retirement Seminars with The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) Date Time Location

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