STRS Myths vs. Facts

<p><strong>STRS Myths vs. Facts </strong> - <em>Season 2, Episode 20</em></p><em>Ohio's teachers pay into the State Teachers Retirement System - or STRS - throughout their careers to guarantee a reliable source of income when they leave their classrooms. The health of this pension system is vital to all active and retired teachers. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation swirling around about STRS right now, so we asked OEA's in-house STRS expert Mark Hill to help us sort it all out. </em><p><strong>MORE | </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/education-matters/id1549004446?itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200"><strong>Click here</strong></a><strong> to subscribe to Education Matters on Apple Podcasts. </strong><a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1tYXR0ZXJz"><strong>Click here </strong></a><strong>to subscribe on Google podcasts.<br></strong><br><strong>Featured Education Matters guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Mark Hill, Ohio Education Association Secretary-Treasurer<ul> <li>Elected in spring 2018, Mark Hill is serving his first three-year term as OEA Secretary-Treasurer. He is a 30-year educator with Worthington City Schools, serving as a middle school math teacher. From 2010-2018, he served as president of the Worthington Education Association (WEA). In his freshman year as WEA president, he led his local local in joining the successful repeal of Senate Bill 5 (SB5), an attack to collective bargaining. </li> <li>It was during this period he was twice-elected to the STRS Board.</li> <li>Again, he demonstrated strong leadership in his roles as vice chair and chair respectively. Along with the board, he worked to bring long-term sustainability to the pension fund. His second 4-year term with STRS concludes August 31. 2018.</li> <li>Mark has also served as a member of the OEA Board of Directors and as chair of numerous Central OEA/NEA committees as well as chair of the OEA Resolutions Committee. Mark believes it is critical that OE