Part-time educator

As a part-time educator, you have access to all the benefits CalSTRS offers and may have a choice of retirement plans. Your employer must offer the Defined Benefit Program and may also offer an alternative retirement plan such as the CalSTRS Cash Balance Benefit Program or Social Security. Contact your employer to determine your plan eligibility.

What is myCalSTRS?

myCalSTRS is your online resource to access and manage your personal information on file with CalSTRS.

Know your benefits

Whether you’re just starting your career or you’ve been enjoying it for a while, we can help you understand your benefits and resources.

Part-time educator considerations

As a CalSTRS member, you participate in a hybrid retirement system consisting of traditional defined benefit, cash balance and voluntary defined contribution plans.

Attend a part-time educator webinar

As a part-time educator, we suggest these webinars to get you started. Learn how to make the most of your CalSTRS membership.

Boost your retirement savings with Pension2

You’re already off to a great start to your secure future with your CalSTRS retirement benefit. Next you’ll likely need personal savings and investments.

Retirement Benefits Calculator

This calculator is provided as a retirement planning tool to help you estimate your future retirement benefit. Calculations are estimates only.

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Welcome to CalSTRS

A brief high-level tour of your CalSTRS benefits.

Website Accesibilty Policy CalSTRS

CalSTRS is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, CalSTRS has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations

Call us at 800-228-5453

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

CalSTRS has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, CalSTRS regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found. In our ongoing commitment to transparency, we make the last three months' reports available to the public.

August 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

July 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

June 2021 Website Accessibility Compliance Report

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at 800-228-5453.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.