Membership
District 34 welcomes retired teachers and administrators who have worked in York Region, or who taught elsewhere but make their home here. Our Regular membership is made up of retired elementary and secondary teachers, principals and vice-principals, and supervisory officers from the Public, Catholic, and French systems. We also have a number of Associate members, many of whom receive spousal pensions as widows or widowers of retired teachers. Retired teachers who opted for the commuted value of their contributions to OTTP may be Associate members. Recently, RTO/ERO has expanded the Associate members categories to include people who are receiving a pension who were not teachers but were employed by an Ontario School Board or educational organization.. Please see the RTO/ERO web site www.rto-ero.org for these membership details. As of January 2012, total membership of District 34 stands at almost 2750.
All members have the opportunity to participate in the many activities that our District offers. These events allow members to join friends in enjoyable occasions and to meet new people. Membership also entitles these retired teachers to all the benefits provided by our Provincial organization.
Each year, our District attempts to contact all new teacher retirees in York Region to provide information about RTO/ERO. We also encourage all our present members to help us keep in contact with those retirees who have yet to join our fine organization. We are happy to provide brochures, newsletters, and information sheets about RTO/ERO and District 34. Contact Evelyn Lawrence at eplawrence@sympatico.ca to receive any of these items. For membership forms contact RTO/ERO at 1-800-361-9888 or go to the web site at www.rto-ero.org