Mission, Vision & Our Values Statements

MISSION STATEMENT

RTO/ERO’s priority is quality service to its members through advocacy, public engagement, coalitions, good governance, and in the provision of group health plans.

RTO/ERO will also pursue the interests of its members through involvement in promoting seniors and retirees’ issues and influencing public policy.

RTO/ERO’s motto “Here for you Now, Here for your Future” represents a commitment to accountability, to transparency and to the periodic review of its services to ensure an ongoing alignment with the priorities and needs of its members.

VISION STATEMENT

RTO/ERO will continue to be publicly recognized as the primary voice of teachers, as well as school and board administrators, educational support staff, and college and university faculty in retirement in the Province of Ontario, as an organization committed to improving services to members and as the provider of the best group health plans available to its members.

RTO/ERO VALUES STATEMENTS
(what we stand for)

1. RTO/ERO believes that all seniors, including retired teachers, educators and support staff, are valuable and contributing members of society, are worthy of respect, and deserve to age successfully and with dignity; 2. RTO/ERO is committed to the welfare of those who have retired from working in education in Ontario;

2. RTO/ERO is committed to the welfare of those who have retired from working in education in Ontario;

3. RTO/ERO values and will vigorously advocate for (a) universal health care, (b) quality publicly-funded education, (c) defined benefit pension plans, and (d) age-friendly communities;

4. RTO/ERO believes that building and cultivating relationships – interpersonal and institutional, as well as the practice of win/win issue oriented strategies contribute to societal cohesiveness, participatory democracy and creative decision-making;

5. RTO/ERO values the rule of law and universal human rights.