Education & Training

VRS Training Academy

What type of training do you need? Your current experience level and position will guide what courses you should take. You may be new to your role or you may have been in your position for a few years. You may help your employees with benefits questions or you may deal solely with payroll topics. You may need to know a little bit about everything!

To help you find the training you need, VRS offers three series: Overview, Benefits, and Technical. View series and course descriptions below to determine the right fit for you.

For a complete description of VRS e-courses and resources, view the VRS Training Academy Curriculum.

Overview Series

Overview Series courses provide a high-level introduction to VRS benefits and systems topics. Overview training is a great way for new employers to get started or for experienced employers to get a refresher on VRS topics. Use the E-learning buttons below to access those courses directly in the COVLC.

For a complete description of VRS e-courses and resources, view the VRS Training Academy Curriculum.

Live Webinars

Date	Topic	Time	Link
June 18, 20, 25, 27, 2024	Introduction to VRS 4-Part Series	10:00 – 11:30 AM	Register

E-learning Courses

VRS Systems Overview

Process Guides

Introduction to myVRS Navigator

Managing Contacts

Sending Secure Messages

Employer Reports Job Aid

Benefits Series

Benefits Series courses offer a more in-depth look at benefits topics. These courses are intended to give employers the context and details they need to administer and counsel their employees on VRS benefits. *These courses will be redesigned and republished in new format Fall 2021. Use the E-learning buttons below to access those courses directly in the COVLC.

For a complete description of VRS e-courses and resources, view the VRS Training Academy Curriculum.

Live Webinars

Date	Topic	Time	Link
April 24, 2024	Disability Retirement	2:00 – 3:00 PM	Register
May 22, 2024	Health Insurance Credit	2:00 – 3:00 PM	Register

Recorded Webinars

Air Date	Topic	Link
No recorded webinars available at this time.

E-learning Courses

Death in Service

Disability Retirement

Hazardous Duty

Health Insurance Credit

Life Insurance

Purchase of Prior Service

Service Retirement

Understanding Contributions

Virginia Local Disability Program

Virginia Sickness and Disability Program

Technical Series

Technical Series courses offer more in-depth details about systems topics and contain video demonstrations. Systems training is ideal for employers who need step-by-step instructions on how to perform myVRS Navigator processes and the context behind those steps. Use the E-learning buttons below to access those courses directly in the COVLC.

For a complete description of VRS e-courses and resources, view the VRS Training Academy Curriculum.

E-learning Courses

Enrollment Activities

Maintenance Activities

Contribution Confirmation and Payment Scheduling

Purchase of Prior Service

Process Guides

Adding New Information to Employee Records

Certifying Retirement in myVRS Navigator

Changing Salary Using the Salary Report as a Template

Contribution Confirmation

Correcting Employee Records

Employer Reports Job Aid

Enrolling & Maintaining Contract Employees

Enrolling & Maintaining Employees Using Batch Processing

Enrolling a New Employee

Maintaining Employer-Sponsored Hybrid 403b Option Information

Merging Person Accounts

Purchase of Prior Service

Reporting Hybrid Members on Long Term Disability – Comparable Plan

Reporting Hybrid Members on Long Term Disability – VLDP

Scheduling & Approving Payments

Scheduling & Approving WTA Payments

Using the Plan Determination Tool

Checklists & Job Aids

Checklists & Job aids to help you when counseling employees.

Checklists

Disability Retirement Checklist

Hybrid Plan New Hire Checklist

Plans 1 and 2 New Hire Checklist

Return-to-Work Checklist

Service Retirement Checklist

Transitional Benefits Program Checklist

WTA Retirement Checklist

Job Aids

Creditable Compensation Job Aid and Checklist

Furloughs and Layoffs Due to COVID-19 Job Aid

Hazardous Duty FAQs for Members

Employees on Military Leave

Hiring and Reporting School Security Officers or School Resource Officers

Transferring between Hazardous Duty Positions

Sending Encrypted Documents to VRS

Transitional Benefits Program Job Aid

WTA Job Aid

E-learning courses are available in the Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center (COVLC).

If you work for a:	Access VRS courses through:
School Political subdivision State agency that does not have its own Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center (COVLC) page	VRS University If you do not have log-in credentials, send an e-mail to externalVLC@varetire.org requesting registration. Be sure to include your full name and work e-mail address.
State agency that has its own Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center (COVLC) page	Your agency Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center If your agency is on this domain administrator list, you will be taken to your agency's own home page in the COVLC when you log in. Your COVLC administrator will need to pull courses from the VRS University into your COVLC for you to view.

If you work for a:

Access VRS courses through:

School
Political subdivision
State agency that does not have its own Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center (COVLC) page

VRS University

If you do not have log-in credentials, send an e-mail to externalVLC@varetire.org requesting registration. Be sure to include your full name and work e-mail address.

State agency that has its own Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center (COVLC) page

Your agency Commonwealth of Virginia Learning Center

If your agency is on this domain administrator list, you will be taken to your agency's own home page in the COVLC when you log in. Your COVLC administrator will need to pull courses from the VRS University into your COVLC for you to view.

Employer Hub

Financial Reporting

Plans

Benefits

VRS Training Academy

Overview Series

Live Webinars

E-learning Courses

Process Guides

Employer Resources