For teachers, in particular, the importance of early retirement investing has never been more critical. The reality is that, decades from now, when teachers arrive at retirement age, their current state teacher retirement plan may have changed substantially. As a result, they do not want to reach retirement and regret that they never considered ways to supplement their state pension during their career. Taking charge of one's financial future early will help supplement one's state pension and position a teacher well for his/her retirement years. The author offers some steps teachers should take right now to supplement their pension and their retirement saving. (Contains 1 table.)