At this moment eSTEMM will only accept instructors who meet one of the following criteria:

1. Advanced degree from an accredited academic institution.
2. Professional experience in the fields of interest.

Advanced degrees include any graduate level or professional degrees from an accredited higher education institution. Examples include doctoral degrees, masters degrees, or professional degrees like MD, DPT, etc.

In lieu of advanced degrees, eSTEMM will also consider professional experiences in the fields of interest. Examples include demonstrable professional experience as a software engineer without an academic degree in software engineering.

eSTEMM does not permit anonymous authoring of the courses. Both first and last names, as well as any relevant titles are required to be included with the course publication.

To reiterate, registration and publishing under screen names, pen names, or pseudonyms is not permitted.

While not enforced at this point in time, eSTEMM reserves the right to request and run background checks on the instructors. Failure to comply or pass a criminal, education, or employment background checks may result in the removal of the courses from eSTEMM catalogue, embargo on earning withdrawals from eSTEMM, and termination of instructor status with eSTEMM.

At this point in time, instructors may only withdraw balances 7 days after payments are posted and once their total earned balance exceeds $100 (US dollars).

At this point in time, instructors may only receive the withdrawals to their PayPal accounts. Alternatives may be allowed in extremely rare scenarios and case-to-case basis as determined by eSTEMM.

Profits sharing schema is as follows: instructor takes 75%, eSTEMM takes 25% of the net amount paid for the course.

At the beginning of the year, course reviewers will equally share 5% (from the 25% of the eSTEMM portion) of the net amount paid for the courses in the preceding year. Course reviewers are qualified, handpicked eSTEMM instructors.

Example:
A course regular price is $100 but it is on sale for $50. For each purchase of the course at the sale price, instructor will earn $37.5 and the remaining $12.5 will go to eSTEMM. For each purchase of the course at the regular price, $75 will go to the instructor and $25 to eSTEMM.

eSTEMM instructors are treated as independent contractors and those that qualify under IRS guidelines will receive 1099 forms. Currently, IRS requires 1099 to be provided to US taxpayers who earn more than $600 in a fiscal year.

All earning instructors, regardless of meeting the above criteria, will be required to report following information prior to their first withdrawal: legal name, complete physical address of residence, and in case of US taxpayers SSN/TIN.

eSTEMM is dedicated to maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and safe space for all instructors. Thus, apart from educational and professional requirements, eSTEMM will not consider race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender, or nationality when granting instructor status.

eSTEMM takes discrimination and harassment very seriously, and eSTEMM reserves the right to moderate any and all content on the main website and eSTEMM adjacent presence.

Thus, eSTEMM will remove content deemed inappropriate, discriminatory, or harassing. eSTEMM will also issue warnings to authors of such content. Failure to rectify or repeated breach of discrimination and harassment policies may result in the removal of the courses from eSTEMM catalogue, embargo on earning withdrawals from eSTEMM, and termination of instructor status with eSTEMM.