Since the school year 2017/2018, the network for practical vocational orientation has been implementing measures for professional orientation with a focus on STEM at three high schools. The following partners are involved in the implementation: FAV Service gGmbH as Losführer Handwerks-Bildungszentrum Weimar e.V., Weimar Grone-Bildungszentrum Thüringen gGmbH, Weimar The implementation is currently planned for approximately 229 students of the Lyonel-Feininger-Gymnasium Buttelstedt/Mellingen, the State Gymnasium “Marie-Curie” Bad Berka and the State Gymnasium “Bergschule Apolda”. You can try out yourself in the following professional fields: Construction, Architecture, Surveying Medicine, Psychology, Care and Therapy Computers, Computer Science and IT Agriculture, Nature and Environment Metal, Mechanical Engineering Wood and Paper Transport, Logistics, Transport Glass, Paints, Paints, Plastics Technology, Technology Fields and Electrical. The preparation of young people for the working world of tomorrow is essential. In doing so, the measures support them in the transition from school to education or studies in the STEM sector and give them the opportunity to try out themselves in a professional context. Students are given an initial orientation to the fields of work and study and their main areas of activity. The measures make an important contribution to equality with the aim of promoting the reduction of gender-specific training, study and career choice patterns. Further support is provided by the project partners Agency for Educational Justice and Vocational Orientation (ABBO), the chambers and other actors in vocational education in the lot area. The measures are funded by the Free State of Thuringia from funds from the European Social Fund co-financed by the Federal Employment Agency.