In order to attract trade and industrial teachers and to help them perform successfully in the classroom, states across the nation must make teaching an attractive choice for skilled professionals and offer them adequate and accessible training in order to smooth the transition from industry to education. The New Teacher Institute (NTI) is a training program for new trade and industrial high school teachers. NTI begins with a six-hour semester course covering basic pedagogical topics that include teaching methods, managing the classroom, lesson planning, communicating with parents and administrators, coping with stress, serving special populations, evaluating students, and working with business and industry. Teachers enrolled in NTI follow this initial training with an internship and mentoring program, along with other required coursework. This article concludes with case studies of two trade and industrial educators who completed the New Teacher Institute at Valdosta State University. The case studies attempt to ascertain the reasons these professionals left successful careers to become teachers as well as determine the effectiveness of the training they received in the New Teacher Institute.