Brennan Banton

Brennan.Banton@gmail.com
156 Moorman Dr.
Madison Heights, VA 24572
(434) 942-9667 (Cell)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia, May 2013
Major: Health & Physical Education
Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, VA
General Studies, May 2010
Amherst County High School, Amherst, VA
Advanced Diploma, June, 2006
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Student Teaching, Physical Education, T.C. Miller Elementary (August 2015-present)

Taught students the curl-up, push-up, and pacer fitness gram tests
Created students' my fitness record monthly sheet for progression of their tests
Lead units on throwing and catching, dribbling, and locomotor skills with K-5.
Taught STEAM teaching with students, creating various activities to merge their classroom
work and physical education.

Long Term Substitute, Physical Education (2 occasions at Tye River Elementary)

Long term subbed for physical education on two different occasions at Tye River Elementary
from February-June 2014
During my experience I followed regular P.E. teacher's plans but also had to create my own
lesson plans at times
Due to scheduling conflicts I had to teach two classes at once, a few times a week at least
Helped plan and organize field day
Evaluated students and recorded daily grades
Lead all of the fitness gram testing and calculated results for mile run and pacer test using the
fitness gram formula that calculates results based on BMI.
Practicum Student, Linkhorne Middle School, Lynchburg, Virginia, Fall 2012
Taught students throwing and fielding for softball
Helped run tennis matches
Observed 7th grade classes

Practicum Student, Laurel Regional Program, Lynchburg, Virginia, Spring 2012

Helped plan and lead field day
Taught stretching and movement
Worked with groups in teaching warm up exercises and games
Practicum Student, Tomahawk Elementary School, Lynchburg, Virginia, Spring 2011
Helped students with hockey lesson and stretching
Observed several elementary classes
Prepared small group lesson plans on
CERTIFICATION
First aid and CPR as of May 2015
VOLUNTEER/COACHING EXPERIENCE
Nelson County High School Basketball Assistant Coach, November 2013-Present (Volunteer)
Ran up-to-date drills
Made adjustments for team during games and practices
Recorded game statistics for players and broke down stats into game strategy
Trained players during offseason via camps
Responsible for players while traveling to and from games/camps.
WORK HISTORY AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Nelson County Public Schools Substitute Teacher, January 2014-May 2015
Subbed at Nelson County High School, Middle School and Tye River Elementary School
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Fitness coach and after school counselor (February 2011-May 2015) for the following elementary
schools: Tye River, Rockfish, Appomattox primary, Madison Heights, Amherst, Elon, and Amelon
Taught exercises, games, and healthy ways of living on weekly basis
Created lesson plans and coordinated scheduling of activities so all kids could participate
Lead end of the year fun run with parents and children
Performed fitness gram testing
Sought out by other students and parents for extra training and healthy eating advice
Amherst County Recreation Department, December-March from 2013-2015 seasons.
Kept score book, managed players minutes played for each game, and ran scoreboard clock, points, and
fouls occasionally for recreation basketball games.
Worked with game officials in managing the flow of the game, and keeping game rules
enforced.

 Recorded team scores and player times

Recorded individual player points and fouls into system and applied to game when necessary
Game official for scouting combine tournament
Amherst County Public Schools Substitute Teacher, February 2013-May 2013
Subbed for physical education classes at Amelon, Elon, & Pleasant View elementary schools and one
special education class at Amelon elementary.
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Nelson County child care
YMCA summer camps head counselor, summers: 2011-13, 2015
Lead camp activities and in charge of getting children from one activity to the next
Came up with game and activity ideas for kids for camp themes
Lead game activities for Y On Wheels fitness program
Y on Wheels program goes into community centers and churches to help spread the word of
how important healthy living and being active are, and showing people with different games
and activities to practice
Participated in games and activities with kids
Supervised 4th, 5th, and 6th graders on field trips three days a week
Bay Management (Blockbuster Video), Madison Heights/ Lynchburg, VA
Assistant Store Manager, May 2005-January 2010
Assistant Store Manager
Responsible for money in safe and taking to and from bank.
Consistently at the top of our sales goals on weekly and monthly basis
Solved Customer issues on a daily basis
Ran day-to-day paper work and managed customer accounts