Dr. Rahat Shah

Secondary School History Teacher
Male33 y/oTeacherLive in ChinaNationality Pakistan
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Work experience

  • Secondary School History Teacher

    Wycombe Abbey School
    2025.08-2026.07(a year)
    • Delivering History across Grades 7–12, including IGCSE and A-Level, to a multinational student body representing British, Korean, German, Chinese, and other nationalities. • Developing and designing the A-Level History curriculum and assessment framework, ensuring alignment with academic standards and progressive skill development across grade levels. • Designing and implementing engaging lessons focused on a broad range of historical periods and themes, tailored to diverse student needs and learning styles. • Utilizing inquiry-based and project-based learning to promote critical thinking, source evaluation, and independent research among students. • Preparing students for rigorous IGCSE and A-Level examinations, employing effective strategies for exam success and conceptual mastery. • Providing pastoral care and safeguarding support, promoting student wellbeing, and supporting their academic and personal development.
  • High School History Teacher

    LiMai International High School
    2022.08-2025.07(3 years)
    • Developed and implemented engaging AP World & US History and Standard History curricula for Grades 9–12, leading to an 85% pass rate in AP exams, with scores ranging from 3 to 5. • Designed and delivered over 120 formative and summative assessments annually, enhancing students' historical thinking, reasoning, and critical analysis skills by 20%. • Facilitated student-centred learning using IBL, PBL, and primary source analysis, increasing student engagement by 40% based on participation surveys. • Integrated custom-designed Kahoot and Blooket quizzes aligned to curriculum standards into 50+ lessons, maintaining student engagement while eliminating irrelevant game content; 100% of students reported increased interest in lesson material on end-of-unit surveys.
  • Geography Teacher (alongside History role)

    LiMai International High School
    2022.08-2023.08(a year)
    • Delivered Geography curriculum to Grades 9–10, enhancing spatial reasoning and student engagement through technology‐integrated lessons.
  • History Teacher

    The Green Land Public School
    2015.08-2017.08(2 years)
    • Delivered IB History, Humanities, and Social Studies lessons, boosting analytical thinking by 70% and classroom engagement by 75%. • Taught 150 hours for IB Standard Level (SL), including 40 hours on Prescribed Subjects, 90 hours on World History Topics, and 20 hours on Internal Assessments to develop research skills. • Enhanced students' critical analysis, causation, comparison, continuity & change, and source evaluation skills, focusing on argumentation and contextualization to improve source-based document analysis (Paper 1), essay writing (Paper 2), and research skills.

Educational experience

  • Shanghai University

    World History
    2021.09-2026.06(5 years)
    World History
  • Arizona State University

    TESOL
    2020.04-2021.04(a year)
    TESOL
  • Jilin University

    Master in International Relations
    2018.09-2020.07(2 years)
    International relations
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