Biography:

2026 E. Glenadine Gibb Achievement Award (Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics)
2024 Teacher Educator of the Year (Texas Association for the Education of Young Children),
2020 University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award for Clinical/Instructional Faculty

• Co-creator of UHouston Math YouTube Channel Housing Three Act Tasks Created by Preservice
Teachers Elementary and Middle School Students
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6bFWGEF2y3BPowIqP6XPcg

• Research and Publishing Interests: Early Childhood & Elementary Mathematics, Integrating Picture Books with Mathematics Instruction, Preschool STEM Learning

Recent Publications:

1. Cutler, C. S. & Chen, J. J. (2026). Executive function for preschoolers: Strategies for routines and play. National Association for the Education of Young Children.

2. Lange, A., Douglas, A-A., Cutler, C. S., Young, J. M. (2026). Energizing our teaching through NAEYC’s early math interest forum. Educating Young Children.

3. Cutler, C. S. (2025). Math-positive teaching: Questions and answers for elementary educators. Solution Tree Press.

4. Resendez, R., & Cutler, C. S. (2025). Number sense sentence starters for bilingual families. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education in Texas, 14(2), 5-9.

5. Cutler, C. S., Chen, J. J., & Zhang, A. (2025). Cultural mindsets for supporting preschoolers’ executive functioning. Dimensions of Early Childhood, 52(3), 19-31.

6. Cutler, C. S., Galassini, T., & Woods, D. (2025). Picture books as windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors to children's mathematical brilliance. Illinois Mathematics Teacher, 67(2), 13-27.

7. Zhang, A. & Cutler, C. S. (2024). An exploratory study of manipulative use in face-to-face, virtual, and hybrid early childhood teacher education mathematics methods courses. In B. M. Benken (Ed.), Reflection on Past, Present and Future: Paving the Way for the Future of Mathematics Teacher Education. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Professional Book Series, Volume 5. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

8. Zhang, A. & Cutler, C. S. (2024). Narrative inquiry of teacher educators’ self-directed professional learning spaces: Principles and practices for excellence. In B. M. Butler & J. K. Ritter (Eds.), How Teacher Educators Learn: Profiles in Teacher Educator Professional Learning. Information Age Publishing.

9. Cutler, C. S. & Zhang, A. (2024). Creating culturally relevant 3 act tasks. In D. Polly, E. Garin, & C. Martin, (Eds.), Clinically Based Teacher Education in Action: Cases from Mathematics Teacher Educators. Advances in Teacher Education Series. Information Age Publishing.

10. Cutler, C. & Johnson, A. (2022). Teacher tools to support calm, self-control, and resilience
in preschool. Dimensions of Early Childhood, 50(3), 14-29.

11. Cutler, C. (2022). Make picture books count: Easy ways to integrate math and reading.
Teaching Young Children, 15(3), 16-19.

Education:

B.S. in Elementary Education, Utah State University, 1995
M.A. in Teaching and Learning, Brigham Young University, 1999
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston, 2006