A pilot of a school-based program to foster effective bystander responses to racism and racial bullying among teachers and students in Australian schools.

Delivery of a program tailored to Australian schools that aims to foster proactive bystander responses to racism and racial bullying. This program will occur over 2 school terms. Teachers will attend 2x1 day training workshops at beginning of the program. During the first term there will be; teacher-led class-based lessons and activities (e.g. raising awareness of racism, self reflection, narrative development) 1x45min-1 hr lesson per week for 8 weeks and a student-led development of a class charter re. anti-racism and other materials such as posters and post-cards 1x40min session per fortnight for 12 weeks (facilitated by teachers). Posters and post-cards will be used to communicate to students' families and school community their learnings from the program. The program has been designed specifically for the study and informed by the Kiva model and Paluck's Roots curriculum. In the second term there will be a program working with 'influencers' in the classroom to develop anti-racism and anti-bullying materials to help other students intervene in a conflict such as fact-sheets and online materials (1x40min session per fortnight for 10 weeks). Influencers will be chosen by their peers/classmates and receive instruction from teachers (1x40min meeting per fortnight for 10 weeks with teachers). Over the 2 terms there will be regular debrief/meetings between teachers and researchers to discuss progress and issues (1x1hr session for 24 weeks). Intervention adherence or fidelity will be assessed by interviews with teachers and focus groups with students by researchers. Teachers delivering the classroom activities and materials will also be given a diary to record the date of each activity, duration and any other notes. Researchers will evaluate these diaries.