Hi all, I find this forum quite helpful for a lot of things but I've had a hard time getting a clear answer for my particular case, plus many of the posts I've seen are from a few years ago and things change rapidly so I thought I'd go ahead and ask.

I am a US citizen and have 10 years of overseas teaching experience, mostly in Hong Kong and in Istanbul. My BA is in English, my MA is in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching, and I have a PGCE. Currently I'm head of English at a private school in Istanbul which is accredited by CIS and College Board to teach AP classes (I teach AP English Language and Composition).

I'm thinking about options to advance in my career. I want to nail down a solid teaching license. Here's what I've narrowed it down to:

Moreland University -- the only certain route, though it's the most expensive and the one that would take the longest to complete. If I start right away I
could potentially have it all done by hiring season next year but it's a time crunch.
MTEL -- with my PGCE, I believe I can take the MA license test and be given a provisional license. Would this be enough to compete for positions at
international schools? Could I use this reasonably easily if I choose to return to the US one day?
CT license -- I'm not super clear on this one. I've emailed the CT DOE but haven't received a response. It seems like the advantage is that it would not
be a provisional license like the MA one but based on experience I could have a full professional license.
Assessment only QTS -- I'm not at a British curriculum school, so this seems difficult to do in my current situation. But given that I could do it in 12
weeks and it would only cost 2000 pounds for a complete qualification it's the optimal choice. I've messaged a university about whether or not
teaching AP English would be considered for QTS but no response yet.

What would you do in this situation? Are there options I'm not aware of?

A last question for the experts here is how strong my current profile appears to recruiters. The 10 years + MA + PGCE + AP experience as head of English seems solid to me but I know not having IB means many schools won't even consider me (though I have done an IB workshop for English A) and not having worked at a fully international school counts against me. In the 10 years I've only worked at 3 schools, half that time was only at one school in HK. Before landing this job a few years ago I got a few offers from schools, a couple of them reputable international schools, but mostly I was ignored. I want to avoid that in my next round of applications.

Where I am now is great but not the fully international setting I'm aiming to be in. Moreover, should the need arise to return to the US at some point I'd like to have the security of being fully licensed in order to continue my career there.

Thanks!